Bedford Avenue Condos Will Be Boxy and Gray

Williamsburg favorite Karl Fischer is designing a five-story condo building planned for 1060 Bedford Avenue at the corner of Clifton Place in Bed Stuy. The rendering, first published by New York Yimby, reveals a boxy building in three shades of gray.

It’s not the most exciting design we’ve seen but it does have some good points: The expanses of glass and the overall size are broken up by mullions and different colored blocks of materials, so the building relates to nearby brownstones, although of course it is much taller. The stores at street level also make it friendly to peds and the streetscape.

Now for the details: The 22,474 square foot building will have 24 apartments as well as ground floor retail, a gym, a lounge and space to store 16 bicycles according to the original permit application. However that application was disapproved in December.

The lot was originally put on the market for $5,500,000 in July of 2013. It sold a year later for $4,645,000. The garage on the site has been knocked down but the developer still has to remove contaminated soil and fuel tanks.

When we first posted about the sale, commenters were excited about the possibility of the ground floor retail space- — particularly for a tenant like Duane Reade.

But new apartment buildings in Bed Stuy have lately come under fire from local residents and preservationists who say they don’t fit in well with Bed Stuy’s historic architecture.

What do you think of this design?

Revealed: 1060 Bedford Avenue in Bed Stuy [NYY]
Sizable Bed Stuy Lot for Sale [Brownstoner] GMAP
Rendering by Karl Fischer via NYY