1709 Surf Avenue
Handel Architects · Coney Island · 2021
Southeast corner from Surf Avenue.
Construction is nearing completion at BFC Partners, L+M Development Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners’ fully affordable residential development at 1709 Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Designed by Handel Architects, the 446-unit development features a low rise base clad in red brick with blue metal panel accents and punch windows. Two 17-story towers clad in a white concrete block with recycled glass and blue accent brick anchor the northeast and southwest corners of the site.
Southeast corner from Surf Avenue.
Southeast corner of the east tower.
Looking up at the east tower from West 19th Street.
Close-up of the west facade of the west tower.
Close-up of the west facade of the east tower.
Southwest corner from Surf Avenue.
Southwest corner from Surf Avenue.
Northwest corner from Mermaid Avenue.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: BFC Partners, L+M Development Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners; Program: Residential Rental, Retail, Office; Location: Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 1709 Surf Avenue
Southeast corner from Surf Avenue.
Facade installation is underway at BFC Partners, L+M Development Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners’ fully affordable residential development at 1709 Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Designed by Handel Architects, the 446-unit development features a low rise base clad in red brick with blue metal panel accents and punch windows. Two 17-story towers clad in a white concrete block with recycled glass and blue accent brick anchor the northeast and southwest corners of the site.
Southeast corner from Surf Avenue.
Southeast corner of the east tower.
Looking up at the east tower from West 19th Street.
Close-up of the east facade of the east tower.
Close-up of the west facade of the east tower.
Southwest corner from Surf Avenue.
Southwest corner from Surf Avenue.
Northwest corner from Mermaid Avenue.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: BFC Partners, L+M Development Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners; Program: Residential Rental, Retail, Office; Location: Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2021.
Tour: 602 Surf Avenue - New York Aquarium
As of June 30, the New York Aquarium's new pavilion has opened at their Coney Island based museum. Built to house the new exhibit, “Ocean Wonder: Sharks!,” the pavilion fronts the Coney Island boardwalk. Design of the pavilion was led by a group comprising the Wildlife Conservation Society's in-house architect, Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects of New York, Doyle Partners of New York, and the Portico Group of Seattle. The pavilion's exterior design features precast concrete and a 1,100-foot “shimmer wall” made of tens of thousands of aluminum pieces.
Architects: Wildlife Conservation Society, Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects, Doyle Partners, and the Portico Group; Client: Wildlife Conservation Society; Program: Museum; Location: Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2018.
