This is 441 Grand Street in Wiliamsburg, east of the BQE, just off the hoping Union Avenue Triangle. While we’re tempted to blame Robert Scarano for this one–as it has many of the King’s flourishes like lots of walls and lack of windows–the blame can not go to him. It’s actually the work of Kutnicki-Bernstein, […]

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This is 205 N. 8 Street in Williamsburg, which has been under construction since 1986. Just kidding. But it’s been going up for a long, long time. It’s a six story building with five units and the original permit was approved four years ago. It’s also attracted 14 complaints to the Dept. of Buildings and […]

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It seems like only yesterday this was an empty lot with a pretty tree that blossomed every spring. No longer. This is 311 Warren Street, which is a five-story endeavor. DOB records show it as having only one dwelling unit, which has to be a typo. Either that, or someone’s building themselves a big place […]

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We finally managed to wander past the Metropolitan Cinema and Condos at 136 Metropolitan Avenue between Berry & Wythe this weekend and got some nice shots of the new facade. The building was designed by Caliper Studio and that’s a zinc exterior with glass discs that will be illuminated from behind at night by LED […]

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This is Fourth Avenue and Carroll Streets, which we think of as the corner of nightmares for different reasons, but mainly architectural ones. The building on the left is the shaft erected by Bricolage Designs and Henry Radusky. The now Christo-wrapped thing on the right is the building from which Robert Scarano was booted and […]

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Hot Karl Fischer’s 64 Bayard, which is a half-block removed from Karl Fischer Row, is now a couple of stories out of the ground. It will be near the Aqua condo and across from the new skate park going in at McCarren Pool. It will end up being two seven-story buildings with 64 units. And, […]

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This is 357 Dean Street and we took note of it because of how nicely it fits in with the wood frame Boerum Hill homes that adjoin it (and are across the street). The building is six stories and will have six units. It comes from Sears Tombasco Architects. We do love contextuality with our […]

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Actually, this is very much about the new Burg rather than the old. It’s a photo shot around dusk on River Street. The white building directly ahead is 184 Kent. The fnished tower is Northside Piers. The two towers under construction are Northside Piers Tower Two and Edge. The green building on the right is […]

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It’s been a couple of months since we looked at one of the Slowest Building in Williamsburg, but the back of this building at N. 10 and Berry has revealed itself in all its brick and narrow window glory. Work on this thing has been underway for more than a year and a half. This […]

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The second part of the Roebling Oil Field development, well Warehouse 11, which is on the cleaned up former Roebling Oil property, is underway and the good old Empire pile driver is banging away on the property. The interesting thing is that it looks like they’re not digging down too far below grade for part […]

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On the left we have the Shaft of Fourth Avenue, a rental building, from Bricolage Designs. On the right, we have a boxy thing designed by Armand Quadrini that was originally a Robert Scarano product. The Quadrini is 12 stories and will have 44 units. Comparison between the two versions here.

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This is 246 Bedford Avenue, a development that we’ve featured many times, and never for a good reason. We poked our camera inside to take a look at progress, and there has been some since this time last year when the front door open to a two-story deep pit we dubbed “The Door of Death.” […]

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We’ve been watching this development at N. 10 and Berry for nearly two years when the building that originally stood there was demolished. In a neighborhood that has many contenders for the title of Slowest Building in Brooklyn, this project is definitely a in the Top Ten. This is 70 Berry, designed by Armand Quadrini […]

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We noted this development near Restoration Plaza in Bed-Stuy on Curbed yesterday, but figure we’d post the rendering of the Nzinga Townhomes from Garrison Architects as part of our overall interest in really stepping up our coverage of Bed-Stuy, Fort Green and Clinton Hill. The developer is hoping to break ground in early 2009 on […]

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Looks like the Surf Bar on N. 7 Street in Williamsburg between Bedford Ave. and Berry is about to get a new friend. It’s not exactly clear what that friend is going to be, athough a document filed in 2004 read: PROPOSE TO EXTEND & CONVERT THE EXISTING ONE STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING INTO A MIXED […]

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This is the building that is starting to rise at 137 Fifth Avenue, which is the corner of Fifth Ave. & St. John’s Place. It is one of the rare new buildings going up in that part of the North Slope. Back in June, Brownstoner reported that it would be a five-story building with four […]

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Oh, the joy of a Robert Scarano building. This is the big one on Fourth Avenue (right next to the big KFC for the expensive condo fried chicken lovers out there) and it’s definitely more and more on view. Brownstoner had checked it last week when there was just a little peeky-boo showing. We had […]

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So, here’s our question: Who wants to live in a spot that is arguably one of the more gaping assholes of Brooklyn? Clearly the developers of this building whose official address is 235/237 Gold Street are betting there will be takers. (Or saying prayers there will be, at least, if the prices and/or rent are […]

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This building project has been going on at the corner of Hope & Havemeyer Street in the Burg for a while. (For a long while, actually.) It’s formally known as 99 Havemeyer Street and it’s noteworthy for one reason in particular: it’s one of the dwindling number of Robert Scarano buildings under construction in Brooklyn. […]

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An old liquor store on Lorimer Street near Grand, east of the BQE, is going vertical in a major way. The store had sat there quietly for years, selling booze and lottery tickets to the locals and the (increasingly) the newly-arrived hipster. Ah, but no longer. They’re still selling PBR’s and Vladimir Vodka, but they’re […]

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This is the Karl Fischer building rising at Union Avenue and Ainslie Street in Williamsburg, whose actual address is 405 Union. This particular Hot Karl, which is centrally located right behind a Getty Gas Station and with a heartburn distance of the soon to re-open Kellogg’s Diner, not to mention the Gateway to Williamsburg, will […]

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Looking for action at the corner of Grand Street and Berry Street in the Burg where some old buildings came down last year? Keep looking. Nothing’s happening. Whether this ends up being one of the Burg’s many (future) abandoned building sites remains to be seen. The only thing we know is that 130 Grand, which […]

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We think it may be safe to call this the slowest Karl Fischer building going up in all of Brooklyn. The building is at N. 8 & Roebling, only a few blocks from the architect’s master work on Karl Fischer Row, and work has been going on since late 2006 (a basement was never excavated). […]

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Work is moving ahead at 40 Berry Street, which will be a seven-story, 142-unit rental building from the studios of Perkins Eastman. The site has had its issues both with oil on the site from ruptured tanks and with dangerous conditions at the site itself, which led us to dub it the Mud Pit of […]

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This is 111 Kent Avenue, which is known as (gasp) 111 Kent. It is rising across the street from East River State Park. The building has 62 units and has been designed to make the most of views of Manhattan that won’t be blocked. There will be a rooftop pool, two sundecks, a gym, a […]

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