New Rental Building in Crown Heights Offers Rooftop With Skyline Views, BBQ and Bocce Ball

Sponsored By 409 Eastern Parkway

Engaging new apartments surrounded by rich area attractions including the Brooklyn Museum, Botanic Garden, Prospect Park, and the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket.

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At 11 stories tall, 409 Eastern Parkway casts a striking profile in the western pocket of Crown Heights, just steps from vibrant Franklin Avenue as well as many of Brooklyn’s most renowned attractions.

Taking cues from the surrounding brick and brownstone buildings of the neighborhood, Issac & Stern Architects created several setbacks atop a two-story stone base at the 186-unit building.

Developer Adam America went bold with three floors of amenities totaling more than 17,000 square feet.

Let’s start with the rooftop. The landscaped deck offers an unencumbered, surveyor’s-eye view of the city skyline — a dramatic backdrop for hanging out (literally) at the building’s hammock lounge, grilling and chilling at the barbecue stations, or competing on the bocce ball court. Residents can also keep their beverages cool at the roof’s wet bar.

Inside, dedicated co-working spaces are perfect for those enjoying today’s “gig economy,” and the library, fitness center with adjoining yoga alcove and game room provide an outlet for both the brainy and the brawny. There’s also a resident’s lounge with screening area, fireplace, kitchenette, pet spa and children’s playroom.

Throughout the units, oversized windows allow light to flood in, pointing up the kitchen details which include white lacquer shaker cabinetry, Caesarstone countertops, and brand-name stainless steel appliances from Beko, GE, Whirlpool, and Bosch.

The energy of Franklin Avenue’s vibrant bar and restaurant scene is a story unto itself. Butter and Scotch, a bakery that serves cocktails, is your closest local. There’s gourmet pizza at Barboncino, Burger’s at Dutch Boy and Franklin Park and prohibition-style knock-three-times ambience at Crown Inn. If coffee is your drink of choice, residents have plenty of options in Little Zelda’s, Café Forte, The Pulp & The Bean and Starbuck’s.

Being on the western edge of Crown Heights also means convenience to New York City — the commute to downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan is only 15 to 30 minutes on the 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains from Franklin Avenue. Also nearby are The Brooklyn Public Library, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Prospect Park and the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket.

The Aguayo Team at Halstead Property Development Marketing, which is working the project, believes the lease-up will be swift, as the rental market in the neighborhood is among the hottest in the city.

According to Brendan Aguayo, SVP and Managing Director of Halstead Property Development Marketing, “The quality, layouts and amenities both in the building and surrounding neighborhood have created strong demand.”

Studios start at $2,360, one-bedrooms at $2,685 and two-bedrooms at $3,665. Private parking is available for a fee. Occupancy is expected to begin in September. For more information go to the website here.