Construction is finishing up on 96 Saint Edwards Street, an 11-story residential building in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by Aufgang Architects and developed by Slate Property Group, the 115-foot-tall structure spans 66,837 square feet and yields 105 supportive housing units with an average unit scope of 624 square feet. The project also includes 1,274 square feet of community facility space and a cellar level. The property is located at the intersection of Saint Edwards Street and Auburn Place.
The superstructure stands fully enclosed in its façade of light and dark gray brick and EIFS paneling. The building rises with a uniform massing with a lone setback that wraps around the entire sixth floor, creating space for an expansive terrace. The fenestration is composed of recessed windows with black metal frames, and a matching black canopy hangs over the main entrance at the center of the broad eastern elevation.
96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The property was formerly occupied by the St. Michael-St. Edward Church, which sat abandoned for nearly 15 years before its demolition for the project.
96 Saint Edwards Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn via Google Maps
The following photo from the same vantage point shows the new structure and the surrounding plaza that will lead visitors to a children’s playground in the rear of the property.
96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
Work is finishing up on the playground, which features a half basketball court and a jungle gym.
The playground at 96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The playground at 96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The playground at 96 St. Edwards Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The nearest subways from the development are the B, Q, and R trains at the DeKalb Avenue station along Flatbush Avenue Extension.
YIMBY expects the finishing touches on 96 Saint Edwards Street to conclude before the end of spring.
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Strange interactions between colors and materials.
Another beautiful abandoned church comes down. Sad, Sad, Sad.
From beautiful historic building to this strangeness. At least there is some new housing built. But what is with that dropped cut out notch at some of the window frames? This is really very strange design all around.
That church was so beautiful so sad where is the landmark Commision too many outstanding old churches have been demolished. The new building is just a generic development at least it would have been perfect to keep some of the church structure. Soon everything will look the same.
Just a little bit of hope from our little city in Hudson River Valley NY…some of the towns upriver have seen “desanctified” disused ⛪️ churches bought by private money & renovated/repaired, sold for private homes & early childhood daycare centers. They’re all in use, valued by the communities. Maybe the 5 Boroughs can repurpose a few of the structurally sound religious bldgs too.
Looks like should be new Brooklyn House of Detention
Bleak.
Sometimes dark brick and appointments don’t read “expensive and sophisticated”, they read “cheap and depressing” – this is one of those times.
Everything being build is also unaffordable for most
Downtown bbklyn. I watched my parents work there selves in the ground.I watched my ex husband walk a foot beat in bklyn south.
I can’t even get an apartment on my little social security income back in the neighborhood 😒
Gotta love that “supportive housing.” Nothing like a fresh injection of well-adjusted and highly functional folks to boost up the general milieu of the local streetscape.
My fist thought was, and prison.
I understand the need for supportive housing. But this sort of housing (along with rehab centers and shelters, etc.) tends to get built in areas that are already supporting more than their fair share of these institutions. The supportive housing featured here, for example, was built right next to NYCHA public housing projects. It would be nice to see the “burden” distributed more fairly by putting new structures like this in neighborhoods that currently have few to no institutions serving underprivileged populations instead of piling them on in places that already have many of these well-meaning organizations in their community.
While the old church was beautiful, it was long abandoned. It is important the we build as much housing targeted to the truly needy and working poor as possible. A supportive housing building was constucted 10+ years ago on Putnam in Clinton Hill. Yes, some of the residents (formerly unhoused and some with mental illness) have issues, but overall it is well run, well taken care of, and an example of what we can and do more of.