Construction Update: Greenpoint Landing
37 Blue Slip (left) and 41 Blue Slip (right) from Hunters Point South Park.
Progress continues at Greenpoint Landing, the waterfront mega project from developers Park Tower Group, Brookfield Property Partners, and L+M Development Partners. Handel Architects is responsible for the design of the master plan and all but one of the current sites completed or under construction. OMA New York is responsible for the design of the two towers at block D. The master plan will bring 10 towers and about 5,500 residential units to the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn. Approximately 1,400 of those units will be permanently affordable, some of which are already being offered through housing lotteries for the first three all-affordable low-rise buildings at or near completion. Also included in the development will be a waterfront park from James Corner Field Operations and a K-8 public school on the corner of Franklin and Dupont Street.
37 Blue Slip (left) and 41 Blue Slip (right).
37 Blue Slip (left) and 41 Blue Slip (right).
37 Blue Slip
Greenpoint Landing’s first completed market rate tower is 37 Blue Slip, a 30-story tower designed by Handel Architects. The tower stands 300 feet tall and offers 373 residential units. The materials were selected to tie the tower into the neighborhood's industrial past and the adjacent affordable buildings in the development.
Closeup of the top tower floors of 37 Blue Slip.
41 Blue Slip
Exterior wall installation is nearing completion at Greenpoint Landing’s second market rate tower at 41 Blue Slip. Designed by Handel Architects, the tower stands 40 stories tall and is situated to the south of the first market rate tower at 37 Blue Slip.
Base of 41 Blue Slip.
37 Blue Slip (left) and 41 Blue Slip (right).
Block D
Block D, designed by OMA New York, will include two towers, one rising to 400 feet (D1) and the other at 300 feet (D2). When completed, the project will offer 745 rental units ranging in size from studios to 3-bedrooms. Thirty percent of the units will be offered under the affordable housing program. Construction on the two towers have recently broken ground.
Block D.
Architect: Handel Architects, OMA New York (Block D); Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Developers: Brookfield Property Partners (37 and 41 Blue Slip, Block D), Park Tower Group (37 Blue Slip, 41 Blue Slip, 7 Bell Slip, 5 Blue Slip, 33 Eagle Street, Block D), L+M Development Partners (7 Bell Slip, 5 Blue Slip, 33 Eagle Street; Program: Residential, Retail, Education, Park; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY.
