Dutch LIC, 25-19 43rd Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 25-19 43rd Avenue by Carter Horsley

The Dutch in Long Island City was erected in 2017 by Eckstein Development and designed by GF55 architects.

The building is known as The Dutch and it has 86 condominium apartments.

It is notable for its dramatic angular girder bracing along its base at its corner, which was a cantilevered steel truss because that section of the building was over a subway line tunnel.

Bottom Line

A simple, orange-brick box apartment building in Long Island City emboldened with diagonal metal trusses at its base, small triangular balconies at one corner and piers that extend a bit into its dark metal cornice, which is a very nice touch.

Description

The street truss is on one side of the building’s glass entrance canopy that leads to a lobby of reclaimed wood, metal and stone that is meant to recall the industrial past of the Dutch Kills neighborhood.  The Dutch Kills was a creek that ran through Long Island City into the East River.

The building has an orange brick façade whose piers extend slightly into its metal cornice that is about the same width as the metal bandcourse at the base atop the angled metal girders.

The building has triangular, 11-foot-long balconies at its 27^th Street corner with the metal trusses.

The building has discrete air-conditioners and sidewalk landscaping.

Amenities

The building has a handsome, landscaped roof deck with a trellis, a gym, a 17-car garage, a concierge and a bicycle room

Apartments

Bathrooms have glass-enclosed showers with rainfall shower heads.

Penthouse 2 is a three-bedroom unit with 1,550 square feet with a 14-foot-long living/dining room next to an open 12-foot-long kitchen and a staircase to its 496-square-foot roof terrace.

Apartment 808 is a corner, two-bedroom unit with 1,046 square feet and an entry foyer that leads past an enclosed, 8-foot-wide kitchen to a 14-foot-long living/dining room.  The master bedroom has a triangular, 11-foot-long balcony.

Apartment 811 is a two-bedroom unit with 1,004 square feet with an entry foyer that leads to a 16-foot-long living/dining room with a 12-foot-long open kitchen.

Apartment 801 is a two-bedroom unit with 970 square feet with an entry foyer that leads to a 13-foot-long living/dining room and an enclosed, 8-foot-long kitchen.  The second bedroom has an angled wall.

Apartment 809 is a studio unit with 498 square feet and an angled 19-foot-long living/dining room with a 12-foot-long open kitchen.