Have You Heard? Flatbush Extension Is Booming
There was another article summarizing the building boom in Downtown Brooklyn yesterday, this one from The Brooklyn Eagle. In addition to dropping the fact that 300 buildings had to be demolished to create Flatbush Extension when the Manhattan Bridge built, the article pulled together some good summary statistics for the building boom that is already…
There was another article summarizing the building boom in Downtown Brooklyn yesterday, this one from The Brooklyn Eagle. In addition to dropping the fact that 300 buildings had to be demolished to create Flatbush Extension when the Manhattan Bridge built, the article pulled together some good summary statistics for the building boom that is already underway along this corridor: 2,667 new residential units, 3 million square feet of new space, 2,500 feet of high rises. Most of the projects—like the Bridgeview and Oro, above—have been mentioned here and elsewhere on numerous occasions. One project that was news to us was a 417,000-square-foot complex consisting of 348 market-rate rentals on Tillary between Prince and Gold. Are they buying out the McDonald’s or something?
Development Reaches Flatbush Ext In Spectacular Way [Brooklyn Eagle]
The area looks like a good investment to me. You’ll get great city views from those buildings too. Also, they are close to FG and BH. With all those new bodies coming into the area, I have no doubt that services and amenities will improve/increase for everyone in the area. Not sure those new amenities wil be affordable to all though . . .
I am fine with tax dollars and four boring walls to sleep in! There was not much to note Downtown Brooklyn prior to the recent interest. Hopefully life will improve for residents of the area who are not as affluent as some of the newcomers to the area.
MJ, that’s a different site. The Avalon site is at Myrtle and Gold. Brownstoner was talking about the site at Tillary and Gold. It’s close, but not the same project. Just goes to show you how much activity is going on in downtown Brooklyn.
development in this part of the city brings WARM BODIES. it increases foot traffic, thus increasing commercial viabilty and increases the quality of life for everyone in the surrounding neighborhoods. the buildings may not be to your taste, but having more people move into a neighborhood is not just about 4 walls. its about investing in a neighborhood and creating a sense of community. that is something we should embrace for downtown brooklyn.
ever noticed that every city across the country is trying to get people back to living downtown??
everytime i see someone on here against development in a place like downtown brooklyn i have to assume they are either 80 years old or to use your phrase, dim-witted.
Maybe I’m just dim-witted, but everytime I see someone defend Development in these pages, I can only think that it is written by someone with some ulterior motive (like they’re an architect, a developer, or they work for city planning.)
Development of the type we have seen brings anonymous, sterile streetscapes that don’t add much to the city, other than some tax dollars and four boring walls for someone to sleep in.
Without rules that require a certain quality in new developments, we are just going to get what we are already seeing all over this increasingly generic borough…. crap!
CRAP!
Hopefully, they won’t have the same architect as the Avalon at Christie. That building has all the charm of an office building in Cleveland. You’d think a high end project would be motivation enough to use some creativity.
“Since when did high-rise buildings become associated with the suburbs?”
since bitter people who for years have said that nyc real estate would collapse while they waited on the sideline and were priced out.
Since when did high-rise buildings become associated with the suburbs? Talk about reverse logic. It reminds me of how some women insist that being a stay-at-home mom (often subsidized by a man) is a feminist act.
agreed 2:17. except i bet we’ll see a lot of the more creative industries over here in brooklyn and more of the financial sector stay in manhattan.
i think downtown and the surrounding areas (brownstoner brooklyn and dumbo) are going to be a huge appeal to even more people in the coming years. it’s a fantastic place to live, in my opinion.