Brooklyn

Quay Tower, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Quay Tower Sees Brooklyn’s First-Ever $20 Million Condominium Sale

8:00 am on October 12, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

Quay Tower is not like most of the new residential skyscrapers rising in Brooklyn. The project sits directly against the Brooklyn Heights waterfront, soaring 30 floors above the neighboring brownstone-filled streets, and features a glassy façade paired with brushed copper-hued metals that evoke the iron girders along Pier 6, nearby. Now, the building has now shattered a record for the entire borough, with its penthouse entering contract for $20 million, nearly $4 million over the previous record for a Brooklyn apartment set by actor Matt Damon.

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991 Saint Johns Place, elevation by PKSB

Renderings Revealed for Expansion of Historic 991 Saint Johns Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

7:30 am on October 9, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

A proposal has been revealed for the redevelopment of the St. Gregory the Great School, a four-floor Neo-Classical design by Helmle & Corbett from 1921. The notable historic features include the entrance portico and building piers at the upper story windows, with arch-headed blind lintels. The proposal is to almost double the building’s floor count and add residential units to the old school building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, at 991 Saint Johns Place.

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1086 Decatur Street in June 2018, via Google Maps

Permits Filed for 1086 Decatur Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn

6:30 am on October 9, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 1086 Decatur Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The site is six blocks away from the Chauncey Street subway station, serviced by the J, M, and Z trains, and five blocks away from the Wilson Avenue subway station, serviced by the L trains. Infocus is listed as behind the design.

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