Construction is complete on The Feather Lofts, a six-story residential conversion at 28-46 Roebling Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Michael Muroff Architect LLC and developed by Eser Realty, the project involved the full overhaul of a derelict warehouse and yields 31 loft apartments, ground-floor retail space, and amenities including a basement gym, laundry room, and roof deck. The Daly Team at Compass is handling sales and marketing for the property, which is bound by North 10th Street to the north, North 9th Street to the south, and Roebling Street to the east.
Recent photos show the look of the restored red brick façade, which incorporates metal star motifs and glass canopies.
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
Below is a Google Street View image of 28 Roebling Street from the summer of 2009. It was originally built in 1910 for the Longman & Martinez Paint Company.
28 Roebling Street. Image via Google Maps
The architect created an extra floor above the old roof parapet and added a subtle motif below the flat stone lintels. Pocketed and corner rooftop terraces are spaced between the six dormers, which match the brick façade below.
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
28 Roebling Street. Photo by Michael Young
The nearest subway is the L train at the Bedford Avenue station to the southeast.
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Excellent, wonderful project that should be the example for all historic properties that can expand the city and keep its memory. This is so well done.
Hooray,
This what every developer should be doing!
Readaptive use of the existing building instead of demolishing the history of NYC and Brooklyn.
The only reason developers don’t is because they don’t give a crap abut anything but $$$$$$$$
In a vacuum i totally agree. But you are leaving out two key variables: sometimes its completely impractical and/or structurally impossible to reuse/convert and the developer does not have the capital $$$ to achieve it and/or would have no return on investment or an inferior ROI after completion.
For someone who thinks every new development should be subsidized and completely affordible you sure like to opine that free market urbanism should rule when it comes to saving old structures.
Cognitive dissonance?
“For someone who thinks every new development should be subsidized and completely affordable”
I have NEVER said this and don’t even believe this.
I only rail against the RIDICULOUS notion that promoting homes for people making 100,000 or more a year as “affordable” is ridiculous when we have a housing crisis for low income NYers.
I also always point out that every millionaire developer gets NYS taxpayer subsidies in the form of the now dead 421A giveaway and then sets those rents at 130% of AMI which does nothing for low income people and is an absolute joke.
I also believe that almost every old building deserves to be saved and not demolished to preserve the character of NYC and it’s bouroughs, and to keep lower income people in their homes or be put to adaptive reuse in a new building.
I don’t give a SHT about the ROI of millionaire developers or their lack of capitol and this building in Brooklyn proves that reuse /convert can be done in almost every instance.
I love the two-window dormers they added to the roof! So charming and fits right in!