Williamsburg


Masterplan look for the Domino Sugar Factory Redevelopment, rendering courtesy Two Trees

Domino Park Nears Public Debut As Crane Rises for COOKFOX-Designed 260 Kent Avenue

In less than eight weeks, the Domino Sugar Factory’s  redevelopment is expected to open up six acres of landscaped public space on 1,200 feet of the Williamsburg waterfront. Two Trees Management is developing the land, immediately north of the Williamsburg Bridge. The master plan includes square-arch motifs in three of the four new buildings, indicative of this project’s relationship with the bridge as the gateway to North Brooklyn. The public space has been designed by James Corner Field Operations, who also designed the new High Line Park.

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340 Metropolitan Avenue, via Google Maps

Permits Filed for 340 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Another day, another building set to pop up in Brooklyn’s hippest neighborhood. Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use structure at 340 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The site, comes five blocks away from the Metropolitan Avenue subway station, serviced by the G and L trains. This, of course, comes as part of the wave of new development in one of Brooklyn’s most notable neighborhoods. The project would be a door away from a recently built fire station for the FDNY designed by Michielli + Wyetzner Architects. Mortar Architecture + Development will be responsible for both developing and designing.

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453 Broadway, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Permits Filed for 453 Broadway, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-used building at 453 Broadway, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The site is under two blocks away from the Hewes Street subway station, serviced by the J, M, and Z trains, and two blocks away from the Broadway subway station, serviced by the G trains. Shmuly Deutsch of Blue plus Green will be responsible for the development.

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