KENSINGTON — NEWKIRK AVENUE WILL BE GETTING an eight-story, 75-foot-tall building featuring 28 residential units. Crain’s New York Business reports that developer Oleg Krasnitskiy has filed plans with the Department of Buildings for a building at 214 Newkirk Ave., which is on Tax Block 5424, Lot 16.
The 31,000-square-foot project would replace a 3-story, unoccupied mixed-use property. A Google Maps image from October 2024 shows the existing property to be a three-story house with white siding, situated between Ocean Parkway and East 8th Street. Although the photo shows names on the mailbox and a bicycle on the porch, Crain’s reports that it is now unoccupied.
The new building would include four parking spots. No demolition permits have yet been filed, according to the NYC Department of Buildings website. Krasnitskiy is listed on PropertyShark as the current owner of 27 properties around Brooklyn, including in Ditmas Park, Coney Island, Sheepshead Bay and Marine Park.
According to Crain’s, Kensington – which is bordered by Borough Park on the West, Prospect Park South and the landmark Green-Wood Cemetery to the north, Flatbush to the east and Midwood to the south — is the type of neighborhood that is deemed ideal for creating more housing as part of the City of Yes strategy.
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