Blue Sea Development files plans for 283-unit building in Brownsville
366 Rockaway Avenue (Credit - Google)
Blue Sea Development Company partner Les Bluestone through the entity Brownsville Arts Owner LLC submitted a new building construction project for a 283-unit, 248,438 square-foot residential (R-2) building at 366 Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The plan was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings on April 18, 2024 under job number B01007946. It calls for the construction of a nine-story building. The architect is Aufgang Architects.
The property is owned by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
On the adjacent lot to the north, at 326 Rockaway Avenue, Slate Property Group and RiseBoro Community Partnership are developing a 215-unit project.
The property
The parcel has frontage of 345 feet and is 200 feet deep with a total lot size of 57,012 square feet. The lot is irregular. The zoning is R6 which allows for up to 2.43 times floor area ratio (FAR) for residential. The city-designated market value for the property in 2022 is $177,000.
Occupancy
366 Rockaway Avenue Job Number B01007946
| wdt_ID | floor | comment | description | persons_permitted | occupancy_label | zoning_use | dwelling_units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cellar | MEP ROOMS | Mechanical and/or electrical equipment room | 3 | Factory and Industrial | 2B | |
| 2 | Cellar | THEATER | Theatre - fixed seating | 178 | Assembly | 4A | |
| 3 | Cellar | STORAGE ROOMS | Storage of non combustible Materials | 18 | Storage | 2B | |
| 4 | 1 | RESIDENTIAL LOBBY, MAIL ROOM | Apartment | 22 | Residential | 2B | |
| 5 | 2 | CLASS A APARTMENTS | Apartment | 0 | Residential | 2A | 36 |
| 6 | 3 | CLASS A APARTMENTS | Apartment | 0 | Residential | 2A | 36 |
| 7 | 4 | CLASS A APARTMENTS | Apartment | 0 | Residential | 2A | 36 |
| 8 | 5 | CLASS A APARTMENTS | Apartment | 0 | Residential | 2A | 36 |
| 9 | 6 | CLASS A APARTMENTS | Apartment | 0 | Residential | 2A | 34 |
| 10 | 7 | CLASS A APARTMENTS | Apartment | 0 | Residential | 2A | 34 |
| 11 | 8 | CLASS A APARTMENTS | Apartment | 0 | Residential | 2A | 34 |
| 12 | 9 | CLASS A APARTMENTS | Apartment | 0 | Residential | 2A | 34 |
| 13 | Roof | BULKHEAD | Apartment | 0 | Residential | 2B | |
| floor | comment | description | persons_permitted | occupancy_label | zoning_use | dwelling_units |
Violations and lawsuits
According to city public data, the property has not received any significant violations in the last year.
There were no lawsuits or bankruptcies filed against the property for the past 24 months.
The neighborhood
In Brownsville, The bulk, or 46 percent of the 28.6 million square feet of commercial built space are elevator buildings, with walkup buildings next occupying 21 percent of the space. In sales, Brownsville has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $182.5 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 31st highest in Brooklyn. For development, Brownsville has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 10th highest in Brooklyn. It had 1.7 million square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 6 percent of the neighborhood’s built space.
The block
On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of two of the 14 commercial properties representing 27,257 square feet of the 89,427 square feet. The two identified owners are Eddie E. Serure and Riseboro Community Partnership. On the tax block, there were two new building construction projects totaling 404,794 square feet. The largest is a 283-unit, 248,438 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Les Bluestone with plans filed April 18, 2024 and it has not been permitted yet. The second largest is a 215-unit, 156,356 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by RiseBoro Community Partnership|Slate Property Group and filed by Emily Kurtz with plans filed May 23, 2022 and permitted August 8, 2023.
The surrounding
Within a 400-foot radius of 19 Chester Street, PincusCo identified two commercial real estate items of interests occurred over the past 24 months. Of those two items, one was in new building development. It was a new building permit issued on August 8, 2023 for a 156,356-square-foot residential (R-2) building with 215 residential units at 326 Rockaway Avenue. One of those two items was a loan which Slate Property Group and RiseBoro Community Partnership borrowed $121.7 million from NYC Housing Development Corporation secured by the 2,250-square-foot, two-unit industrial (E1) on 326 Rockaway Avenue on January 9, 2023.
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