Community Facility

Demolition Underway For New 15-Story Jail Complex At 275 Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

Demolition work is underway at 275 Atlantic Avenue, the site of a 15-story jail complex in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by HOK and developed by the NYC Department of Design and Construction, the 339-foot-tall structure will span 712,150 square feet with a capacity of 1,040 inmates, as well as 30,000 square feet of community facility space, two cellar levels, two loading berths, 100 enclosed parking spaces, and an underground tunnel connecting to the adjacent courthouse. Northstar Contracting Group Inc. is the general contractor for the project, which will replace the defunct Brooklyn Detention Complex bound by Atlantic Avenue, Boerum Place, and Smith and State Streets.

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Exterior of the Sunset Park Library and Apartments, via Fifth Avenue Committee

Sunset Park Library and Apartments Opens at 5108 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

On Wednesday, The Brooklyn Public Library and Fifth Avenue Committee celebrated the ribbon cutting for the Sunset Park Library and Apartments, an eight-story mixed-use building at 5108 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The first development of its kind, the project combines affordable housing with a public library in a new model for urban development that blends community services with housing needs.

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35-01 36th Avenue Nears Completion in Astoria, Queens

Work is nearing completion on 35-01 36th Avenue, a nine-story mixed-use building in Astoria, Queens. Designed by NDKazalas Architecture and developed by Stellar Management, the 140-foot-tall structure is expected to yield 57,049 square feet with 33,624 square feet of office space and 9,928 square feet for a ground-floor community facility. SMQ OZB 1LLC is listed as the owner and Armteck Construction Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of 36th Avenue and 35th Street.

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