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[chris08876]

Construction Update: 1017 Olmstead Avenue (Bronx)


Credit: Michael Young via NYY

[mrnyc]

A new NYC house that can be yours for $100K: Designs and costs released for backyard, above-garage homes

Updated: Mar. 20, 2026
By Paul Liotta | [email protected]


STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration unveiled a 10-part library of pre-approved accessory or ancillary dwelling unit (ADU) plans Wednesday.

ADUs are small apartments either connected to a property or free-standing in a backyard where a loved one can live or property owners can rent to make a little extra money.


more:
https://www.silive.com/news/2026/03/here...backyard-attached-apartments-in-nyc.html


The CDA Studio ADU, on of 10 pre-approved plans available through the city's ADU for You website.(Courtesy: NYC Mayor's Office/Un

[BuildThemTaller]

Project: 21-36 45th Ave (Long Island City)



Queens Chronicle, May 14, 2026

New housing coming to lot by MoMA PS1

Community Board 2 voted overwhelmingly last Thursday to approve the building of a new 11-story tower in Long Island City that would fit 84 apartments, across the street from MoMA PS1 and the new 5Pointz tower. Not all residents were pleased.

Board members voted 32-2, with one abstention, to move along a proposal from Ashley Fina, a local developer, to rezone the property at 21-31 46 Ave., to allow for the building of a new condo designed by the architect Nick Liberis of the Archimaera firm, who appeared via Zoom at the meeting, held at Sunnyside Community Services.

[NYguy]

New one planned for Queens…

43-02 Ditmars Boulevard

[mrnyc]

from 167st station recently post baseball game --
1185-1187 river avenue fka as a parking lot --

River Apartments II, a $225 million, 20-story mixed-use project. Developed by Community Access and J. Equities II, it features 292 permanently affordable and supportive housing units, commercial space, and community facilities.

[mrnyc]

from the other day -- fka daisy mae's bbq --
across the street from the landmark tavern -- 11th ave and w46st --
i think its supposed to be for a new music venue?

[mrnyc]

good news in tribeca —
this site that has been a horrible eyesore since 2016 is finally getting built back up —


Long neglected site at West Broadway and Warren has a developer

July 13, 2026 • Real Estate


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The Real Deal said the site — 61 Murray a/k/a 61-75 West Broadway a/k/a 59-61 Warren — was purchased for $24 million and the developers have a $68 million construction load to build 23 condos — a variety of one- to three-bedrooms — above ground-floor retail. (Maybe they will bring back the Raccoon Lodge!) It was always slated to be 10 stories


more:
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/07/13/lo...est-broadway-and-warren-has-a-developer/

[ChiND]

I have waited decades for this execrable junk to come down!!!

https://www.newyorkyimby.com/2026/07/dem...-419-421-broadway-in-soho-manhattan.html



Michael Young Yimby

Demolition is progressing at 419-421 Broadway, the site of a one-story retail building in Soho, Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed by United American Land, the project will also involve the full renovation of the adjacent building at 423 Broadway. The properties are located at the northwest corner of Broadway and Canal Street, just above the border with Tribeca.

The dilapidated one-story commercial building that formerly occupied the site has been nearly fully razed, with only a few sections of the exterior walls peeking above the sidewalk fencing along Canal Street. The three-story structure at 423 Broadway is completely covered in graffiti on its southern lot-line wall.

[NYguy]

From that article:

Old plan:








Last known plan….

[Busy Bee]

I sincerely doubt a one story building is what's getting built. I wouldn't be surprised if this winds up a similar scale as the project across the street. I'm hoping the developer has worked with the MTA to plan a new station entrance and elevator access in the base using the ZFA program.

[BuildThemTaller]

Rendering Revealed for Vernon Point at 44-68 Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens [YIMBY]



A new rendering has been revealed for Vernon Point, a planned 16-story residential building at 44-68 Vernon Boulevard in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Archimaera and developed by Elmrod Management, the 142,697-square-foot structure will yield 161 units and lower-level commercial space. The property is bounded by 44th Drive to the north, 45th Avenue to the south, and Vernon Boulevard to the east.

[NYguy]

https://www.6sqft.com/macys-herald-square-shopping-bag-sign-removed/

Macy’s giant shopping bag sign is removed, revealing 100-year-old building hidden for decades









By Devin Gannon
July 28, 2026

The giant shopping bag sign proclaiming Macy’s Herald Square as “The World’s Largest Store” was removed over the weekend, revealing a 100-year-old building that had been hidden for decades.

The red-and-white billboard, which had wrapped around the corner of the building on 34th Street and Broadway for 60 years (through several iterations over the years), will be replaced with something more modern, as the New York Post first reported, but it’s unclear exactly what will be displayed.

For a short time, though, the 240,000 pedestrians who pass the corner every day will get a peek for the first time at what was behind the iconic sign: a five-story building that is one of the city’s most famous “holdouts” in real estate.

[Busy Bee]

Very interesting. Hopefully what ever goes back up is tasteful. I'm hoping it's not just an LED video screen.

A couple images of the corner signage in the 50's-60's:


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[NYguy]

^ Probably LED, so they can display different things. On the other side of 34th Street they're getting approval for a larger screen.


Anyway, this looks pretty creepy. I almost wish they would leave it this way.



https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...s-photo/2287925177?slot=13&adppopup=true

[Busy Bee]

Little known fact, there's boxes of parachute pants abandoned in that little building.

[mrnyc]

astor pl/noho
57 4av
fka one story chris french cleaners bldg



more:
https://newyorkyimby.com/2026/05/foundations-underway-at-57-fourth-avenue-in-noho-manhattan.html

[NYguy]

Jamaica has been red hot with new housing developments. This one will contain multiple buildings...


https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2026/08/05/new-york-citys-top-construction-permits-july-31-2026/

Jamaica, Queens had the largest new building application filed in records last week. Heartfelt Townhouse Builders intends to construct seven 17- to 18-story apartment buildings that will span a combined 434,716 square feet and house a total of 685 units.

The addresses of the properties are: 95-16 and 95-12 150th Street; 149-06 95th Avenue; and 95-12, 95-20, 95-32 and 95-06 149th Street. Joseph Frankl is the architect.

[NYguy]

Looks like a holdout could lead to this design…


https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/13/kips-bay-holdout-case-tenant-rights-affordable-housing/

The $1.5M Holdout: Kips Bay Fight Pits Tenant Rights Against NYC Housing Development
A developer wants to build 160 homes in place of four mostly empty buildings. One of the remaining tenants, who lives in a rent-regulated apartment, is complicating those plans.


BY SAMANTHA MALDONADO
AUG. 13, 2026

…..Heletz may have finally figured out a way to advance the project — or at least signal it could move forward without Feng on board. A rendering of a proposed development shows Feng’s walk-up building fully ensconced within a new tower rising high above it. Questions remain about the feasibility of such a design, but Heletz said he has already spent more than $60 million on the project and could lose a lucrative state tax abatement for affordable housing if the development isn’t completed within the next five years.

[Busy Bee]

Only in NY

[BuildThemTaller]

Would this count as adaptive reuse?