Permits were filed to build a five-story mixed-use building at 31 Church Avenue in Kensington, between Story Street and Chester Avenue. The Department of Buildings hasn't reviewed the project yet.
31 Church Ave LLC sold the property to BP Developer Partners LLC for $10 million in August 2025.
The property (Tax Block 5313, Lot 34) includes these addresses: 31-35 Church Avenue, 43 Church Avenue, and 43 Rear Church Avenue.
The building will include 29 condominiums, commercial space, and community facility space, a rear yard, and 26 enclosed parking spaces.
Some types of community facilities, listed at https://fontanarchitecture.com/community-facility-zoning-nyc/, are
- Higher Educational Facilities
- Colleges
- Universities
- Dormitories
- Fraternity or Sorority Houses
- Libraries
- Museums
- Log Term Care Facility
- House Of Worship
- Churches
- Synagogues
- Mosques
- Temples
- Monasteries
- Convents
- Medical Facilities
- Hospital
- Ambulatory Diagnostic or Treatment Centers
- Medical Offices
- Not for profit medical staff dwelling
- Clubs & Organizations
- Non commercial Clubs
- Community Centers
- Non Commercial Recreation Centers
A Texaco gas station occupied that space, from 1970. The photo below is a Tax Department photo from the 1980s.
