The Frederick, 570 Saint Johns Place: Review and Ratings

Review of 570 Saint Johns Place by Carter Horsley

This handsome, 8-story, red-brick apartment building at 570 St. John's Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, was erected in 2018 by Heritage Partners, which is headed by Toby Moscovitz. 

The mid-block building, which is known as The Frederick and also as The Olmstead, was designed by Karl Fischer and has 193 rental apartments. 

Heritage acquired the property in 2014 for $24 million from the Rabsky Group.  An
August 2, 2017 article on the site at Cityrealty.com said that "it appears the design has been dramatically altered, evolving from an oversized French chateau to a mighty faux-factory building," adding that it "flaunts in intricate brick skin punctuated by operable casement windows" and that "two sections...crenulate with pairs of bay windows." 

The building is close to the Brooklyn Museum and two blocks from the 2, 3, 4 and 5 subway lines.

Bottom Line

A very handsome, red-brick, mid-rise building in Crown Heights with many amenities and bay windows that is two blocks from the Brooklyn Museum and several subway lines.

Description

The building has large multi-paned windows and very attractive masonry detailing. 

The attractive bay-window sections are slightly recessed and rise the full-height of the building while the remainder of the long frontage of St. John's Place has the top two floors setback but with some more bay windows.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a landscaped roof deck with grilling areas, a putting green, and a chess board, a fitness center, 96 parking spaces, a media/screening room, a conference room and library, a private party room, a garden, a pet spa, a children's playroom, a recording studio, storage and two bicycle rooms.

Apartments

The building has 19 studios, 136 one-bedroom units and 38 two-bedroom units. 

The first floor has 7 apartments and between 24 and 28 units on the upper floors. 

The rear of the building, has two large protruding elements, each with three apartments.  Many of the apartments at the rear have balconies. 

Apartment 610 is a two-bedroom rear unit with an entry foyer that leads to a living/dining area with an open kitchen and a balcony and is flanked by the bedrooms, one of which is angled. 

Apartment 618 is a two-bedroom rear unit with a 20-foot-long living room with an 10-foot-long open kitchen alcove and a 10-foot-wide balcony. 

Apartment 220 is a one-bedroom unit with a 20-foot-long living room with an angled window and a open kitchen with a breakfast bar. 

Apartment 718 is a rear studio unit with 451 square feet of interior space and a 237-square-foot roof terrace.