BREAKING: 434 Units Announced for Former Brig Site
After months of speculation, HPD finally announced plans for the former Navy Brig site on Flushing between Clermont and Vanderbilt. (Our spidey sense must have been tingling when we shot the photo above a couple of weeks ago.) A group called the Navy Green Joint Venture — a partnership between Dunn Development Corporation and L&M…
After months of speculation, HPD finally announced plans for the former Navy Brig site on Flushing between Clermont and Vanderbilt. (Our spidey sense must have been tingling when we shot the photo above a couple of weeks ago.) A group called the Navy Green Joint Venture — a partnership between Dunn Development Corporation and L&M Equity Participants, Ltd. that brings the architectural chops of FXFowle Architects, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP and Architecture in Formation together — was awarded the mixed use project. Almost 80 percent of the development’s 434 units (roughly half co-op and half rental apartments) will be affordable housing for families making between $21,250-$92,170; in addition, there will be open space, commercial tenants and a visual arts and day care center.
Brig Site Redevelopment Announced [Myrtle Minutes] GMAP
City Announces New Mixed-Income Development ast Brig Site [NYC.gov]
re: density –
it’s not that hard to imagine when half this block on both sides is taken up with townhomes. ay is going to have highrises. you know…like the ones all over manhattan? sorry, i know i know. this is precious brownstone brooklyn. nothing above 4 stories allowed…
i think we need to also focus on how great it is that this development is looking to be LEED certified. this is BIG news and for me, along with the affordable housing component, the most promising aspects of the project.
I’m optimistic about this area and the proposed plan looks pretty decent. Presumably some of the streetlevel spaces will be reserved for retail which will be a boon for all — not just the new residents but other local residents and workers (especially folks at the Navy Yard).
Quick, non-scientific thought: compare the density of this development with Atlantic Yards. In this case, 434 units on (almost) an entire city block. AY will have approx 6,500 units on basically 3 city blocks (yes, the site is larger but the residential will be largely contained to 3 blocks only). That’s 5 times the density! Perhaps some readers can now better appreciate why so many of us are concerned about AY’s density.
That’s Dunn Ass to you, oh wise one.
this development is being put together by the city, dumbass.
I’m the developer behind this project. And I’m about to commit suicide. I had no idea that this was going to be a bad investment. Granted, I just kinda blindly threw a dart at a map of brooklyn and then unloaded millions of dollars at it. But had I known — had I had the privelege to have been given — this insider information, I would NEVER EVER have invested in this project.
Where were you people when I was signing on the bottom line?
well mr I know everything there is to know about brooklyn, and then some…4th ave sucks too but the reality is why didn’t the city put housing along 4th ave with the garages? well, because the neighborhood is so much better and can accomodate a higher level…unlike this piece of garbage location. you my friend are the one who needs some education before shooting from your lameass hip.
“this neighborhood has been around for a long time. obviously only attracting city run operations and garages for a reason”
are you a moron???
look at 4th avenue in “park slope” which has been there with garages and vacant lots for YEARS and is just now starting to get developed.
you don’t have one clue about what you are talking about.
you need to make an effort to get to know your city a little better before you choose to comment on it so ignorantly.
crap
i think it looks like another city housing project, low income housing (and I don’t think anyone is saying 92K is low income)look and feel. sort of a piggyback to the prison look that was there.