Rendering credit: Gertler & Wente Architects
Every New York development site presents an opportunity to create something fresh and interesting, as well as relieve pressure on our supply-constrained housing market. Seventeen years since a 110-block rezoning of Park Slope —a Bloomberg administration initiative that spurred the construction of larger new buildings on Fourth Avenue while preserving the low-rise historic blocks to the east— plans have hatched for a mixed-use 55,000-square-foot venture at 52 Fourth Avenue
at the corner of Dean Street. Sited on the west side of Fourth Avenue at the cusp of Boerum Hill, Park Slope, and Downtown Brooklyn, the nine-story building will bring ground-floor retail, a community facility space, and 53 one- and two-bedroom apartments to a transit-rich location steps from Atlantic Terminal and Barclays Center.
A Brooklyn-based LLC linked to Miriam Kaufman is steering the project to fruition and has tapped the local firm of Gertler & Wente Architects
(GW) for the design. Drawings presented on the architects' page shows the exterior and massing will be rather conventional due to a tight zoning envelope. However, to highlight its coveted corner condition, the designers have specified interlocking geometries that alternate between fully-glazed sections and a more contextual rainscreen concrete panel system. Corner balconies, inset terraces, and black metal spandrels tie the composition together.
Construction permits
filed this past December shows the team holds confidence in the Brooklyn market and will likely begin construction in the coming months. The mid-rise will join a bevy of new developments along the burgeoning corridor that includes Saint Marks Place, a recently topped-out 105-unit condo underway two blocks south, and the just-completed 561 Pacific Street, a 62-unit condo that will bring a high-end organic grocer
to its ground floor.
Fourth Avenue facade from the south
A typical building floor plan showing 1- and 2-bedroom units indicating mid-market condos are likely
It is unknown whether 52 Fourth Avenue/366 Dean Street will accommodate rentals or for-sale units. The entrance will likely be along quieter Dean Street and lead into a double-height lobby. The first floor will hold residential amenities, such as a gym, bike room, and storage; in addition to retail space and a community facility. Above, there will be between five and seven apartments per floor. A common landscaped roof deck will top the 95-foot-tall structure and according to the architects will offer commanding views of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Statue of Liberty beyond. Cultural amenities in the well-looked-after neighborhood include The Toy Museum of NY, the Brooklyn Ballet, The Invisible Dog, The Micro Museum, and several art galleries. Remember to support your precious local institutions and restaurants.
The site is located near a multitude of transit options and steps from Atlantic Center and Terminal
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