72 Box Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 72 Box Street by Carter Horsley

This very handsome, red-brick, 6-story apartment building at 72 Box Street between Manhattan Avenue and McGuiness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, looks like it’s at least a century old but it was built in 2016.

It was developed by Waterbridge Capital LLC and designed by Isaac & Stern.

It has 39 rental apartments.

Bottom Line

With 40-pane windows in between triple-layered piers, this red-brick, mid-rise rental apartment building in Greenpoint has a very finely articulated and very impressive façade.

Description

With its large, inset, multi-paned windows, this very attractive building looks like it was an impressive industrial property.

Beneath the windows, however, are discrete air-conditioners and the building is in wonderful shape because it is new and not industrial but residential.

The windows are between triple-layered piers and have inset spandrels in which the air-conditioners have been place.

The building has an attractive but simple, two-layered cornice.

The building has a very attractive website made to look like it consists of old documents with large red stamps and it proclaims that “behind a façade reminiscent of a 19^th century warehouse, residents enjoy the latest in 21^st Century amenities.

Amenities

The building has a roof deck, a landscaped terrace and garden, parking, a virtual doorman system and bicycle storage.

Apartments

Apartments have 6-inch grey oak floors, polished concrete ceilings, birchwood kitchen cabinetry, stainless-steel kitchen appliances, subway tile backsplashes and Toto toilets.

Apartment 5A is a two-bedroom unit with an entry by the open kitchen with a breakfast bar leading to the living room that opens onto a large terrace.

Apartment 4H is a two-bedroom unit with an entry by the open kitchen with a breakfast bar leading to the living room that is flanked by the bedrooms.

Apartment 4G is a one-bedroom unit with an entry by the open kitchen with a breakfast bar and a living room.