A vacant lot at 62 Nixon Court in Gravesend, Brooklyn is now the site of new construction permits calling for an eight-story mixed-use building with 19 residential units. The lot sits between West Street and Ocean Parkway, close to the Neptune Avenue subway station served by the F train, and the proposed structure would rise 84 feet with a concrete frame and no accessory parking.
The permit filings were first reported by New York YIMBY, which detailed the project's overall footprint at 17,645 square feet, including 17,043 square feet of residential space and 602 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor. The average unit would measure 897 square feet, and the 19 residences are most likely to be rentals, according to the outlet. No estimated completion date has been announced, and demolition permits will likely not be needed since the lot is currently vacant.
Linh Ho, the owner listed on the applications, is a licensed real estate professional affiliated with Liberty Chateau Realty Inc., an agency based in Whitestone, Queens, according to Realtor.com. Gerald Caliendo Architects is listed as architect of record on the filings. The firm was ranked among New York City's top five most active architectural firms in 2024, submitting eight major project applications totaling 170,000 square feet after 33 major filings the prior year, per The Real Deal.
A Compliance History Worth Noting
The architect's regulatory record includes a notable episode from October 2019, when the New York City Department of Buildings barred Gerald Caliendo from submitting professionally certified permit applications. That enforcement order followed an administrative tribunal that sustained charges of non-compliance with municipal egress and accessibility codes, according to the NYC Department of Buildings. Whether that restriction affects how the current application moves through the standard plan examination process at the agency remains an open question.
The property itself carries the official designation of Brooklyn Block 7237, Lot 61, placing it within Brooklyn Community District 13 and ZIP Code 11223, per property records from Marketproof. Recent permit filings reviewed by the same outlet specify that the eight-story development will include onsite affordable housing units, though the exact number of units designated as Mandatory Inclusionary Housing has not been disclosed.
Zoning Precedent Next Door
The project follows a rezoning decision just down the block. Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso approved an application in July 2025 for neighboring 58 Nixon Court to shift from R5 to R7A zoning with Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, clearing the way for an eight-story mixed-use development with 19 residential units there, according to Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso's office. That precedent offers context for why a matching eight-story height profile is now being pursued at 62 Nixon Court, though it remains unclear whether this newer project will require its own site-specific rezoning map amendment or ULURP review.
Future residents would fall within New York City School District 21, zoned for P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini for elementary school, I.S. 303 Herbert S. Eisenberg for middle school, and Abraham Lincoln High School, per Marketproof's property records. Beyond the Neptune Avenue stop, the site sits within a 10- to 15-minute walk of several other transit options, including the Avenue X F train station, the Ocean Parkway Q train station, and the Gravesend-86th Street N train station.
Part of a Wider Housing Push
The Nixon Court filing arrives as Gravesend absorbs a broader wave of housing density changes. Renters make up roughly 62% of households in the neighborhood, where median household income stood at $64,632 in 2024 and average multi-family rental prices this year have ranged between $1,800 and $2,300 per month, according to data compiled by Apartments.com. In August 2025, the New York City Department of City Planning also began environmental scoping for the Westshore Rezoning in Gravesend, a separate mega-development proposal seeking more than 1,600 residential units, up to 481 of them affordable, along with commercial retail space and a new public school, per the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Elsewhere in the neighborhood, Hoodline recently reported on a 10-story tower near Kings Highway planned for a former yeshiva site at 2080 McDonald Avenue, also close to the F train. Together with the Nixon Court proposal, the filings point to a steady march of mid-rise, transit-adjacent development reshaping quiet stretches of Gravesend once dominated by low-density R5 zoning.
