Development Watch: 189 Schermerhorn Street
Furthering the growth of Downtown Brooklyn, developer Mario Procida has gotten approval — and started to build — a 25-story tower at 189 Schermerhorn. Although this block is zoned commercial, the 277,000-square-foot building will be residential. The architect is Stephen B. Jacobs but there’s nothing on the firm’s website yet. Photo of the big dig…
Furthering the growth of Downtown Brooklyn, developer Mario Procida has gotten approval — and started to build — a 25-story tower at 189 Schermerhorn. Although this block is zoned commercial, the 277,000-square-foot building will be residential. The architect is Stephen B. Jacobs but there’s nothing on the firm’s website yet. Photo of the big dig on the jump. Anyone seen any drawings? GMAP P*Shark DOB
It doesn’t really matter that only a small percentage of new residents will have cars. What matters is that parking is already tight and will only get worse. One of the things that I liked best about Brooklyn when I moved here in the early 80s, was that parking was so easy compared to Manhattan. That had a lot of appeal, particularly whith young children who needed to get to different schools etc. When I lived on State between Hoyt + Bond in the early 80s, if I came home late at night, I’d want to be in my car since your chances of getting jumped at the Subway station were pretty good. Alas back then you could pretty much count on the fact that your car would be stolen if it was nice and broken into if it wasn’t.
I know this is a crazy though, but perhaps a percentage of the people who move into these buildings won’t have cars because they’ll use public transportation and therefore there will be no need to worry about where all these new residents are going to park. It’s pathetic how reliant New Yorkers are on their cars, but I love how everybody just assumes that every new tenant of every new building is going to bring another car into the neighborhood.
As a directly-next-door-neighbor of this new building, I’d like to know where all these new residents are going to park. There isn’t enough local on-street parking now as it is (for those who can’t afford the extra hundreds a month for lot/garage parking), and it’s gotten worse just over the past year. How ’bout on game nights when the new arena’s up and running? Should be awesome.
so how many people are going to live in downtown brooklyn when this building is done, the buildings across the street, the 14 townhouses, the atlantic/nets stadium, 110 livingston and all of the rest? look at ALL of the traffic now. where will the cars go, what about the infrastructure? schools, not everyone can go to the private ones or even the public ones,what about parks and outdoor space, grocery stores? this is all a little TOO much.
I’m not moving in unless it has a chic health club and an open bar–like the Oro.
I agree with 2:16. When the Downtown Brooklyn Development Plan was presented in 2004, it was sold as NYC’s space answer to firms moving to Joisey. Now, all we’re getting is residential. This site will probably work pretty well as residential. But the building planned for the Albee Square site, right next to MetroYech, has a whopping 125,000 square feet of office. What’s that? Four or five floors? This is either major bait and switch or EDC didn’t do its homework.
http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/10/31/transit-oriented-development-at-schermerhorn-street/
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http://www.archpaper.com/feature_articles/13_05_all_rise.html
Scroll a little past half way. Bland like the firm’s 325 Fifth….but not horrible I suppose. All these towers downtown are good to see.
Wish there was more interest in office space development. But still good news that downtown getting yet another new building.
Wonder how influx of new residents will affect commercial mix.