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March 27, 2009
Development Watch: 385 Union Avenue
It looks like the Michael Muroff-designed development at 385 Union Avenue in Williamsburg is getting close to the finish line. What do you think of how this 47-unit project looks? At the very least, the developer will be able to use easy access to DuMont burgers as a selling point!
Development Watch: 65 Ainslie Street [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Construction MegaWatch: Burg's Union Triangle [Curbed]
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Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 27, 2009 2:32 PM
I drive up Ainsle St. (the corner on the right side of the photo, with the other Union St. development going up across the street) every day on my way to work.
I'm pretty amazed at the progress. There rarely seems to be anyone working on either of these projects when I drive by at 7:30 or at 3 pm. They get a helluva lot done in between I suppose.
That area isn't horrible, L/G just down the street at Metropolitan. The Kellogg Diner (the gas station in between too I suppose).
There is a lot of growth around the corner on Grand St. too. A few new spots to eat (including a clam bar), stuff like that.
I work a few blocks away so I would never want to live in the area for that reason, but it's not the worst corner of Williamsburg to be in...
Posted by: christopher at March 27, 2009 2:44 PM
looks like a methadone clinic.
Posted by: Fjorder at March 27, 2009 2:59 PM
Looks fine -- seems a good "fit" to the area. It's definitely a part of town that's "not so bad" or "not the worst corner of williamsburg" as christopher put it above.
How many hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars are we going to be convinced is "reasonable" for a 2-bed in this place?
Posted by: tybur6 at March 27, 2009 3:02 PM
What I don't understand is why so many apartment buildings go up with no balconies?? I would never get an apt, especially in Brooklyn, that doesn't have some outdoor space. Yet I see tons of buildings going up with not a singe balcony or patio... it just seems weird to me.
Posted by: Gravy at March 27, 2009 4:00 PM
This is a pretty nice building - I live close by and consider myself a pretty big critic with regards to most of the crap that usually goes up in Williamsburg.
Union really isn't much to look at right now, but this whole stretch, from Grand pretty much all the way up to McCarren is being developed heavily. Whether they end up staying condos, or become rentals (yes, people will live in these buildlings, the will not sit vacant - like most of you people who think williamsburg will turn into something out of escape from ny), it will just add more foot traffic to the street (other then people going to Dumont, Barcade, Union Pool, and Royal Oak)
Despite the usual inane comments re: anything in Williamsburg isn't worth more then $5, I think if this building prices itself around $600psf they might see the smaller units move.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at March 27, 2009 4:12 PM
Ghastly. It looks like some kind of reform school, or Orwellian government bureaucracy building. I don't think it could be more uninviting.
Posted by: gracias at March 27, 2009 6:24 PM
That's my old hood, it's almost unrecognizable now.
You guys do realize all this faux-modernist box architecture looks kinda like a soviet gulag, right? Or as gracias says, orwellian-government. It goes well with recessionist chic, but... I want to hug that brave little yellow building next door and tell them to hang in there.
Posted by: Heather at March 27, 2009 6:44 PM
No balconies b/c greedy developers want to maximize FAR. You can't have sidewalk overhang, so you'd have to do a setback, or tiered buildings...which bring up their own issues. I like this place but the top floor treatment doesn't seem to have been executed with the same skill.
Posted by: Bolder at March 27, 2009 11:08 PM
It's right by Dumont, not Dumont Burger. DB isn't that far, but it is on Bedford. Dumont is on Union.)
Posted by: bkkkkklyn at March 29, 2009 12:28 PM
The building is not great but considering what's out there, neighbors could be worse off.
But really, what troubles me is all the hype about Dumont burgers (I just created a user name only to comment on this... I'm sure the wine I had with my t-bone had something to do with it). Listen, I've had them twice and they're at best mediocre. Design of the place, including garden, is outstanding but the food is really not good.
Posted by: andres at March 29, 2009 1:45 PM
andres - try the brunch. the brunch is terrific. best eggs ever and excellent french toast. the steak with steak and eggs is really good too.
Posted by: wine lover at March 30, 2009 3:06 PM
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