The Pearson Court Square, 45-50 Pearson Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 45-50 Pearson Street by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 15-story apartment building at 45-50 Pearson Street in the Hunters Point section of Queens is known as The Pearson Court Square and it overlooks the Sunnyside Yards.

Built in 2014, it was developed by L & M Development and designed by SLCE.

It has 197 rental apartments.

Bottom Line

Very large roof deck with wind turbines and great Manhattan views and large multi-paned windows.

Description

A boxy, two-tone masonry apartment building fronting on the Sunnyside Yards with excellent views of Manhattan.

The building has a few setbacks and some corner windows.

Amenities

The building has 24-hour doorman, a gym, a yoga studio, a bicycle storage room, an outdoor basketball court, limited indoor parking, a laundry room, a 10^th floor roof deck, a second floor wraparound garden terrace, a doorman, and wind turbines.

Apartments

Apartments have 9-foot ceilings with wide-plank oak floors, individually controlled heating and air-conditioning, Lineadecor kitchen cabinetry with Caesarstone countertops and Frigidaire stainless steel professional series appliances.  Bathrooms have Giagni tubs and Lineadecor vanities.

A corner two-bedroom unit has a 20-foot-long living/dining ring room and an enclosed kitchen.

At the other end of the building a corner two-bedroom unit has an entry foyer that leads to a 17-foot-long living/dining room with an open, pass-through kitchen.

A two-bedroom unit has a large living/dining room with an open kitchen and a very long and large terrace facing Pearson Street.

History

The development was formerly known as Tower 56 and that 20-story, 120-unit project had been designed by Robert Scarano for Mark Junger and Moses Rosner.  According to a May, 2012 article at therealdeal.com by Katherine Clarke, the owners “defaulted on a mortgage secured in 2005 from Intervest Bankshares” and L+M Development Partners purchased the non-performing debt on the property in April, 2011.

A May 26, 2014 article in The New York Times by Matt A. V. Chaban discussed the building’s wind turbines, noting that “windmills have always been at the heart of the city’s identity, including the earliest record image, a 1626 engraving by Joost Hartgers and one appeared at the center of the city’s official seal when the five boroughs incorporated in 1898.”

L&M picked up where the city founders left off.  The developer has had as longstanding commitment to sustainable design using solar panels, insulated glass, super-efficient boilers and the like.  But it has never found the right place to install wind turbines until now.  New York is need a windy city, often too much sol  Typical turbines require a steady breeze of 010 miles an hour or more, whereas winds in New York can jerk from 3 to 30 miles per hour and come from all directions.  Developers have taken to helix-shaped turbines, which can capture winds from any direction and at lower speeds than the propeller style, in addition to being quieter and safer for birds.