A little empty lot at 88 South 6th Street, next to the Williamsburg Bridge, is about to sprout this four-story gray brick building.
The DOB has just approved plans for the 60-foot-tall development, which will rise on an 18.5-foot-wide plot between Berry Street and Bedford Avenue. It will hold 490 square feet of ground floor retail, as well as two duplex apartments on the upper floors. They’ll be divided between 1,594 square feet of residential space, meaning that each apartment will weigh in at just 797 square feet.
Charles Mallea is the architect, and the owner is Martin Brach, whose business address is an adjacent property just behind this one on Broadway. Public records say he’s owned the property since 1987.
Overall, the design is pretty decent for new construction in Williamsburg. The gray brick will be somewhat contextual, and both tenants will have roof decks—one on top, and another set back below the penthouse in the back of the building. The only downside is that there will be PTACs punched through the facade.
The property measures only 670 square feet, and is squeezed between an old three-story tenement building and a newer brick office building.
Mallea is working on several other projects throughout Brooklyn, from a six-story apartment building in Bed Stuy to a three-building development in Bushwick.
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