The New York City Planning Commission has approved plans for 175 Third Street, a mixed-use development in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Developed by Charney Companies and Tavros with design by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in collaboration with dencityworks | architecture, the 27-story building is expected to span over 1 million square feet and yield more than 1,000 units, approximately 250 of which will be designated as affordable housing. The nearly $1 billion project is part of the broader redevelopment of the neighborhood following the 2021 rezoning. The property is bounded by 2nd Street, 3rd Street, 3rd Avenue, and the Gowanus Canal.
Rendering of 175 Third Street. Credit: BIG.
Rendering of 175 Third Street. Credit: BIG.
The complex is also planned to include 28,000 square feet of publicly accessible waterfront open space designed by Field Operations in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. The project builds on earlier design studies for the site and responds to increasing housing demand in the area.
Rendering of 175 Third Street. Credit: BIG.
Rendering of 175 Third Street. Credit: BIG.
175 Third Street’s design features a series of cascading volumes with chamfered corners arranged in a horseshoe configuration, opening toward the canal. This massing approach creates a stepped profile intended to maximize light, air, and outdoor access while framing a central waterfront park. The façade is depicted composed of a grid of floor-to-ceiling windows framed by what appears to be cast concrete with a rough-hewn finish.
The development will also include ground-floor retail and artist spaces, along with landscaped courtyards and rooftop terraces designed by BIG Landscape. Additional resiliency measures include an elevated structure and a sloped waterfront esplanade designed to absorb floodwaters.
Transit access near the site includes the R train at Union Street and the F and G trains at Carroll Street, providing connectivity to other parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
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Architecture with a capital ‘A’
$1,000,000 to construct one unit of housing… what are we even doing here 😭😭😭😭
still a good project but jesus christ
Love the creativity and massing especially for this many units. NYC is producing some of the best designed buildings in the USA
This is such a cool project.
Very cool. Work on the foundation has been underway for a while, I hope the speed will pick up now.
Currently undergoing remediation. Former Verizon storage and truck parking.
How are you calculating per unit costs?
I’m not totally sure, but I am pretty confident it’s not the metric of total cost ÷ unit count so often claimed in the comment section of Yimby.
Bjarke is back. This is a very interesting and instantly iconic design. I really hope the exterior precast concrete (or real stone?) looks as good as the rendering. Gowanus could become a new architectural district like the Highline. Bravo.
Indeed.
I was thinking the same… The Canal Line.
LOL
It would be a very short tour.
This is a very nice looking building. Bravo. Tavros Charney seems to know what its doing and created several decent looking developments.
But so many others along the canal and 3rd and 4th Avenue are absolute monstrosities with no interesting details, respect for place or the architectural vernacular of the area.
Better design than the other stuff thrown up along Gowanus Canal, but still “publicly accessible waterfront open space” means “superfund site” and being among the neighborhoods most likely to flood with a decent-sized hurricane plus high-tide combo.
No need to worry about being flooded as they will be getting their chemo treatment
those supposed 250 affordable units needs to be truly affordable, not close to market rate ‘affordable’
Very nice design, excited to see it get going.
Is there a superfund discount on the apartment?
What are the sustainability attributes of the project?