Burglars once lurked around neighborhoods and scanned obituaries to determine whom to target. Now, with free services easily available online, they can plan potential robberies from their computers or phones. ... Read full Story
Developer Silverstein Properties recently debuted a series of architectural models to preview the latest designs of 2 and 5 World Trade Center in Manhattan's Financial District. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, 2 World Trade Center is planned to rise 80 stories and 1,348 feet tall, just 20 feet shorter than the roof height of 1 World Trade Center, and will yield office space. Kohn Pedersen Fox is the designer for 5 World Trade Center, a residential skyscraper co-developed by Brookfield Properties with a planned height of 920 feet. The 2 World Trade Center plot is located within the original 16-acre World Trade Center complex bound by Vesey, Fulton, Greenwich, and Church Streets. The 5 World Trade Center site is located to the south of Liberty Park and bound by Greenwich, Albany, and Washington Streets. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Michael Young | 9/16/2024 7:30 AM
Construction is on hold at 75 Gerry Street, a five-story school expansion project in the Broadway Triangle section of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Permits by UTA/BRHS Oholei Shloima posted on site from the end of May call for a horizontal and vertical extension of the abutting five-story Bais Rochel High School for girls, originally designed by Mark Mariscal and completed in 2015. The property is alternately addressed as 177 Harrison Avenue and is located near the intersection of Gerry Street and Harrison Avenue. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/16/2024 7:01 AM
Hoboken Point, a 15-story two-tower residential development, recently celebrated its grand opening at 100 Harbor Boulevard in the Lincoln Harbor section of Weehawken, New Jersey. Designed by CetraRuddy and developed by Hartz Mountain Industries, the complex yields 262 units in studio to two-bedroom-plus-den layouts. The property is located between Park Avenue and the Hudson River. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a five-story office building at 80 20th Street in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn. Located between Third Avenue and the Gowanus Canal, the lot is closest to the Prospect Avenue subway station, served by the R train. John Porcek of Bridge Development Partners, LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
“The typical U.S. home has sold for less than asking since August 2022,” says Jones. “In the first half of 2024, the typical U.S. home sold for 1.9% below asking price.” ... Read full Story
While some folks wouldn’t dare set foot on a property where a murder took place, others would be happy to call it their forever home—and even pay a premium. ... Read full Story
Construction has topped out on 758-760 Metropolitan Avenue, a six-story mixed-use building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by New York Design Architects, LLP for Brooklyn Boyz Developers LLC, the 70-foot-tall structure will yield ten residential units with an average scope of 860 square feet, as well as 4,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a 35-foot-long rear yard. The property will be split into two separate addresses and is situated on an interior lot between Humboldt Street to the east and Graham Avenue to the west. ... Read full Story
Construction is nearing completion on 297 Wallabout Street, a six-story residential building in the Broadway Triangle section of South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Jongmin Kim Architects for Wallabout 295 Group, the 79-foot-tall structure will span 31,760 square feet and yield five condominium units with an average scope of 4,436 square feet, as well as a cellar level, a 30-foot-long rear yard, and five enclosed parking spaces. The property is located on an interior lot between Throop and Harrison Avenues. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/15/2024 7:01 AM
The New School has signed a lease to extend its occupancy at Westbeth Artists Housing, an artists' housing complex at 151 Bank Street in Manhattan's West Village. The lease is for 20,000 square feet across three floors over the next ten years, a continuation of the organization's tenure in the building, which began in 2003. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 3056 Decatur Avenue, a four-story residential building in Norwood, The Bronx. Designed by Node Architecture, Engineering, Consulting and developed by Zef Perperpaj, the structure yields nine residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are three units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $82,286 to $181,740.
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Construction is rising on Kay's Place, an 11-story mixed-use building at 487 4th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Designed by Aufgang Architects and developed and built by Procida Companies under the 487 4th Avenue Managers LLC, the 107-foot-tall structure will span 49,308 square feet and yield 44 affordable rental units with an average scope of 864 square feet, as well as 2,154 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, a cellar level, and one enclosed parking space. Ten of the units will be one-bedroom apartments for residents with developmental disabilities, and a portion of the remainder will be reserved for the formerly homeless. The property is located at the corner of 4th Avenue and 12th Street. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/14/2024 7:31 AM
New renderings have been revealed for 20 and 30 Halletts Point, a two-tower residential development constituting the second phase of the Halletts Point development in Astoria, Queens. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by the Durst Organization, the project will yield a combined 647 residential rental units, along with 7,955 square feet of ground-floor retail space and the first section of the master plan's public waterfront esplanade. The property is bound by 26th Avenue to the north, 27th Avenue to the south, 1st Street to the east, and the East River to the west. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 56 East 21st Street, a seven-story residential building in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Designed by NA Design Studio and developed by Abe Waldman under the 56 East 21st Realty LLC, the structure yields 17 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are six units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $114,172 to $181,740. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 54 Clinton Place in University Heights, The Bronx. Located between Grand Avenue and Aqueduct Avenue E, the lot is near the 183rd Street subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Alfred Cejku of 2A Mechanical Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
"Like clouds, the shapes of our galaxy’s glittery nebulae are sometimes in the eye of the beholder. They can look like all sorts of animals: tarantulas, crabs, a running chicken, and now, a cosmic koi swimming through space." — Laura Baisas, PopSci.com, 13 June 2024
Did you know?
The history of nebula belongs not to the mists of time but to the mists of Latin: in that language nebula means "mist" or "cloud." In its earliest English uses in the 1600s, nebula was chiefly a medical term that could refer either to a cloudy formation in urine or to a cloudy speck or film on the eye. Nebula was first applied to great interstellar clouds of gas and dust in the early 1700s. The adjective nebulous comes from the same Latin root as nebula, and it is considerably older, being first used as a synonym of cloudy or foggy as early as the 1300s. Like nebula, this adjective was not used in an astronomical sense until centuries later.