The two-building complex is going up on the parking lot of nursing home Brooklyn Gardens, which spans the block between Herkimer and Fulton streets, between Rochestor and Buffalo avenues. The buildings are rising on Fulton Street on either side of the main nursing home, which will retain a small parking lot in front of its Herkimer Street entrance.

The westernmost building at 1826 Fulton Street has topped out at 11 stories. Permits show it will include 213 apartments. The windows were installed, but scaffolding remains on the front and a section of the rear facade. Work on the second building is yet to begin, but excavation for foundations kicked off. Permits show it will also reach 11 stories, and have 84 apartments.

There will also be some affordable housing within the development. Permits show that the larger building will include 52 income-restricted units and the smaller building will include 17.
The building at 1826 Fulton Street in May.Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith

The two buildings are being developed by LM Developments, which lists Yisroel Landau (also known as Jacob Landau) as the signatory. J Frankl Architects is the architect of record, permits show. There are no renderings available, but massing shows the buildings will be a standard rectangular shape with terraces at the upper levels of the larger building. The facade appears to be finished in white paneling.

Landau got the deed to the properties in August 2025, city records show, and they are owned by his LLCs. The land was transferred from Michael Melnicke of Providence Care Inc. and records say no money changed hands in the exchange. The deed says the transfer was between related parties. Melnicke’s Providence Care Inc. purchased the entire nursing home site in 2014 for $27 million, according to records.

Landau and Pinches Abowitz got a $52 million construction loan for the project in 2025, Traded reported.

The former parking lot this week.Photo by Susan De Vries The building at 1826 Fulton Street viewed from Herkimer Street and Rochester Avenue this week.Photo by Susan De Vries

Due to existing zoning, the 11-story buildings are being constructed as of right. They are just up the block from the low-rise housing development Fulton Park, where plans for a major rezoning could bring new buildings as tall as 17 stories, and upwards of 2,000 affordable and market-rate apartments. L+M Development Partners and SMJ Development filed that application in partnership with the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Fulton Park rezoning plans are still in the early stages with multiple opportunities for public feedback.

This story first appeared on Brooklyn Paper’s sister site Brownstoner