YIMBY recently visited Red Hook, Brooklyn to check in on five low-rise residential and commercial buildings under construction. The projects are all located west of Dwight Street in the northern end of the district, within walking distance of the Red Hook ferry terminal, and are emblematic of the city’s steady transformation of former industrial areas into vibrant mixed-use communities.
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 73 Dikeman Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Located between Richards Street and Van Brunt Street, the lot is closest to the Smith–9th Streets subway station, served by the F and G trains. Zhi Xiang Lin is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Renderings have been revealed for Echelon Studios, two large-scale film and television production campuses planned for Brooklyn at 176 Dikeman Street in Red Hook and 242 Seigel Street in Bushwick. Designed by COOKFOX Architects for the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the New York City Industrial Development Agency, and Bungalow Projects, the facilities are part of a $552 million initiative and will span approximately 600,000 square feet with ten soundstages. The studios are intended to meet the growing demand for production infrastructure in New York City and will generate some 2,400 jobs across construction and studio operations.
A $3.5 billion vision plan to transform the Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Red Hook has been approved by the team’s Task Force. The plan, which is backed by city, state, and federal leadership including Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul, will redevelop the 122-acre site into a modern, all-electric maritime port and a mixed-use waterfront district. The project includes the construction of 6,000 housing units, 40 percent of which will be permanently affordable, a 60-acre upgraded port, 28 acres of public open space, and more than 275,000 square feet each of commercial and industrial space.
The City of New York has broken ground on the Red Hook Coastal Resiliency project, a $218 million initiative to bolster flood protection infrastructure in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Spearheaded by Mayor Eric Adams and led by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, the project will install 2 miles of flood walls, flood gates, and redesigned streetscapes to mitigate the risk of future storm surges. Construction is expected to conclude by summer 2028.
