A low-slung retail strip on Myrtle Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant looks headed for a big growth spurt, with permits now filed for an eight-story, 77-unit mixed-use building on the site. The project would line the busy Myrtle Avenue corridor between Lewis Avenue and Broadway, just steps from the elevated subway, and is slated to include residential units, community facility space and a small amount of commercial space. Filings describe a concrete-based structure with a cellar and a rear yard of roughly 30 feet, and list a local developer as the owner behind the plan.
What the filings show
According to New York YIMBY, the proposed building would reach about 86 feet in height and span roughly 123,133 square feet. The filing breaks that down to approximately 119,896 square feet of residential space, 2,432 square feet for community facility use and about 803 square feet of commercial space. In all, the plans call for 77 apartments, with an average unit size of roughly 1,557 square feet.
Design and filing details
City records show the plans were submitted to the Department of Buildings on January 27 under job number B01348174. They list Hamish Whitefield Architects as the architect of record, according to PincusCo. That outlet also points to a memorandum of contract recorded in late January that links the retail parcels at 1101, 1103 and 1123 Myrtle Avenue to an entity called Myrtle Estates II LLC, which is associated with developer Yitzchok Schwartz.
Sale and early site work
Commercial real estate data shows the 1101–1123 Myrtle Avenue development site changed hands this spring for about $35.5 million, with Myrtle Estates II LLC listed as the buyer, according to Traded. New York YIMBY reports that demolition permits have already been filed for the existing one-story structure on the lot, a key step before any new construction can begin.
Where this fits in Bed-Stuy
The property sits a short walk from the Myrtle Avenue–Broadway elevated station, served by the J, M and Z subway lines, putting the project right on a transit-rich commercial strip, per Moovit. With no projected completion date on the books yet, the proposal joins a growing cluster of mid-rise projects along Myrtle Avenue as developers fine-tune their plans and line up Department of Buildings approvals and demolition work, PincusCo notes.
