A new plan could bring nearly 10,000 new apartments to a struggling office district in the wake of COVID, turning it into a vibrant, round-the-clock area. ... Read full Story
New renderings have been revealed for Highbridge, a 31-story residential building under construction at 1387 University Avenue in Highbridge, The Bronx. Designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC and developed by Samaritan Daytop Village, the 333,508-square-foot structure will yield 422 units comprised of 125 affordable homes, 190 supportive housing units, 106 transitional housing units for families, and one unit for the superintendent, as well as 5,300 square feet of common spaces. The fully electric development is aiming for Passive House certification and will be located on a 45,453-square-foot interior lot overlooking the Harlem River between Boscobel Place to the north and Highbridge Park to the south. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 1/24/2025 7:30 AM
On January 28, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) will review a proposal for the construction of a new residential building at 28 7th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The proposal for the currently vacant lot was assembled by Building Studio Architects. If approved, the property will stand four stories tall and yield four residential units across a total of approximately 5,700 square feet. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 288 4th Avenue, a 14-story mixed-use building in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Fischer Makooi Architect and developed by Joseph Vogel, the structure yields 66 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 18 units for residents at 40 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $33,086 to $181,740. ... Read full Story
New permits have been filed for a 26-story mixed-use tower at 25-02 9th Street in Astoria, Queens. The lot is located between 26th Avenue and the East River waterfront in the Halletts Point section, closest to the Astoria Boulevard subway station with service by the N and W trains. Abraham Smilowitz of YNH Construction NY LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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The days of snagging a budget-friendly home in Cleveland, Milwaukee or other affordable housing hubs around the nation might be gone for good. ... Read full Story
At just under 800 square feet, the 133 Second Ave. loft features an open horseshoe-shaped layout and boasts 12-foot ceilings, available Feb. 3. ... Read full Story
A group of homeowners are fed up after forking out an eye-watering $75,000 — to try to fix a faulty sewage pump on their new-build estate. ... Read full Story
An iconic house with a 25ft shark sticking out of the roof has is now available to rent for $5,000 a month — after the council banned it from being a holiday let. ... Read full Story
In their space-starved apartments, residents complain they have no good place to store their mounting food scraps -- and collection can, at times, be annoying. ... Read full Story
A sprawling estate in West Sussex has languished on the market for more than a decade, and the owner says it’s all thanks to one famous former resident. ... Read full Story
An Upper East Side townhouse with history aplenty — and where martinis are delivered always shaken, never stirred — is back on the market for $9.5 million. ... Read full Story
A new video by construction company Tutor Perini offers the first glimpses of the Manhattan Detention Center, a proposed 16-story jail at 124-125 White Street in Chinatown, Manhattan. Led by design-build organization Gramercy Group Inc., the $3.8 billion project will stand 295 feet tall on the site of the now-demolished Manhattan Detention Complex (MDC) infamously known as “The Tombs," and will span 1.25 million square feet. The property is bound by Walker Street to the north, the Manhattan Criminal Court Building to the south, Baxter Street to the east, and Centre Street to the west. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 1/23/2025 7:30 AM
One Williamsburg Wharf, a 22-story residential tower located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, recently introduced New York City’s first-ever private outdoor ice skating rink. Developed by the Naftali Group and designed by Brand Haw Architecture, the 22-story building yields 89 residences, and opened its doors in 2024. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 2-21 Malt Drive, a two-tower development in Hunters Point, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by TF Cornerstone as part of the Hunters Point South complex, the complex features 38- and 25-story towers yielding a total of 811 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 244 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $85,372 to $218,010. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 2683 Creston Avenue in Fordham, The Bronx. Located between East 196th Street and East Kingsbridge Road, the lot is one block from the Kingsbridge Road subway station, served by the B and D trains. Erjon Pacaj of New Leaf Development LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
"You might be tempted to think that Emerson advocates abandoning all admiration of others. He does not; he simply argues for hardheaded discrimination between what is good and true, and everything else. 'If you are noble, I will love you,' he writes, but 'if you are not, I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions.' In other words, admire noble, good people, and give your attention only to what edifies and uplifts you." — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 June 2024
Did you know?
When you edify someone, you’re helping them build character. This figurative "building" is key to understanding the history of edify. This word is an evolution of the Latin verb aedificare, originally meaning "to erect a house" and later (in Late Latin) "to instruct or improve spiritually." (The word edifice, which usually refers to a building and especially to a large or massive structure, comes from the same root.) Aedificare, in turn, is based on aedes, the Latin word for "temple." Edify shares the spiritual meaning of its Late Latin root, but it is also used in general contexts to refer to the act of instructing in a way that improves the mind or character overall.