Construction is finished on 35 Commercial Street, a 22-story, 100-percent affordable housing building in the Greenpoint Landing mega-complex in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Park Tower Group along with Greenpoint Landing Associates, New York City’s Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), and the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), the structure yields 374 permanently affordable apartments and 7,600 square feet of lower-level retail space. The all-electric project is bound by Commercial and Clay Streets to the south and Bell Slip to the west.
Recent photographs show the completed look of the exterior, which is composed of red and black brick surrounding a dense grid of recessed windows with dark frames and mullions, as well as multiple ribbons and columns of floor-to-ceiling glass across the height of the superstructure. Ground-floor retail frontage and new tree-lined sidewalks with lampposts sit at the base of the building.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The below photographs were taken from the central open-air motor courtyard with landscaping by Alive Structures. Residents and visitors access the main entrance by going through the wide arched entryway.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
All 374 residential units are income-targeted through the Extremely Low and Low-Income Affordability (ELLA) program, with 57 units set aside for formerly homeless applicants. Residential amenities at 35 Commercial Street include indoor and outdoor children’s play areas, a fitness center, an on-site laundry room, bicycle parking, Wi-Fi for all residents, and multiple communal lounge areas. A total of 11,000 square feet of outdoor space is split between three courtyards.
The nearest subway from the development is the G train at the Greenpoint Avenue station to the south. Also nearby is the 7 train at the Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue station across the Pulaski Bridge in Hunters Point, Queens.
The 22-acre Greenpoint Landing master plan is aiming to bring nearly 5,500 new residential units to the Greenpoint waterfront, along with five acres of public open space along the East River and Newtown Creek.
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One of the better designed new Greenpoint projects, AND it’s truly affordable.
100-percent affordable housing building, this is the care that will be created: Thanks to Michael Young.
Nice two-toned brick
I’d like to know how affordable these apartments end up being but I love that there are no unaffordable units for a change.