Tall & Urban News

Brooklyn Crossing Completes Construction in New York City

New York City. (c) Jermaine Ee.
New York City. (c) Jermaine Ee.
17 November 2022 | New York City, United States

Construction has reached completion on Brooklyn Crossing, a 51-story residential skyscraper at 18 Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and the tallest building in the 22-acre (8.9-hectare) Pacific Park master plan, which is near Barclay's Center. 

Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by The Brodsky Organization and Greenland Forest City Partners, the 532-foot-tall (162-meter-tall), 740,000-square-foot building will have 858 rental units with 258 below market rate. Tishman Construction was the general contractor, McNamara Salvia was the structural engineer, and Lemay + Escobar was the interior designer for the property. 

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The building features 50,000 square feet (4,645 square meters) of residential amenities, which includes a 24-hour concierge and doorman, business and recreational amenities.

The rest of the Pacific Park development will be built atop the currently exposed train tracks that run parallel with Atlantic Avenue. The complex will feature 15 new buildings with a total of 6,430 apartments, including 2,250 affordable units, along with new office and retail space and an eight-acre Thomas Basely-designed public plaza.

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