Permits have been filed for a 30-story mixed-use building at 188 Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Located between Willoughby Street and Myrtle Avenue, the lot is near the Hoyt Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 3 trains. Duffield Developers under the 188 Duffield LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The proposed 323-foot-tall development will yield 102,224 square feet, with 98,019 square feet designated for residential space, 3,658 square feet for community facility space, and 546 square feet for commercial space. The building will have 115 residences, most likely rentals based on the average unit scope of 852 square feet. The concrete-based structure will also have a cellar but no accessory parking.
Hill West Architects is listed as the architect of record.
It is unclear if demolition will occur, the landmarked Duffield Street houses currently sit on the site. An estimated completion date has not been announced.
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Are they going to get rid of all those beautiful houses?
What good is Landmarking if they can still demo?!
Fantastic! Making the most of landmarked lots.
Oh no! Please leave those beautiful old home alone. NYC is looking so boring with these ugly, new high rises.
Those permits can be denied, I would hope
Oh My God, NoNoNoNoNoNoNo!!
Maybe they can “fall” into disrepair….
It was a condition of the approval of the Metrotech complex that those four houses be moved from the Metrotech site, restored, and put to appropriate uses. If the houses are demolished or inappropriately altered, the entire Metrotech complex becomes illegal.
Oh, good. Another luxury apartment that uber wealthy foreigners can buy to wash money and leave empty. This is not what new york needs. Therebis a housing crisis, and yet, there are countless empty apartments sitting empty where people can’t afford them.
The application information implies that the new building will be set back considerably from the sidewalk, so at least the front halves of these houses will likely remain.
This is another example of economic speculation without considering architectural value. In Vigo (Spain), the city where I live, there is a record of historical buildings from all periods; They can be renovated inside under very strict official supervision. These buildings represent not only the different architectural moments but also the concept of each era. Our society values and protects them.
The last thing Downtown Brooklyn needs is ANOTHER high rise that ultimately sits half empty because it’s priced to high for actual working class New Yorkers. And isnt this location landmarked because of its history with the Underground Railroad, isn’t it?? Residents in the area have been fighting developers for years to keep this historic site from being demolished!!
Those buildings aren’t half empty. The residential vacancy rate in downtown Brooklyn is very low.
Darlene, the vacancy rate in Downtown Brooklyn is effectively zero. As such rents are rising considerably, we need as many new buildings as possible to drive down prices.
Those houses look like a movie set! Leave them alone.
I watched them raise and transport those buildings from their original location. The reason being the historical history of the buildings so,why demolish now since they were moved there to preserve the historical value in the first place ? Make it make sense. What’s next ? The Academy of Music ? The old Williamsburg savings bank ? ( The Clock ) Brooklyn Tech ? They’ve torn down so much of my childhood neighborhood that it’s almost unrecognizable.
They will not stop until Brooklyn looks like Manhattan .Brooklyn of our youth sure is unrecognizable.
They have cast us in the shadows of these high rises it’s so sad. You can barely see the sky! Every time I walk by these houses I would wish I had enough money to restore and live in one of them .
To those noting that Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn has a landmarked property that is part of the history of The Underground Railroad, the houses in the picture aren’t them. These houses were landmarked due to their connection to early settlers of Brooklyn when Duffield Street was still called Johnson Street, after the original oners of the property. It would be a shame for them to get moved out of the area or even worse, altered or demolished.
Great project. MetroTech needs more apartments to continue to become more of a 24/7 location. Proximity to transit, offices, park space—this is exactly the type of residential development New York needs in earnest.
Maybe they can relocate those 4 structures to a more appropriate location. They look out of place in that location now with the buildings around them.
I hear you.