City Point

Exterior wall installation is wrapping up at COOKFOX's City Point phase two towers. Phase Two includes a 19-story, 225,000 square foot affordable housing tower clad in a unitized metal panel system and a 30-story, 335,000 square foot market-rate housing tower clad in a unitized terra cotta panel system. The design of the taller tower features a stepped form with setbacks at floors 5,11,18, and 24. In total, the two towers will bring 690 residential units to the neighborhood when completed.

Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.

Detail of the east facades of the Phase Two towers.

The northeast corner of Phase Two from Flatbush Avenue.

East facade of Phase Two from Flatbush Avenue.

The northeast corner of Phase Two from Flatbush Avenue.

A podium with 660,000 square feet of retail is also included in phase two of the project. Exterior wall on the podium is also close to finishing, with most of the work left on the northern portion of the facade.Tenants for the retail portion will include Century 21, CityTarget, Alamo Drafthouse, various other smaller scale shops, and a food market. A central street will run through the ground floor retail and allow a public connection between Flatbush Avenue and Gold Street. 

City Point Phase One (foreground) completed and Phase Two (background) under construction, from Fulton Street.

City Point Phase One (foreground) completed and Phase Two (background) under construction, from Albee Square West.

West facade of the Phase Two retail podium from Albee Square West.

West facade of the Phase Two retail podium.

Detail of the terra cotta facade at the retail podium.

West facade of the Phase Two retail podium.

The northwest corner of Phase Two from Albee Square West.

Mechanical penthouse of the Phase Two market rate tower.

Detail of the Phase Two terra cotta facade.

Detail of the Phase Two terra cotta facade.

Detail of the Phase Two terra cotta facade.

Looking down on the Dime Savings Bank.

View from a corner unit in the market rate tower.

View from the top floor of the market rate tower.

The west facade of the market rate (left) and affordable (right) towers from the amenity roof deck.

Basketball court and fitness center pavilion.

Basketball court and fitness center pavilion.

View from the basketball court.

The affordable tower.

Detail of the affordable tower's facade.

Phase Three will be developed later and would include a third tower, the tallest of the development, for office and residential.

Architects: COOKFOX Architects; Developers: The Brodsky Organization, Acadia Realty Trust, Washington Square Partners; Program: Retail, Residential; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2016.