Affordable Passive House on Knickerbocker in Bushwick Nears Finish Line

A second passive-house building with affordable apartments in Bushwick is finishing up construction. The six-story building at 803 Knickerbocker at the corner of Eldert near Irving Square Park will have 24 units, according to building permits. Although the building looks quite different from the affordable passive-house complex at 424 Melrose Street, they were both designed by architect Chris Benedict for the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, as previously reported.

The ridged foam and stucco facade shades and insulates the building, according to a previously published report in The New York Daily News. It is costing $8.5 million to build, said that story. Construction is supposed to wrap this summer.

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