Williamsburg has one tiny historic district and this rental is in one of the mid 19th dwellings that typifies the area.
Williamsburg has one tiny historic district and this rental is in one of the mid 19th dwellings that typifies the area.
Units in the unusually shaped building between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and a landmarked church will range from studios to three-bedrooms.
It will close in the spring and reopen somewhere in New York City in the summer.
Tributes to the beloved Brooklyn icon, known for its friendly manner and down-to-earth luxe-casual indie fashions, have come pouring in from customers and friends, including prominent creatives.
At least 12 empty storefronts can be found on a three-block stretch of North 6th, just a year after retail was ramping up on the street.
Located at 70 Havemeyer Street, on the corner of North 5th Street, the project will add 48 units and three stories to the building, bumping it up from four to seven.
Of the affordable apartments, there are two studios, four one-bedroom units and a pair two-bedroom units.
The placement of the staircase creates a striking facade design. The building is in the northern reaches of Williamsburg.
A 36-foot-long scribbly mural by the street artist Caledonia Curry, better known by her nom de plume Swoon, adorns the side of the building.
Part of the long-in-the-works Brooklyn Greenway that will unite the Brooklyn waterfront with a 26-mile-long bike path, a stretch along Kent Avenue is nearing completion.