New York City’s Top Construction Permits: Aug. 14, 2026
🏆 New Building: Downtown Brooklyn had the largest new building application filed last week. Shimon Klein plans to build a 317,498-square-foot, 297-unit apartment complex across three buildings at 147 and 149 Lawrence Street and 485 Fulton Street. Each property will stand 27 stories tall. Kao Hwa Lee is the architect.
Job Filing Numbers: B01444271-I1, B01444273-I1, B01444267
📊 New Building: Joel Landau’s Emerald Developers intends to construct a 10-story, 102,090-square-foot residential building at 101 Lake Street in Gravesend. The property will have 55 apartments. Kao Hwa Lee is the architect.
Job Filing Number: B01427509-I1
📊 New Building: Shimon Klein also plans to build a 76,934-square-foot, 80-unit structure at 191 Concord Street, also in Downtown Brooklyn. The property will stand eight stories tall, and the project’s engineer is Amr Ouda.
Job Filing Number: B01441315-I1
🏆 Major Alteration: The top alteration filing last week was in the Garment District, where an application was filed to renovate 17,108 square feet of space at 38 West 32nd Street, which stands 16 stories tall. The architect is Kyu Ho Lee.
Job Filing Number: M01437030-I1
📊 Major Alteration: Le Capital NYC plans to undertake 16,260 square feet of alteration work at 526 Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant to add 13 apartments to the four-story property. The project’s architect is Ruslan Goychayev.
Job Filing Number: B01413479-I1
📊 Major Alteration: In East Williamsburg, Reunion Bathrouse, LLC filed an application to alter 15,906 square feet of space at the one-story-tall 272 Seigel Street. The architect is Eugene Colberg.
Job Filing Number: B01440283-I1
🏆 Demolition: The largest demolition application to hit records last week was in Downtown Brooklyn, where Ben Brachfeld plans to knock down 485 Fulton Street, which measures 130,450 square feet and will be part of the site for a new three-building complex. The building stands four stories tall. Duy Hoang is the engineer.
Job Filing Number: B01426676-I1
📊 Demolition: In Long Island City, Joel Tyrnauer plans to demolish six one- to two-story buildings at 35-23 and 35-25 41st Street and 35-06, 35-18, 35-22 and 35-28 42nd Street. Combined, the properties span 44,600 square feet. Duy Hoang is the engineer.
Job Filing Numbers: Q01438212-I1, Q01439454-I1, Q01439490-I1, Q01437740-I1, Q01438138-I1, Q01439469-I1
📊 Demolition: In the Bronx, Ben Brachfeld intends to tear down the 22,438-square-foot structure at 1070 Southern Boulevard, which stands one story tall. Sagar Beharry is the engineer.
Job Filing Number: X01421673-I1, X01421676-I1, X01421633-I1
Source Notes: Permits filed between 8/10/26 and 8/14/26.
Initial permits NB, Major Alterations, Demolitions
