This 33-story residential condominium tower just to the north of the Brooklyn approach to the Manhattan Bridge at 100 Jay Street is the tallest in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn and one of the most attractive apartment towers in the city.

It was designed by Gruzen Samton Architects and is distinguished by its gently curved major facade with three, very large, staggered, protruding, angled, glass-clad sections. It has a setback roof topped with an exposed watertank that here effectively transforms the building into a streamlined oceanliner form. The three, slightly angled glass protrusions are like the fluffing up of the ocean as the prow of a great ship cuts through it, at least to those with considerable imagination.

The design is radically different from the original plan for the site that had been designed in 2002 by SHoP Architects. That scheme for a partnership of Cara Development and Jeffrey M. Brown Associates was approved by the city that year and was called "Light Bridges." It had a two-story retail and commercial base topped by two 18-story apartment towers that are slightly torqued.

The project was redesigned significantly by Gruzen Samton and The Hudson Companies Incorporated became a co-developer with Cara. Some of Hudson's other projects include Riverwalk Place on Roosevelt Island and the Marais in West Chelsea in Manhattan.

Judith Heintz was the landscape architect for the development and Andres Escobar was the interior designer.

This building, which is also known as the J Condominium, 136 Front Street and 99-103 York Street, has 24/7 concierge service, a garage with direct building access, a roof deck garden, a gym, a children's playroom and outdoor recreation area, storage facilities, a bicycle room, and a residents' lounge.

The building's 267 apartments have stainless steel GE Profile kitchen appliances, granite kitchen countertops, Asko washers and dryers, garbage disposals, and triple-glazed windows. There are some balconies and terraces and walk-in and linen closets.

Despite the fact that the revised plans involved a significantly taller building, the plans were "as-of-right" and required no further zoning changes.

The building, which allows pets, was completed in 2006.