YIMBY checked in on the progress of five low-rise residential buildings under construction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. All but one of the properties are located within a few blocks of one another near the border of Williamsburg and Bushwick, directly north of Broadway and Flushing Avenue.
Exterior work is taking shape on 106 Graham Avenue, where a two-story residential building has been expanded to four stories. Designed by Wu “Woody” Chen of Infocus Design and Planning for Oren Hakim, the 65-foot-tall structure will span 7,500 square feet and yield nine units with an average scope of 770 square feet. The development will also include 570 square feet of commercial space, a cellar level, and a 35-foot-long rear yard. Permits were filed in October 2023 for the property, which is located between Seigel and McKibbin Streets.
The following photos show the topped-out superstructure enclosed in a fenestration of large windows and glass doors leading to balconies lined with red metal railings. The main western elevation is covered in lavender insulation boards in preparation for façade installation. No renderings have been revealed for the project and it remains to be seen what materials will be used for the final cladding. The building culminates in a flat parapet with a bulkhead set back from the street.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
The building sat vacant before work began, as seen in the following Google Street View image taken prior to the start of the expansion.
106 Graham Avenue’s anticipated completion date is slated for winter 2025, as noted on site.
106 Graham Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn via Google Maps
Exterior work is also progressing on 212 Montrose Avenue, a four-story residential building located near the corner of Montrose and Bushwick Avenues. Designed by Infocus for Marcelo Duek under the MDLB Partners LLC, the 55-foot-tall structure will span 8,915 square feet and yield eight rental units with an average scope of 855 square feet. The development will also contain a penthouse unit, a cellar level, and a 32-foot-long rear yard. Permits for the project were filed in September 2019.
The following photographs show the masonry-based superstructure built to its pinnacle with scaffolding and black netting shrouding its main northern elevation. Windows and glass balcony doors are visible through the shroud, though the materials for the façade are difficult to discern. No renderings have been revealed for this project either.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
The following aerial perspective shows scaffolding assembled on the rear southern elevation. The grid of windows appears to be in place and lined with blue protective film. A light blue waterproofing layer covers the surrounding surface. Work appears complete on the windowless western lot line wall, which is painted gray.
Photo by Michael Young.
The property was formerly occupied by a three-story residential building, as seen in the below Google Street View image from before its demolition.
212 Montrose Avenue’s anticipated completion date is slated for winter 2025, as noted on site.
212 Montrose Avenue via Google Maps
Work recently resumed on 135 Boerum Street, a six-story residential building that had languished for several years in a nearly completed state. 135 Boerum LLC is listed as the owner of the project, which will yield six one-bedroom units. The 4,510-square-foot interior lot spans nearly 1 acre between Manhattan Avenue and Avenue of Puerto Rico.
A new sidewalk shed was assembled over the ground floor along with additional fencing around the entrance. The wooden boards that had covered the openings for the HVAC grilles below the windows have been removed, signaling ongoing progress. Crews will need to wash the façade of the graffiti and grime that accumulated over the years the project sat stalled.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
The steel-framed superstructure at 135 Boerum Street topped out in 2013, as seen in the below Google Street View image. Exterior work reached the current state of 80 percent completion by November 2016, but subsequently stalled.
Sony Arora purchased the property from Abraham Badalov in a foreclosure auction last year for $1.5 million. Daniel Barcelowsky of Evergreen Realty & Investments served as the broker for the transaction.
135 Boerum Street’s anticipated completion date is slated for spring 2025, as noted on site.
135 Boerum Street in September 2013. Image via Google Maps.
135 Boerum Street in November 2016. Image via Google Maps.
Work is ramping up on 92 Manhattan Avenue, where a two-story structure is being expanded into a four-story residential building. Designed by Mohammad Ahead for Yaniv Garbo of Garbo & Company, the 50-foot-tall structure will span 5,507 square feet and yield eight condominium units with an average scope of 1,004 square feet. The development will also include a cellar level and a 22.5-foot-long rear yard. Manhattan Lofts LLC is listed as the owner of the property, which is located between McKibbin and Boerum Streets. Permits for the project were filed last September.
The following photographs show scaffolding and black netting assembled on the main western elevation as crews work to gut the interiors in preparation for the vertical expansion. Signage for the deli that formerly occupied the ground-floor frontage remains in place, while wooden boards cover the exterior below. The entire façade will eventually be stripped when the additional floors begin construction, which could occur later this spring.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
No finalized renderings have been revealed for 92 Manhattan Avenue apart from the below elevation diagram, which was posted to the construction board. The illustration shows a symmetrical fenestration with a column of narrow windows running down the centerline of the main elevation. A setback is positioned at the fifth story, creating space for a private terrace. The residential entrance is located on the northern end of the building.
Photo by Michael Young.
The structure formerly featured a gray stucco façade and a row of small windows on the second story, as seen in the below Google Street View image from before work began.
A completion date for 92 Manhattan Avenue has yet to be announced.
92 Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn via Google Maps
Finally, exterior work is underway on 12 Berry Street, a one-story commercial building located at the corner of Berry Street and Nassau Avenue. Developed by Berry on the Park Holdings LLC, the structure will yield 26,000 square feet.
The following photos taken at the end of winter show crews in the process of framing out the steel-framed superstructure’s walls with metal studs and insulation boards. The structure is taking shape with the outer walls largely in place and the interiors underway.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
No finalized renderings have been revealed for 12 Berry Street. Below is an outdated vision for the project that would have featured a triple-height retail space, a mezzanine in the rear, and a landscaped rooftop terrace.
Rendering courtesy of Cayuga Capital Management LLC.
The property was formerly occupied by a two-story structure and an adjacent open-air storage lot, as seen in the following Google Street View image from September 2014. The building was torn down shortly thereafter, and the lot was cleared for the project last year.
12 Berry Street in 2014. Image: Google
Construction on 12 Berry Street was planned to conclude in February 2025, as noted on site. Work could potentially wrap up before the end of summer.
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What about Greenpoint, just to te North? Lot of low and medium rise thereas well.
Plain and expensive.
Low-rise and Williamsburg should not be in the same sentence! Would love to see a dramatic upzoning proposed.
The “city of yes” should be upzoning any area within half a mile of a subway station or along main through roads with frequent bus service.
When I take the M train over the Williamsburg Bridge into Brooklyn, you see such a great mix of low, mid, and high rise buildings..keep it up Williamsburg!