Brooklyn Heights

Quay Tower, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

YIMBY Visits Quay Tower on the Brooklyn Heights Waterfront

8:00 am on September 4, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

Past the historic Brownstones and occasional cobblestone roads in Brooklyn Heights, Quay Tower has found itself the perfect location, nestled between the BQE and the wildly popular Brooklyn Bridge Park. The location will guarantee future residents unfettered views of Downtown Manhattan, the rivers, and even burgeoning Downtown Brooklyn. The project is being developed by a joint venture between RAL Companies, Oliver’s Realty Group, and Vanke US, and today YIMBY has a look at the views across the Harbor from up top.

One Clinton Street Climbing Quickly Above Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn Heights

8:00 am on August 21, 2018 By Michael Young

Located at the confluence of Clinton Street and Cadman Plaza West and standing directly in front of One Pierrepont Plaza’s postmodern red and white facade, One Clinton Street, aka 280 Cadman Plaza West, is on the rise in Brooklyn Heights, on its way to a 409-foot-high pinnacle with 36 floors within. The tower is being designed by Marvel Architects and developed by Hudson Companies.

Quay Tower Tops Out, Façade Installation Underway, Brooklyn Bridge Park

8:00 am on June 5, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

Across the harbor from Manhattan, Quay Tower has been quietly and steadily rising. The 28-story condominium project at the southern edges of Brooklyn Bridge Park has recently topped out, and the façade is now eight stories above street level. The official address will be 50 Bridge Park Drive in Brooklyn Heights. The building is being developed through a joint venture with RAL Companies, Oliver’s Realty Group, and Vanke US.

New Close-Up Revealed For 28-Story “Quay Tower” Coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park

8:00 am on January 25, 2018 By Jordan Beeche

A new close-up rendering has been revealed of the Brooklyn Bridge Park condominium project, now officially known as Quay Tower. The 28-story building will be located at the southern end of Pier 6, in Brooklyn Bridge Park, along the East River. The project, designed by ODA Architecture’s Eran Chen, will offer residents permanently unobstructed views of the Manhattan skyline, New York Harbor, East River, as well as the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.

181 Montague Street and 185 Montague Street. LPC photos

Two New Designations Complete Trio of Individual Landmarks on Brooklyn’s Bank Row

8:00 am on January 25, 2017 By Evan Bindelglass

The city of New York has two new individual landmarks. On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate the buildings at 181 Montague Street and 185 Montague Street in Brooklyn. The move extended the preservation of the borough’s banking history.

New Renderings of Six-Acre Pier 5 Uplands at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Heights

7:00 am on January 20, 2017 By Reid Wilson

A new stretch of Brooklyn Bridge Park, which straddles the mouth of the East River along Brooklyn Heights, will come online later this year. Renderings of the six-acre plot, called Pier 5 Uplands and located between Joralemon and Montague streets, have been revealed at Curbed NY.

153 Remsen Street. Photo by Tectonic for YIMBY

Scaffolding Removal Underway at 19-Story, 60-Unit 153 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights

7:30 am on January 4, 2017 By Evan Bindelglass

It’s been a little over four months since we checked in on the construction at 153 Remsen Street, in Brooklyn Heights. Now, scaffolding removal is underway at the 19-story, 60-unit building between Clinton and Court streets. The progress can be seen thanks to a photo sent to YIMBY by prolific construction chronicler Tectonic. Quinlan Development and Lonicera Partners are the developers. Navid Maqami’s S9 Architecture is responsible for the design.

Brooklyn Bank Row Designations Move Forward with Public Hearing

7:30 am on December 1, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

In August, YIMBY reported on the Landmarks Preservation Commission calendaring two buildings in Brooklyn that sit between two existing historic districts. On Tuesday, the process of preserving 181 Montague Street and 185 Montague Street took a step forward, as the commission held public hearings on their designations.

Residential Building at 36 Schermerhorn Street to Get Its Stoop Back, Brooklyn Heights

6:30 am on November 18, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

Not every building alteration is noteworthy, but when one in the city’s first historic district goes before the full Landmarks Preservation Commission and includes the restoration of a stoop, we’ll try to tell that story. Such is the case at 36 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn, where new work would take it from four apartments to single-family use.

Construction Begins On Pier 3 Of Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn Heights

8:00 am on October 21, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Ground has recently been broken to transform Pier 3, located within Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn Heights, into a functional park. Pier 3 represents the last portion of the Brooklyn Bridge Park project. It will feature a large lawn, a playground, walking paths, vegetation, and a plaza, according to a rendering released by Curbed NY. This portion of Brooklyn Bridge Park is estimated to cost $26 million and is scheduled to be completed in 2018. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates is the landscape architect.

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