Construction is nearing completion on 660 Lexington Avenue, a 20-story residential building in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Zproekt Architecture and S20M and developed and built by Sergey Rybak of Rybak Development, the 233-foot-tall structure will span 52,558 square feet and yield 31 condominium units with an average scope of 2,123 square feet. The project will also contain 2,551 square feet of commercial space, 1,174 square feet of community facility space, and a cellar level. The property is alternately addressed as 133 East 55th Street and located at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 55th Street. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 10/4/2025 7:30 AM
The New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust has selected Fifth Avenue Builders to carry out more than $93 million in renovations at the New York City Housing Authority's Bronx River Addition, an affordable housing development in Soundview. The project will include repairs across 226 apartments in two buildings and follows the Trust Board’s approval on July 8. Fifth Avenue Builders, a joint venture between Urban Atelier Group and Camber Property Group, was selected through a competitive design-build process. The development is the second NYCHA site to vote into the Trust program, with residents approving the transition in April 2024. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 330 Melrose Street, a four-story residential building in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed by Nikolai Katz Architect and developed by Mendel Berkowitz, the structure yields 54 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 14 units for residents at 40 to 100 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $37,406 to $129,600.
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Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 141-21 84th Drive in Jamaica, Queens. Located between 85th Road and Burden Crescent, the lot is near the Briarwood subway station, served by the E and F trains. Jacob Ashkenazie is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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The 425 E. 63rd St. cond-op has a trophy combination penthouse that's listed for $2.89 million -- and frozen in amber from a long-ago decade. ... Read full Story
Starbucks is closing hundreds of locations across the U.S. and no neighborhood is immune to the cuts — with both suburban and metropolitan stores on the chopping block. ... Read full Story
Taylor Swift has had homes in Rhode Island, NYC, Nashville and LA — and her real estate portfolio is worth $157 million. See inside all her amazing properties. ... Read full Story
New renderings have been revealed for The Lucy, a 24-story residential building at 619 Grove Street near the waterfront of Jersey City, New Jersey. Designed by Michael Graves Architecture and developed in a collaboration between SJP Properties, Claremont Development, and Battery Global Advisors, the structure is slated to yield 444 rental units with 13 reserved for affordable housing. The project will rise next to a historic church, rectory, and school on a property bounded by 16th Street to the north, 15th Street to the south, and Grove Street to the east. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 10/3/2025 7:31 AM
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has closed on $272.6 million in financing for a Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) project that will bring extensive renovations to Metro North Plaza and Gaylord White Houses in East Harlem, Manhattan. The project, supported through the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program, will allow for the rehabilitation of 523 apartments across four residential buildings, benefitting nearly 800 residents. Nonprofit organizations The Community Builders and Ascendant Neighborhood Development will lead the redevelopment, while Wavecrest Management will oversee day-to-day property management. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for One Sunset, a 14-story mixed-use building at 201 25th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Developed by Ailanthus, BEB Capital, and SK Development and designed by Dencityworks and Alchemy Studio, the structure yields 187 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 48 units for residents at 30 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $28,766 to $189,540.
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Permits have been filed for a five-story school building at 552 McDonald Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Located between Church Avenue and Avenue C, the lot is near the Church Avenue subway station, served by the F and G trains. Jacob Bar Horin of 560 YD LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
While luxury markets from Dallas to Miami are struggling to keep pace, Manhattan’s high-end sector is one of the few bright spots, according to Douglas Elliman. ... Read full Story
One couple's plans for an indoor pool at 15-17 E. 77th St. has led to dueling lawsuits and a nosedive in the relationship with their next-door neighbors. ... Read full Story
YIMBY has an exclusive look at the first new rendering for 200 West 88th Street, an 18-story residential currently rising on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects and developed by Nortco Development, the 215-foot-tall structure will span 114,000 square feet and yield 37 condominium units. The building will also contain ground-floor retail space and enclosed parking spaces on the second level. The property is alternately addressed as 568-574 Amsterdam Avenue and located at the corner of West 88th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Ruby Square, a 12-story two-building residential complex at 166-20 90th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by BRP Companies, the structure yields 614 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 185 units for residents at 80 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $69,086 to $227,500.
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Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 8478 130th Street in Kew Gardens, The Bronx. Located at the intersection of 130th Street and Metropolitan Avenue, the lot is near the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station, served by the E train. Karan Zoria is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
“These are not short bets, but long-term commitments that underscore confidence in Manhattan’s role as a global business center,” said JLL Vice Chairman Joe Messina. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 4, 2025 is:
repertoire \REP-er-twahr\ noun
Repertoire typically refers to a list or supply of plays, songs, dances, etc. that a company or person is prepared to perform,. Repertoire may also refer to a supply of skills or devices, or more broadly to an amount or supply.
// The band's repertoire includes both classic and modern jazz.
// The couple enrolled in a cooking class to expand their culinary repertoire.
// His fashion repertoire includes a rotation of vibrant floral tops.
"[Rebecca] Roudman is best known as the frontwoman for Dirty Cello, a hard-working band that has honed a rollicking repertoire of rock anthems, bluegrass standards and Americana originals." — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News (San Jose, California), 21 Aug. 2025
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The Late Latin noun repertorium, meaning "list," has given English two words related to the broad range of things that someone or something can do. One is repertory, perhaps most commonly known as a word for a company that presents several different plays, operas, or other works at one theater, as well as the theater where such works are performed. Repertoire, which comes from repertorium via French, once meant the same thing as repertory but later came to refer to the works a company performs, or, in extended use, to a range of skills that a person has, such as the different pitches a baseball pitcher can throw or the particular dishes that are a chef's specialty.