Rendering Revealed for Seven-Story Building on Dekalb in Bed Stuy

A surprisingly good-looking apartment building is planned for an industrial stretch of Dekalb Avenue, next door to the Marcy Library and down the street from Home Depot. The design by Issac and Stern, first published by New York YIMBY, is modern with neo-Classical details and somewhat resembles a Beaux Arts limestone apartment building as well as some Art Deco buildings.

The building at 627 Dekalb Avenue will have 28 apartments over 25,258 square feet of residential space, as well as 14 bike storage spots, 15 parking spaces and a roof deck. Six of the apartments will be duplexes, according to building applications filed last summer.

The developer is Eli Nahman, who paid $3,487,500 for the property in October 2013. Demolition applications have been filed but not approved for the existing building, a single-story garage.

We would like to see stores and more windows at ground level to make the building more pedestrian-friendly and appealing at the street level. But overall, we think the design has a nice, traditional feel to it, and could serve as a template for new construction in commercial areas with 19th century buildings. What do you think?

Revealed: 627 DeKalb Avenue, 7-Story Bed-Stuy Apartment Building [NYY] GMAP