Exterior work is progressing on 1499 Bruckner Boulevard, a seven-story residential building in Soundview, The Bronx. Designed by J Frankl Architects and developed by Bayrock Capital, the 92-foot-tall structure will span 63,784 square feet and yield 135 rental units with an average scope of 216 square feet. The project will also include 34,164 square feet of community facility space. The property is alternately addressed as 1001 Wheeler Avenue and bounded by Wheeler Avenue to the east, Bruckner Boulevard to the south, and Evergreen Avenue to the west.
The superstructure stands topped out and shrouded in scaffolding and blue netting as crews work to install the façade around the grid of windows.
1499 Bruckner Boulevard. Photo by Michael Young.
1499 Bruckner Boulevard. Photo by Michael Young.
1499 Bruckner Boulevard. Photo by Michael Young.
No finalized renderings have been revealed for the project apart from the below axonometric diagrams showing 1499 Bruckner Boulevard’s overall massing. The structure will have an L-shaped configuration with the tallest portion of the superstructure positioned along the corner of Bruckner Boulevard and Evergreen Avenue. A stepped bulkhead caps the roof, while upper-level setbacks will likely be topped with outdoor terraces.
1499 Bruckner Boulevard. Diagrams courtesy of J Frankl Architects.
The property was formerly occupied by a one-story auto shop and a surface-level parking lot, as seen in the below Google Street View image from before their demolition.
1499 Bruckner Boulevard in February 2022. Image via Google Maps.
The nearest subway from the ground-up development is the 6 train at the elevated Elder Avenue station to the north.
An anticipated completion date for 1499 Bruckner Boulevard has not been announced.
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Average scope of 215 square feet?
Even the correct math is really small at 472 square feet. Some number has to be significant off. Maybe there not that many units, or, and hear me out here, this development may just be exclusively marketed to midgets.
I doubt the 34k sqf of community space is accurate.
If we add that up, the average unit gets bumped to 700sqf
An improvement, fer sure
The sound and smell of the highway must be overpowering.
Not to mention the damn school buses blocking the blvd to one lane