Development Watch: 574 4th Avenue
Last time we took a look at the big 80-unit development on 4th Avenue and 16th Street, its construction netting had come down partially and the facade was starting to be visible. The finished product is starting to come into clearer focus, with the exterior’s shiny metallic stuff now on display as well. No question:…
Last time we took a look at the big 80-unit development on 4th Avenue and 16th Street, its construction netting had come down partially and the facade was starting to be visible. The finished product is starting to come into clearer focus, with the exterior’s shiny metallic stuff now on display as well. No question: This one is classic 4th Avenue and classic Bricolage. By the by, a poster on the Forum said yesterday that there’s a rumor swirling around the neighborhood that this building will be housing for recovering drug addicts, but we called the developer’s office and they said that’s bull—it’s just going to be a regular rental.
Development Watch: 574 4th Avenue [Brownstoner]
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Renters/Buyers on 4th ave have a choice. These developments are consumer driven and if end consumers say no to either purchasing or renting at a price that makes it economically viable for the developer, they wouldn’t proceed to continuouslly building them (In at least that fashion). Who’s to blame here, the developer who keeps putting it up or the consumer who keeps buying it?
It is ugly, so very ugly. The location is sucky, like who wants to listen to the expressway when the windows are open.
They could have picked out better looking bricks. The tan ones, well…..vomit.
it doesnt look much different than alot of the large apartment buildings below the park. Just bigger and uglier.
Close to the subway. Easy walk to park slope amenities. It’s not so bad. I’d rather live up the hill on 7th where I am now (sometimes I take the D instead of the F and boy do I hate that walk up to 7th Ave at the end of a long day). But for someone who wants to be in the area but maybe get a bit of a discount, why not?
Sorry, I meant 575 FIFTH Ave (at 16th St.) not 6th Ave…
That thing is built like a “brick shit house” (pun intended).
I have never seen so much steel go into one building, well in the South Slope that is. I assume it’s due to its proximity, ahem next to, the Gowanus Expressway and the R train.
But it’s all location, location, location right?
Big no on this one.
BTW, 575 6th Ave. is not just ex-drug addicts. It is folks transitioning out of shelters who need specialized and assisted care…including seniors and youth’s aging out of foster care. A bit of a controversial in the neighborhood until everyone learned the overall scope of the project by 5th Ave Comm.
I’d be more concerned at the renters in this building on 4th Ave who truly have to be nuts to rent there…
Yup, the one story mechanic garages and dilapidated wood frames that previously occupied this space were much nicer. Nope, the recovering drug addicts will be residing up the block on 5th ave and 16th, which eveyone seems to be okay with. Must be the choice of brick color and lack of balconies, that’s it!
these rental buildings are killing me! Is the pricing out yet on the Brooklyner?
I agree Joe- If I recall correctly, this was originally intended to be a condo development at inception per conversations with some of the contractors we had early in the construction.