Streetview of 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension, Map data © 2022 Google
New York City wants to redevelop an outdated office building in Downtown Brooklyn to make way for a 72-story mixed-use tower with thousands of apartments. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is looking to rezone the commercial building at 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension to allow for a new skyscraper with 1,263 apartments, as first reported by The Real Deal. The existing 350,000-square-foot building—a Verizon call center—was called “one of the biggest eyesores in Downtown Brooklyn” by Brownstoner for its homely architecture.
The proposed building would rise 840 feet and include roughly 1,230,000 gross square feet of residential space and 210,000 gross square feet of office, retail, and community space. According to a presentation presented to the Public Design Commission, the podium structure of the existing site could be reused, and there would be multiple setbacks to allow for more light and air on Hudson Avenue.
The current proposal includes 1,263 apartments, with 353 to 379 units designated as affordable for those earning at or below 80 percent of the area median income.
The project includes a new public open plaza along Fulton Street, wider sidewalks, an enhanced pedestrian experience along Flatbush and Dekalb Avenues, and more trees and landscape. The plan would also improve the entrance to the Dekalb Avenue subway station…