In a notable trio of recent approvals, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) cleared three ground-up residential projects in historic districts in Greenpoint, NoHo, and NoLita, clearing the way for potentially 225 new homes for the city. The projects range from a 10-unit condo that build anew while restoring a Beaux-Arts firehouse facade at 122-124 Greenpoint Avenue, to Minskoff and SOM’s much larger mixed-income rental development to rise from a parking lot at 375 Lafayette Street/40 Great Jones Street.
Together, they show LPC’s growing willingness to approve new residential infill to assuage the house crunch when it is scaled, revised, and detailed to acknowledge its historic surroundings.
Together, they show LPC’s growing willingness to approve new residential infill to assuage the house crunch when it is scaled, revised, and detailed to acknowledge its historic surroundings.
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375 Lafayette Street, NoHo
Developed by Minskoff Equities
Design by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Up to 210 rentals | 19 and 18 stories | Up to 65 affordable residences
LPC-approved two-building development in the NoHo Historic District Extension
Developed by Minskoff Equities
Design by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Up to 210 rentals | 19 and 18 stories | Up to 65 affordable residences
LPC-approved two-building development in the NoHo Historic District Extension
375 Lafayette Street's previous design (l.) and approved design (r.) (Credit: SOM for Minskloff Equities)
After hours of public testimony in March 2026, Minskoff Development and Skidmore Owings & Merrill returned to Landmarks today with new plans for a pair of buildings at 375 Lafayette Street, currently a parking lot in the Noho Historic District Extension, set to contain as many as 210 new housing units, with as many as 65 designated as affordable to households earning 40-60 percent of the Area Median Income.
Proponents emphasized the need for new housing, which admittedly is not supposed to factor into Landmarks' decision, and opponents objected to what one described as "a 19-story wall of uniform terracotta." The team took this feedback into account and returned with a new design featuring two distinct color palettes - red on the west building, gray on the east building - simplified massing, and rear elevations designed to read more clearly as two buildings. Landmarks voted to approve the project, with commissioners praising the new design's materials, scale, and rhythms.
Proponents emphasized the need for new housing, which admittedly is not supposed to factor into Landmarks' decision, and opponents objected to what one described as "a 19-story wall of uniform terracotta." The team took this feedback into account and returned with a new design featuring two distinct color palettes - red on the west building, gray on the east building - simplified massing, and rear elevations designed to read more clearly as two buildings. Landmarks voted to approve the project, with commissioners praising the new design's materials, scale, and rhythms.
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122-124 Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint
Design by OPerA Studio
10 residences | 6 stories | 69 feet 6 inches
LPC-approves new boutique condominium that will restore a Beaux-Arts firehouse's facade
Design by OPerA Studio
10 residences | 6 stories | 69 feet 6 inches
LPC-approves new boutique condominium that will restore a Beaux-Arts firehouse's facade
122-124 Greenpoint Avenue (Credit: OPerA Studio)
In the Greenpoint Historic District, 122-124 Greenpoint Avenue is now home to a Beaux-Arts firehouse and a taxpayer building. The design for a new project by OPerA Studio calls for demolishing the taxpayer building, restoring the firehouse's facade, and integrating the firehouse into a newly constructed boutique condominium where it will serve as a residential lobby with original double-height ceilings. The new building features a red brick facade, oversized arched windows, and a penthouse with a private terrace.
Landmarks was largely supportive at a hearing in late June 2026 but ultimately found the new building too dominant and did not approve it. With that in mind, the team returned with a presentation detailing greater restorations to the firehouse (including refurbishing the door) and modifications to the new building that included smaller windows with less pronounced arches, simpler side walls and setbacks, and a subtler penthouse addition. This time, Landmarks appreciated the project's height, materials, curved cornice, and the setbacks, but asked that the applicant work with staff on replacing some of the materials, including replacing the glass rail on the penthouse's roof terrace with a metal one. The project was approved.
Landmarks was largely supportive at a hearing in late June 2026 but ultimately found the new building too dominant and did not approve it. With that in mind, the team returned with a presentation detailing greater restorations to the firehouse (including refurbishing the door) and modifications to the new building that included smaller windows with less pronounced arches, simpler side walls and setbacks, and a subtler penthouse addition. This time, Landmarks appreciated the project's height, materials, curved cornice, and the setbacks, but asked that the applicant work with staff on replacing some of the materials, including replacing the glass rail on the penthouse's roof terrace with a metal one. The project was approved.
233 Mott Street, NoLiTa
Developed by Kings Capital
Design by Michael Zenreich Architect PC
5 condos | 6 stories | Ground-floor retail
LPC-approved boutique condo beside the landmarked Residences at Prince
Developed by Kings Capital
Design by Michael Zenreich Architect PC
5 condos | 6 stories | Ground-floor retail
LPC-approved boutique condo beside the landmarked Residences at Prince
Landmarks just approved an application to build a new boutique condominium at 233 Mott Street, a vacant lot directly adjacent to Residences at Prince, the condo conversion of the Old St. Patrick's School and Convent and itself an individual landmark. Developer Kings Capital bought the site for $7.6 million in July 2026, and renderings by Michael Zenreich Architect PC depict a red brick building only a little taller than its nearest neighbor.
According to the Landmarks presentation, five apartments will start on top of retail space and include a penthouse with a private roof terrace. Landmarks appreciated the simplicity of the facade, thought the design fit in well with the site's pattern of adaptive reuse, and found that the penthouse would not overwhelm the local streetscape or the landmark, but advised the applicant to restudy front facade, set top floor back five feet, and consider its materiality.
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