Church-Owned Apartment Conversion Rising in Downtown Brooklyn

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn is fairly far along with its conversion of a two-story church and community building into 84 apartments at 200 Nassau Street in Downtown Brooklyn, despite a penalty and DOB violation for failure to correct hazardous conditions related to crane and digging work, according to DOB files. The building appears to be up to about five stories already; plans call for four stories, plus a penthouse, with parking for 31 cars and 42 bicycles, according to an alteration permit filed in 2013. (A partial permit was issued in September 2014.)

The architect is Nataliya Donskoy of ND Architecture & Design, as we’ve reported before. The cost is estimated to be $1,250,000, according to the alteration permit. The property is held by the church’s real estate trust, Rocklyn Ecclesiastical Corp. Click through to see the rendering, which appears to show at least six stories.

Rendering for Planned Church Conversion on Nassau Street in Downtown Brooklyn [Brownstoner] GMAP