Brooklyn Inside & Out

The statement that "the proposed buildings in some areas over the railyard would be smaller, opening up more areas for open space" is misleading. The buildings' <em>footprints</em> would be smaller, but the towers would be far larger in volume (as well as taller). The developer wants the state to allow about 1.6 million square feet, worth perhaps $320 million, and take advantage of other, yet unspecified "public resources." See my Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report for more.

From architect Margot Otten: Re: the downdraft hood, we ducted it through the cabinet and the side wall of the building a total of 20 linear feet to the backyard. The downdraft hood we used was by Faber, and could be ducted up to 55 ft.

"A downdraft stove hood behind the oven pulls air down and through a duct that goes out to the backyard" Is this correct? I ask because it looks like the stove is along the street-side wall and it seems awfully long to vent out to the back yard.

I love unique properties like this and the renovation looks quite nice. Curious to see as a rental and the before/after rents, wondering whether the increase covered the cost of the renovation. It had a lot of charm pre-reno as well from the 2018 pics.