The first DOB filings are up for a six-story residential development at 75 Ralph Avenue, in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood; the developer is Solomon Feder of 75 Ralph LLC, and the architect is Charles Mallea. An existing laundromat on-site will be demolished to make way for the new structure, with permits for its demise issued late last month.
75 Ralph Avenue — via Google Maps
While Mallea’s site lacks renderings of 75 Ralph Avenue, Curbed has a reveal of another development the architect is involved with, at 482 Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood. If that project is any indication, Mallea’s Bed-Stuy building may tend towards a bland-contemporary aesthetic.
Bed-Stuy is home to an extensive amount of pre-war architecture, and something at 75 Ralph Avenue that considers the neighborhood context would be ideal, if unlikely. Regardless of the design, a nearly-vacant lot will still be transformed into much-needed housing, resulting in a net-positive for the surrounding area.
Permits indicate that 75 Ralph Avenue will measure 38,462 square feet, and the entirety of the structure will be residential; the building will be split between 57 units, and it will stand 69 feet tall.
Massey Knakal has a PDF indicating the development site had an asking price of $3.9 million. No completion date has been announced.
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