Coney Tower Construction May Start Next Year
The Architect’s Newspaper reports on long-in-the-making plans to build a complex of towers called Ocean Dreams at the western end of the boardwalk in Coney Island. The development, spearheaded by John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Group, would result in more than 400 market-rate condos. At present, the Red Apple is looking for a rezoning of the…
The Architect’s Newspaper reports on long-in-the-making plans to build a complex of towers called Ocean Dreams at the western end of the boardwalk in Coney Island. The development, spearheaded by John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Group, would result in more than 400 market-rate condos. At present, the Red Apple is looking for a rezoning of the area—which was already rezoned in 2005 to allow for the development—so that the complex’s third, and smallest, tower, could rise 14 stories. The tallest tower would be 22 stories, and plans call for 25,000 square feet of retail. If the rezoning goes through, construction could start next year.
Coney Island Riding High [Architect’s Newspaper]
Everyone made some good points..I’ll have to agree to disagree!..But the truth in the matter is..the city will be more then eager to sell the property to a developer..and see it through..as they did in the past with the destruction of the “THUNDERBOLT” roller coaster, Said to have been an accident! HA! some accident!..And being the location of this site will most likely go as planned..as It will open the flood gates of more developing in the areas..Including MR. Sitt, I’m sure he’s wants to see this project go through, more then anyone…Well this Coney Island, and lived here all my life..It’s been one hell of a roller coaster ride!..I should know…I used to work on one.
yours truly
holding my breath on the first drop.
and how exactly does luxury buildings help the people who already live there? by turning 1 dollar tomatoes into 10 dollar tomatos and ice cream scoops on the boardwalk 15 dollars a scoop? c’mon…
rich people are KILLING this city.
*rob*
New 20 story towers on mostly empty lots surrounded by 20 story towers?
Seems like a perfect fit to me.
I don’t see how market rate housing will hurt existing residents.
BTW, this spot is about a mile down from the core entertainment district.
I was talking about the 20th century, benson- and actually a city isn’t all about change, it’s about livability. I agree Coney Island needs development. It doesn’t need luxury high end development that leaves out everyone else.
Coney Island already has water front real state by NYCHA!
I agree with Benson that this is a case where a little gentrification would benefit the long-time residents who overwhelmingly live in public housing and therefore don’t have to worry about being priced out of their homes.
Coney Island is one of the poorest communities in Brooklyn and frankly the nostalgic yearnings of weekend tourists are much less compelling to me than the needs of the people who live there. Not that there isn’t plenty of room for both, considering all the vacant land and school bus parking out there.
“was always for middle and working classes- that was what was so wonderful about it.”
As Montrose has documented in her “Walkabout” column, CI started life as a resort for the upper classes. It was only when the subways were extended to it that its character changed. Now it may change again. So what? A city is all about change.
I hope this happens. This area desperately needs private development. The influx of new residents might bring some new retail options for the folks who currently live there.
Doesn’t Sitt’s plan also include high rise hotels?
I’m not all that enthused, really. I think Coney Island will now get overbuilt with luxury housing and high end entertainment and frankly, that sucks. It was always for middle and working classes- that was what was so wonderful about it.I’m all for building and bringing Coney back to its former glory, but turning it into Disneyworld or Las Vegas- not so much.
22 stories is no taller than all the city- and state-sponsored development from the 1960s and 1970s in the area. This would fit very nicely into the high rise context out there, and I would love to see this get built and succeed.