A small low-rise structure is being built at 68 Commercial Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Plans call for an expansion of the existing 25-foot-tall, 3,385-square-foot, one-story property into a 35-foot-tall, 6,213-square-foot, two-story building designed by Zrinsky Architecture PC and developed by Intercraft Developments Inc., yielding 1,520 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, a single residential unit on the second floor spanning 4,733 square feet, a 30-foot rear yard, and one enclosed parking space. Parsons Construction Inc. is the general contractor for 68 Commercial Street, which is rising from a 2,389-square-foot interior lot measuring only 70 feet wide and sits by the confluence of Box and Commercial Streets.
Recent photographs show a team of construction workers delivering and carrying large bundles of steel rebar from flatbeds to the new second-story reinforced concrete superstructure that is currently being erected directly over the original building. Wooden formwork temporarily hold up the columns and floor plate. A sidewalk shed and wooden fencing surrounds the first level.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Below is a Google Maps street view showing the site conditions of 68 Commercial Street before work commenced, revealing an aging brick exterior with a large metal garage door, and a dilapidating wooden structure set back from the street and sitting above the flat roof parapet.
Image via Google Maps
No finalized architectural rendering was spotted for the mixed-use residence yet. The nearest subway station from the property is the Vernon Boulevard – Jackson Avenue stop on the other side of Newtown Creek in Hunters Point, Queens, servicing the local 7 train, followed by the local G train at the Greenpoint Avenue station to the south along Manhattan Avenue.
An anticipated completion date for 68 Commercial Street has not been announced yet.
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