Excavation work is set to begin at 52 Fourth Avenue, the site of a nine-story residential building in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by Gertler & Wente Architects and developed by Metropolitan Realty Exemptions under the RJ 4th Avenue LLC, the 55,000-square-foot structure will yield 52 rental apartments averaging 775 square feet apiece, as well as a cellar and ground-floor retail space. It was last reported that the units will come in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts and a select number of apartments will have their own private outdoor spaces. There will be four penthouses on the upper levels, each with its own outdoor space. Real Land Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Dean Street and Fourth Avenue.
Photographs taken at the end of January show the land cleared of the buildings that once stood on the parcel, and machinery sitting in preparation for pilings. We should see excavation and foundation work proceed over the coming weeks and months, followed by the superstructure sometime in the latter half of this year.
52 Fourth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
52 Fourth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
52 Fourth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
52 Fourth Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
The rendering shows a grid of punched windows with dark metal framing, a staggered array of two-story rectangular sections of floor-to-ceiling glass, and light-brown brick masonry walls throughout. Most of the corners have balconies, and the final habitable level has pocketed terraces. A flat roof parapet caps the superstructure, and the ground floor has a 14-foot-high glass envelope for the retail frontage along Fourth Avenue. The residential entrance appears to be located along Dean Street.
Rendering of 52 Fourth Avenue by Gertler & Wente Architects
Rendering of facade and residential balconies at 52 Fourth Avenue by Gertler & Wente Architects
Components include 41,120 square feet designated for residential space, 5,482 square feet for commercial space, and 383 square feet for community facility space. The site is only one block away from the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station, which is serviced by the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, and R trains.
52 Fourth Avenue has an estimated completion date of winter 2022, as stated on the construction board, though YIMBY predicts early 2023 to be a more plausible time frame.
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I live around the corner from here and while I’m excited to see this project taking shape, I do wish it looked a little higher quality. The recent developments at St Marks and Pacific street are both really high quality and well executed. In contrast this looks a little cookie cutter/cost cutter, possibly due to its shorter height limiting the financial viability of a more expensive facade design.
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Just NOT gentrified enough, Arman?
This awful mess proves our city needs an architecture review board like they have in Chicago to ensure such buildings are never approved.
Please let me get a two bedrooms