Façade installation is progressing on 164 4th Avenue, a 17-story residential building in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by SBLM Architects and developed by JLL Capital Markets, the 142,000-square-foot structure will yield 160 rental apartments with 30 percent designated as affordable housing, as well as 12,391 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. The 13,840-square-foot site was formerly occupied by a gas station and is located at the corner of 4th Avenue and Douglass Street.
A tremendous amount of work has unfolded since our last update in late September, when pilings were just getting underway on the plot and excavation had yet to start in earnest. Recent photos show the reinforced concrete superstructure already built to its parapet and the façade of floor-to-ceiling glass and copper-hued paneling enclosing the lower two-thirds of the building.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Metal spandrels with inlaid ventilation grilles cover the edges of the floor plates.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The lot-line wall on the southern side is mostly blank with the exception of a lone column of narrow windows. Crews are in the process of painting the cinderblock face yellow in preparation for the installation of the final cladding.
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
No official renderings for 164 4th Avenue have been released apart from the below preliminary renderings form a few years ago. The overall design appears to have been retained, although the stacks of balconies have been eliminated.
Preliminary rendering of 164 4th Avenue
Preliminary rendering of 164 4th Avenue
Preliminary rendering of 164 4th Avenue
Preliminary rendering of 164 4th Avenue
A list of residential amenities also yet to be disclosed. The closest subway from the property is the R train at the Union Street station along 4th Avenue.
164 4th Avenue’s anticipated completion date is slated for the summer of 2025, as noted on site.
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The Gowanus Neighborhood Has Been Rezoned
In 2021, 82 blocks in Gowanus were changed from mainly industrial use to allowing residential development. The existing industrial buildings being demolished in the neighborhood will soon be replaced by dozens of apartment towers reaching up to 30 stories tall.
Most of the Rezoned Land is Highly Toxic
The vast majority of development sites in Gowanus (see map, below) are filled with cancer-causing toxins due to a century of industrial use, and have been classified by NY State as “Brownfield sites.” Some have toxins as deep as 150 feet.
The Infrastructure
Sewage Frequently Flows Into the Canal
During heavy rains, raw sewage flows into the canal because it exceeds the current sewer system’s capacity. As a result, the EPA has demanded that the City build two enormous “retention” tanks to keep excess sewage from going into the canal.
30% affordable really means another form of market rate units in a shoe box apartment, on top of that the cancer causing chemicals from the toxic canal, law suit in full effect who get seriously ill
30% affordable really means 70% is unaffordable.
I would like graduate students to see this installation, they will answer if it is as beautiful as me: Thanks.