Demolition is complete at 280 Bergen Street, the site of forthcoming four-building residential complex in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by Fischer Rasmussen Whitfield Architects and developed by Goose Property Management, the 302,000-square-foot project will yield 367 rental units in studio to two-bedroom layouts. The development will also include approximately 9,700 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property is located by the corner of Bergen Street and 3rd Avenue.
Recent photographs show the entire site fully cleared and awaiting the start of excavation. The concrete slab of the previous low-rise structures remains in place behind construction fencing.
280 Bergen Street. Photo by Michael Young.
280 Bergen Street. Photo by Michael Young.
280 Bergen Street. Photo by Michael Young.
280 Bergen Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The property was formerly occupied by a two-story commercial building, as seen behind the still-operating gas station in the below Google Street View image from before the start of demolition. Two additional one-story structures further to the west on Bergen Street were also razed for the project.
280 Bergen Street. Via Google Maps
The rendering in the main photo looks southeast from across Bergen Street at the building’s main elevation. The exterior is shown largely composed of light tan brick surrounding a grid of rectangular and arched floor-to-ceiling windows with dark metal spandrels. The final three stories will be clad in dark metal paneling. The building will feature numerous balconies and setbacks with private terraces. A roof deck will sit atop the flat parapet.
Goose Property Management recently secured a $166 million construction loan for the project, which will consist of three 11-story buildings and one 12-story structure at the easternmost end of the lot. Residential amenities will include a fitness center, theater, game room, lounge, yoga studio, children’s playroom, and 40 enclosed parking spaces.
The nearest subways from the development site are the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, and R trains at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station to the east, which also provides access to the Long Island Rail Road.
A construction timeline for 280 Bergen Street has yet to be announced.
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The building would have been perfect, if not for the ugly upper section where the last two floors are. Had they used a mansard roof in the typical Parisian style, it would have been perfect.
So Fischer did the top, Rasmussen the middle and Whitfield bottom?
What a hideous mess.
I just can’t get there.
Better than most of the ugly buildings they are putting up in Brooklyn. It would be nice to see trees planted to break up some of the block long facade.
Street tree planting is under the purview of the Parks Dept. They take forever to fill tree pits where dead trees were removed.
Interesting. Did not know that.
You people do nothing but complain-it’s 1000x’s better than the previous I’m surprised the gas station is still there
Does anyone know if these buildings are only for New Yorkers, or people.from out of state can live in them, as well?
This is beautiful except for the top two floors. It just looks awful. Otherwise this rendering is breathtaking