Construction is now rising on 100 Flatbush Avenue, a 44-story residential building in the Alloy Block multi-tower complex in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed and developed by Alloy Development, the 482-foot-tall structure will yield 441 units, with 45 reserved for affordable housing. The project was initially slated to feature 100,000 square feet of office space, but this has been scrapped in favor of 184 additional apartments. Urban Atelier Group is the contractor for the property, which is located on a trapezoidal plot bound by Flatbush Avenue to the northeast, State Street to the southwest, and Third Avenue to the northwest.
At the time of our last update in mid-April, foundation work was progressing while excavation was still ongoing on portions of the property. Now the reinforced concrete superstructure is two stories above street level, with rebar protruding for the columns in preparation for the formation of the next levels.
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
The construction crane has been assembled and towers over the project site. Tall metal scaffolding temporarily sits between the first and second floors as the concrete settles.
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
The following two photographs were taken in early June.
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue. Photo by Michael Young
100 Flatbush Avenue features a Flatiron-esque massing that incorporates three shallow setbacks on the way up to its flat parapet. We could likely see the edifice reach a quarter of its full height by the end of summer and get close to the halfway mark by the end of the year. Each setback and slight reduction in floor area should help speed the pace of work.
The project is set to become New York City’s first all-electric tower with all functions powered by electricity, including the use of induction cooktops, heat pump dryers, hot water, and HVAC. Homes are situated from the third through 41st floors, with the majority of the residential amenities housed within the podium. These include a fitness center, flexible workspace, and an outdoor rooftop swimming pool.
The Alloy Block. Seen on The Alloy Block’s main website
Alongside 100 Flatbush Avenue and the taller 80 Flatbush Avenue is the inclusion of two grade schools: the KGIA at 380 Schermerhorn Street with a new cafeteria, a gymnasium, and a library; and an elementary school at 489 State Street with its own gymnasium and auditorium accessible to the community.
The second phase of the master plan will be led by Architecture Research Office as the design architect, Ismael Leyva Architects as the architect of record, Silman Associates and Magnussen Klemenic as the structural engineers, Cosentini & Associates as the MEP Engineer, Front Inc. as the façade consultant, Nelson Byrd Woltz as the landscape architect, Thornton Tomasetti as the sustainability consultant, Lighting Workshop as the lighting consultant, Langan as the geotechnical engineer, and AKRF as the civil engineer.
The Khalil Gibran International Academy High School. Seen on The Alloy Block’s main website
YIMBY last reported that 100 Flatbush Avenue and the two schools on site are expected to be completed in the first half of 2024, while 80 Flatbush Avenue is anticipated to take three years to build and conceivably be fully realized by 2027.
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The Flatiron craze continues.
I’m never going to live in an apartment in Brooklyn, but my son, his wife, and my grandson are in Prospect Heights. So, I’m driving out there -right down Flatbush past Juniors to make the turn past the Barclay Ctr and up Atlantic to Vanderbilt. Back in the ’70s, I drove a yellow cab, so I knew the territory. What an incredible and unpredictable transformation! Your photography is beautiful. The skill of our constructors and the artistry of (some) of our designers and architects is fantastic. I just hope the civil government can catch up and provide peace and security in the streets and public transport or we may find this is all in vain. Rudy is too old, and I see no evidence that the Council or Adams have what it takes. I hope it’s not a case of it has to get worse before it gets better. But, again, well done to this site and all the builders.
You are correct. I know it CAN be better, again. After all, if somebody told you in 1975 the City will become a truly desirable place to live by 2000 (if you like urban living), much cleaner, safer, you would think they were crazy. But it happened! Even more so. But then came disastrous DiBlasio. And the coronavirus did the city no favors, either. I agree the jury is out with Adams – not impressed, so far. But the people in our city WANT it to be like it was just a few years ago. The NYC we loved, that attracted people from all over the world. I know we can do it!
Filling the sky with construction of new tower, that are fully designed to meet its renderings. Working in progress on beautiful vertically up: Thanks to Michael Young.
45 affordable units out of 441 units this is how they fix affoedable housing crisis for low and moderate incomes? and probably those 45 units are for middle incomes, again