422 Union Street

A new-construction townhouse with a traditional brick row house exterior in Gowanus is now on the market and asking $4,250,000. A Google Maps photo of the building under construction at 442 Union Street shows a four-story building with a traditional black cornice, lintels, and extra-long windows on the parlor floor.

Inside the interiors are clean and modern. The 4,320-square-foot home features 10.5-foot ceilings and four-inch rift-sawn oak flooring on the parlor level. A private garden, roof terrace and — notably — an elevator are among its amenities.

The owner’s unit occupies all four floors; there is also an apartment with its own private entrance on the garden floor.

The architect of record is Issac & Stern. Platt Dana Architects designed the interiors. The developer, an LLC listed on permits as Jack Bain, bought the empty lot in 2013 for $899,000.

This is one of many new townhouses to go up in recent years in the area. What do you think of it and the price?

442 Union Street Listing [Halstead]
Interior photos by Halstead; exterior photo by Google Maps

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What's Your Take? Leave a Comment

  1. This building went up under current zoning for R6B.
    De Blasio’s new city-wide zoning proposal would raise the building height to an additional 5 feet (15 feet for including affordable units). The reason given for more height: “The proposed changes to height limits are limited, and designed to ensure that builders using cost-effective construction techniques can fit all the permitted floor area within the permitted limits, and give architects the ability to design more varied and interesting buildings.”
    Does anyone believe that if the architect of 442 Union was allowed that extra 5 feet in height, this building would be a more “interesting building” as the proposal aims to be about?

    Better question: are the current master-minds of city planning at city hall and city-council all high on pot, or just plain out of their minds??

  2. The proposed FEMA maps have been released. As far as Gowanus is concerned I don’t think very many (if any) property owners on the west side of Bond is in a zone that would require flood insurance. That said, on some blocks Zone X has been extended quite a bit. Property owners should check.

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