211 Schermerhorn Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 211 Schermerhorn Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 14-story condominium apartment building at 211 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn has 48 units and was built in 2019. 

The developer is Oestreicher Properties with private equity fund GPB Capital Holdings. 

Morris Adjmi is the architect. 

The building will have about 6,000 square feet of commercial space.

Bottom Line

A pleasant mid-rise building designed by Morris Adjmi in Downtown Brooklyn with 48 large units with open kitchens and breakfast bars.

Description

The building is faced with Danish bricks and the second and top floors have arched windows and all windows are multi-paned. 

The building has a narrow cornice.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, a fitness center, a media room, a residents' lounge, a roof deck with kitchen, a bicycle room, a game room and an entrance marquee.

Apartments

Apartments have 9-foot-high ceilings, in-unit washers and dryers and kitchens have solid white oak cabinetry and Bertazoni, Liebherr and Bosch appliances. 

Garden Apartment B is a three-bedroom unit with 1,616 square feet of interior space and 1,151 square feet of outdoor space, an 8-foot-long entry foyer that leads to an 18-foot-long living/dining room with an 11-foot-wide open kitchen with a breakfast bar.  The unit has a large garden. 

Penthouse A is a three-bedroom unit with 1,944 square feet of interior space and 680 square feet of external space on an upper level with an 11-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 22-foot-long living/dining room with a 16-foot-wide open kitchen with a breakfast bar. 

Apartment 14A is a three-bedroom unit with an 11-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 26-foot-long living/dining room with a 16-foot-wide open kitchen with a breakfast bar. 

Apartment 14B is a three-bedroom unit with 1,421 square feet of interior space and 87 square feet of exterior space with a 12-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 21-foot-long living/dining room and an open 11-foot-long kitchen. 

Apartment 11B is a two-bedroom unit with a 1,237 square feet of interior space with a 7-foot-long entry foyer that leads past an 11-foot-wide open kitchen with a breakfast bar to a 19-foot-long living/dining room. 

Apartment 5A is a two-bedroom unit with 1,098 square feet of interior space and 87 square feet of exterior space with a 6-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 18-foot-long living/dining room with a 13-foot-wide balcony and an 11-foot-wide open kitchen with a breakfast bar. 

Apartment 11C is a one-bedroom unit with 750 square feet and a 20-foot-long living/dining room with a 12-foot-long open kitchen with a breakfast bar.