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Work on Madison Avenue bus lane redesign begins
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (425+ words) Madison Avenue currently has two bus lanes, two travel lanes, and one parking lane from 60th Street to 42nd Street, serving 34 local and express bus routes. According to DOT data, buses along the corridor are frequently slowed by traffic below 42nd Street. Despite…...
Extell files plans for 86-story, 430-unit apartment building on the Upper West Side
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (268+ words) The plan calls for 25, 000 square feet of retail space, 187 enclosed parking spaces, and amenity spaces. The proposal details a slightly smaller project than the 90-story building depicted in massing diagrams last spring, when Landmark West and Manhattan Community Board 7 urged…...
Judge halts plan to move men's homeless intake shelter to East Village after lawsuit
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (797+ words) Once the city's largest men's homeless shelter, the Bellevue facility on East 30th Street in Kips Bay served as an entry point for single men and adult families seeking emergency shelter in the city. The building, converted from Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric…...
Brooklyn's dangerous Linden Boulevard to get center-running bus lanes, pedestrian islands
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (483+ words) Aerial view of Linden Boulevard. All images courtesy of DOT "This project will deliver faster, more reliable buses for the 60, 000 New Yorkers who rely on them every day " parents getting their kids to school, workers trying to clock in on…...
Midtown East penthouse seen in 'Wolf of Wall Street' lists for $4. 95 M
1+ week, 1+ day ago (271+ words) As reported by Mansion Global, the real-life owner is Bert E. Brodsky, who leads the real estate development and investment firm BEB Capital. Brodsky paid $4. 5 million for the apartment in 2005. He doesn't live there full-time, telling Mansion Global: "I don't use…...
RXR files plans for 95-story supertall next to Grand Central
3+ week, 1+ day ago (377+ words) Renderings courtesy of SOM RXR is developing the project with TF Cornerstone, and the supertall tower will be designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Office space would occupy floors 10 through 82, while hotel rooms would be located above. A bar is…...
Trump will release funds for Second Avenue Subway extension
1+ week, 5+ day ago (471+ words) We took the Trump Administration to court after they illegally froze funding for the Second Avenue Subway," Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement on X. Today, they backed down. The freeze is over. For East Harlem and every New Yorker…...
Hochul proposes pied--terre tax on NYC second homes worth over $5 M
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (676+ words) Homeowners who do not live or work full-time in New York City do not pay income taxes, limiting their contributions to public services, including fire and police departments, sanitation, parks, and transit systems. According to Hochul, the new pied--terre…...
Landmarks approves 8-story cast-iron-inspired rental in Tribeca
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (559+ words) (L) Exterior rendering, (R) North facing rendering. Images courtesy of the LPC. Silver Lining purchased the two-lot parcel for $7. 5 million in an off-market transaction. The deal also included the purchase of air rights from an adjacent property at 325 Church Street. The seller…...
West Village megamansion enters contract for over $70 M
3+ week, 2+ day ago (632+ words) Round Square Builders acquired the neighboring century-old walk-up buildings in 2021 and 2022 for $18 million. The developer hired RAMSA to rebuild and combine the two buildings, which, in addition to a complex construction project, involved getting approvals from the Landmarks Preservation Commission....