Flatbush Mixed-Use

Park Slope, New York
NA-DA
8,000 SF
2017

This 19th-century mixed-use building, centrally located along the Flatbush Avenue corridor between Prospect Park and the Barclays Center, had been disused for over 20 years prior to the NA-DA team taking over. The building received a full gut renovation, which included major structural work, new plumbing and mechanical systems, and a street-level facade overhaul. With two units per floor and an angled front facade, the existing layouts were plagued with inefficiencies. By recapturing unused shafts and interior corridors as well as moving the kitchens and bathrooms toward the center of the building, the existing one-bedroom, one-bathroom layouts were converted into family-friendly two-bedroom, two-bathroom layouts. Even with the increased room count, the units retain modern, open-plan layouts that take full advantage of the building’s oversize window openings and sweeping views of lower Manhattan.

The eight completed residential units have a variety of high-end features, including soaking tubs, floor-to-ceiling hex-tile bathroom walls, quartz-marble countertops and backsplashes, kitchen islands with waterfall-edge countertops, panelized appliances, white oak flooring, ambient cove lighting, and large-format casement windows. The crumbling stucco retail facade was replaced with a sleek, minimal black matte porcelain tile overlay and a large-format aluminum storefront glass system.