58 Metropolitan Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 58 Metropolitan Avenue by Carter Horsley

The handsome, 7-story residential condominium building at 58 Metropolitan Avenue in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn is an impressive, solid mass of gray/brown masonry with punched, multi-paned windows.

It has 50 apartments.

The building was designed by Greenburg Farrow Architects and developed by Steiner Equities, which also developed the larger and similar building at 80 Metropolitan Avenue.

It is a short walk to the East River State Park, Bedford Avenue shopping and dining and the L subway line.

Bottom Line

 This attractive residential condominium building is close to the East River State Park in Williamsburg and convenient to shopping and dining two blocks away on Bedford Avenue and the L subway line. Many apartments have balconies with views of the Manhattan skyline.

Description

A gray/brown masonry building with punched multi-paned windows with discrete air-conditioners and an attractive courtyard.  Many units have balconies with views of the Manhattan skyline.

Amenities

The building has access to all of the amenities of its sister project, 80 Metropolitan Avenue including a Zen Garden with a long family-style wooden table near the indoor swimming pool and fitness center.

It also has a concierge, media lounge, a rooftop terrace, a garage and cold storage.

Apartments

Apartment ceilings are almost 10 feet high.

Kitchens have Liebherr refrigerators, Bosch gas ranges and ovens, Blanco kitchen sinks, Caesarstone countertops and white marble backsplashes and lacquer, wenge and glass cabinetry.

Baths have Zuma tubs and glass showers with contrasting marble benches.

Apartment 2A is a one-bedroom unit that has a 19-foot-long living/dining room with a pass-through kitchen and a 46-foot-long terrace.

Apartment 6C is a two-bedroom unit with a 27-foot-long living/dining room with a pass-through kitchen.

Apartment 6H is a one-bedroom unit with a 17-foot-long living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island and a 6-foot-long eating alcove.  There is an 18-foot-long balcony off the living/dining room.

Apartment 5H is a two-bedroom unit with a 17-foot-long living/dining room with a pass-through kitchen and an 18-foot-long terrace.  The apartment also has a 27-foot-long terrace that opens off the foyer.

Penthouse D is a three-bedroom unit that has a long entry foyer leads to a pass-through kitchen next to a 23-foot-long living/dining room that opens onto an 18-foot-long terrace.

Penthouse B is a three-bedroom unit with a 27-foot-long living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island and a 33-foot-long terrace.  The unit also has a 19-foot-long terrace that opens from the master bedroom.

History

When he was planning the project, developer Donald Steiner brought an old warehouse at 51 North 1st Street where Elizabeth Streb, a choreographer and dance studio operator, had several years remaining on her lease.

The developer to sell it to Ms. Streb minus its backyard, which he decided he needed for 80 Metropolitan.

The Streb Lab for Action Mechanics in the building works with Cirque de Soleil and trapeze artists.

Mr. Steiner, the chairman of Steiner Studios, a large production facility for making movies in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, purchased the adjacent old factory in 1906 when it had been vacant for three decades.