701 Union Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 701 Union Street by Carter Horsley

This very handsome and strikingly modern, 5-story condominium apartment building at 701 Union Street between 4^th and 5^th avenues in Park Slope was erected in 2017.

701 Union LLC was the developer and Jeffrey McKean was the architect.

It has 9 apartments.

Bottom Line

A modern boutique, mid-block, low-rise building with a striking and handsome gray panel façade with corner balconies and few apartments.

Description

The building is distinguished not only by its handsome, modern façade of gray panels but also by its unusual, asymmetrically arranged, six-pane, large windows and its double-height windowed entrance.

The building has sidewalk landscaping.

Amenities

The building has a roof deck, a bicycle room, a residents’ lounge, a virtual doorman, and basement storage.

Apartments

Apartments have washers and dryers.

The penthouse is a three-bedroom duplex with a 22-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-wide living/dining room with an open 11-foot-long open kitchen with a breakfast bar and a 28-square-foot balcony and two bedrooms, one with a 34-square-foot balcony on the lower level and a 15-foot-long master bedroom with a 289-square-foot terrace on the upper level.

Apartment 1B is a one-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 7-foot-wide open kitchen with a breakfast bar and a 16-foot-wide, double-height, living/dining area and an 837-square-foot garden, a double-height 12-foot-wide bedroom, and a stair leading up to a 15-foot-wide loft space.

Apartment A on the second through the fourth floors is a one-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 13-foot-long open kitchen and a 15-foot-long living/dining room.

Apartment B on the second through the fourth floors is a one-bedroom unit with a 6-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 8-foot-long open kitchen with a breakfast bar and a 15-foot-long living/dining room with a 34-square-foot balcony.