Rendering out for Hudson's Big PLG Build
Marvel Architects just published a rendering for the big residential tower Hudson Companies is planning to build at 626 Flatbush near Prospect Park in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. It shows two towers set back more than 100 feet from the street, with a shorter building in front where there will be retail and rooftop greenspace. The…
Marvel Architects just published a rendering for the big residential tower Hudson Companies is planning to build at 626 Flatbush near Prospect Park in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. It shows two towers set back more than 100 feet from the street, with a shorter building in front where there will be retail and rooftop greenspace. The 80/20 market/affordable building will have 254 rental units. They’re also seeking LEED Gold certification.
New building permits and a demo permit for the existing building on the site were approved a few days ago.
A neighbor said to us, “There’s a small but vocal contingent in the neighborhood that’s against it (mainly people in the historic district or in the houses on Ocean Avenue that will have this in their backyards), but most of the people I know in the neighborhood are for it. It’s not displacing anyone but the people who used to park their cars there, and I think it’s going to do a lot to improve the commercial offerings on this stretch of Flatbush.”
Marvel’s other projects include the Pierhouse and One Hotel at Brooklyn Bridge Park, St. Ann’s Warehouse Theater, the renovated McCarren Pool, and 9 Townhouses and 14 Townhouses on State Street in Boerum Hill.
The Q at Parkside blog was the first to publish the rendering.
What do you think of the design for this location near the park?
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Rendering by Marvel Architects
They want to remove a lane from this stretch of Flatbush. That’s nuts. Ever tried to take a bus down Flatbush? There are tons of people double parked and gypsy vans weaving in and out as well as a lot of random jaywalkers…. After you get past the park a ton of people have to drive because public transportation dries up and the bus is unreliable.
I agree, and could they please share those engineering secrets with me (who lives in a home that overlooks, and is rumbled by, the B/Q tracks?)