# NEW YORK | 1233 York Avenue | 594 FT | 31 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Under Construction\ **Created:** [March 29, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618 "2023-03-29T01:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/1 "2023-03-29T01:07:43Z")
[_MSK Reveals Plans For 600-Foot-Tall Cancer Center On Yorkville Avenue_ _The cancer hospital officially filed plans Tuesday for a new 31-story inpatient hospital first announced last spring_](https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/msk-reveals-plans-new-1-million-square-foot-lenox-hill-pavilion) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/7/97ed72c8eb033f41b0e34d5887c151097c282537.png) > Memorial Sloan Kettering filed plans Tuesday to build on York Avenue a 600-foot tower they say will better allow them to provide superior treatment to cancer patients who need complex care, city records show. > > The proposed MSK Pavilion would replace medical student housing and administrative offices at 1233 York Ave., near East 66th Street, with a 31-story complex, according to newly filed zoning documents. > > If approved, the pavilion will total nearly 1 million square feet, with 28 operating suites and 202 inpatient beds, according to zoning documents. > > Plans also include a skybridge across East 67th Street to connect the pavilion to MSK’s main hospital, according to plans contingent on Transportation department approval. > > The plans would also require rezoning approvals on York Avenue to allow for the size of the new building. > > If approved, the new pavilion would expand Memorial Sloan Kettering’s already substantial presence in the neighborhood. > > The world-renowned cancer center has eight facilities on the Upper East Side, not including its main York Avenue campus, which the new pavilion would join. > > Memorial Sloan Kettering’s most recent expansion was the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care, a distinctive 25-story facility completed in 2020, facing the East River between East 73rd and 74th streets. > > In January, the hospital laid off more than 300 workers in response to poor economic outlooks. > > The hospital will present its plans to the Community Board 8 Zoning Committee on Tuesday evening. ---
**Author:** ![BK1985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BK1985](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/BK1985)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/2 "2023-03-29T01:16:26Z")
LOL, NIMBYs are going to have meltdowns. Hopefully its a nice design, MSK can afford it. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/3 "2023-03-29T01:16:35Z")
Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/4 "2023-03-29T01:20:37Z")
CB8 stream. 20 minute onward for the details. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/0/b08e56c813b0a446acf2745430f95bb819ff3a6a.jpeg "March 2023 CB8M Zoning & Development Committee Meeting") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukBPLD2krbg) **Zoning and Development Committee Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - 6:30 PM** ---
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/5 "2023-03-29T01:27:25Z")
> [@BK1985](#): > > LOL, NIMBYs are going to have meltdowns. Hopefully its a nice design, MSK can afford it. If you go to the 1 hour and 56 minute and 50 second mark in the CB8 stream, its already begun. “a lot of environmental studies about the adverse impact of buildings over 200 ft” ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/7 "2023-03-29T04:08:03Z")
This will be the tallest tower on the UES. This will likely be chopped down. Hopefully not. Let’s see how it goes. We know how it went with Lenox hill, they scrapped an entire tower out of their development plan. 😬 ---
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/8 "2023-03-30T17:46:06Z")
[MSK Wants To Build Hospital Building Stalled By 9/11 Memorial Sloan Kettering is seeking to finish a zoning plan that was originally scheduled to be discussed on September 12, 2001.](https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/msk-wants-build-hospital-building-stalled-9-11) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/d/6d8a91fc67d420c5a238f5cc2a03102f459a0eaf.jpeg) > Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center presented their proposal Tuesday night to finally build a new hospital building that was in the works over 20 years ago, until the September 11 terror attacks forced them to shelve their plans. > > On Tuesday, the hospital filed the proposal, [first announced a year ago](https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/31-story-ues-cancer-center-planned-memorial-sloan-kettering), to build [a 31-story, 600-foot hospital on York Avenue between East 66th and 67th Streets](https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/msk-reveals-plans-new-1-million-square-foot-lenox-hill-pavilion). > > That evening, MSK came before Community Board 8 in an early-stage presentation, which mostly received a warm reception from board members who often made unfavorable comparisons to another large rezoning request from a Lexington Avenue hospital also currently in progress. > > If approved, the pavilion will total nearly 1 million square feet, with 28 operating suites and 202 inpatient beds, according to zoning documents. > > Plans also include a skybridge across East 67th Street to connect the pavilion to MSK’s main hospital, according to plans contingent on Transportation department approval. > > While applauding some aspects of the presentation, members voiced concerns over the size and bulk of the proposed building as well as worries that the demolition of a MSK-owned, 336-unit residential building currently at the site would add pressure to an already historically tight housing market in the neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/9 "2024-04-12T13:53:04Z")
> **[MSK Set To Demolish 300-Plus Unit Building For New Tower](https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/amp/31719907/msk-set-to-demolish-over-300-plus-unit-building-for-new-tower)** > > The cancer center filed plans this week to start demolition of a MSK-owned, 336-unit residential building, for a nearly 600-foot-tall tower. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/10 "2024-05-10T03:23:01Z")
> **[Memorial Sloan Kettering Seeks Zoning Approval for UES Cancer Pavilion](https://commercialobserver.com/2024/05/memorial-sloan-kettering-upper-east-side-cancer-pavilion/)** > > MSK Cancer Center is pushing forward in its plans for the 900,000-square-foot facility at the community board level starting Wednesday ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/11 "2024-09-17T19:30:12Z")
> **[FRIENDS testifies on MSK Pavilion at the City Council hearing - Friends of...](https://friends-ues.org/friends-testifies-on-msk-pavilion-at-city-council-hearing/)** > > FRIENDS testified at the July 10 City Planning Commission Public Hearing on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, the New York City Department of City Planning's suite of zoning text amendments meant to encourage and incentivize housing creation and... ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/c/9c2fc2fd78d646204aa2c815e2a911bd53f0c40b.jpeg) > **[A Future Cancer Hospital in NYC to Meet Rising Need](https://www.mskcc.org/news/hospital-of-tomorrow)** > > Learn about MSK's visionary plans for meeting the upcoming surge in cancer cases with state-of-the-art clinical care. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/12 "2024-09-27T17:40:18Z")
> **[Menin’s $10M Deal Clears Way For Major MSK Expansion On UES](https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/menin-s-10m-deal-clears-way-major-msk-expansion-ues)** > > Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center could begin work on a new 31-story medical facility on the Upper East Side later this year. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1233-york-avenue-594-ft-31-floors/22618/13 "2024-10-24T04:52:30Z")
Prepping for the demolition of the existing tower at the site (October 2024) - City Realty photo ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/c/ec391b191a5d3e3818713ae8c018731ef7303f6f.jpeg) > **[New Upper East Side developments on the rise](https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/new-upper-east-side-developments-rise/28263)** > > 133 East 73rd Street & The Harper, 310 East 86th Street : For many years, the Upper East Side was largely dominated by prewar cooperatives that set relatively unchallenged standards for elegance in New York ---
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Hide from it, run from it, the skyscrapers march north all the same ---
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> **[Demolition Prep Underway for MSK Hospital Skyscraper at 1233 York Avenue on...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/12/demolition-prep-underway-for-msk-hospital-skyscraper-at-1233-york-avenue-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html)** > > Demolition prep is underway for the MSK Pavilion, a 594-foot-tall inpatient hospital building at 1233 York Avenue on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Photos by Michael Young ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/8/d809ad7ee3e36877a4d92dbcce787ded6572d650.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/a/faf289c3daf0cc70f2bb54fd26d54ac964825c75.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/9/09357a09db00a855053d3c655e428efeae030a5e.jpeg) ---
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