Dumbo NYC

Not quite in Dumbo (but billed as “Near the heart of Dumbo” on the website), the Bridgeview Tower development is scheduled for occupancy in the Spring of 2007 (it’s approaching fast!). The building is at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge and will have 58 units on 18 floors. The walk from the F train at the York Street station to Bridgeview took about 8 minutes via Gold Street (perhaps quicker if you walk fast past the Farragut apartment complex).

The design seems to be of Floridian descent with the lined facade design, curbed balcony slabs, and oval naval style windows. I could be wrong, but based on the prefab wall thickness (see 2nd photo below), the windows might not have enough thickness for the soundproofing that this area needs from the cars entering Manhattan Bridge.

  view from the front of the building

Brdigeview Tower
189 Bridge Street (between Concord and Nassau Streets)
Brooklyn, NY

{www.bridgeviewtower.com}
{ BridgeView Tower Condos in DUMBO, set speed}
{A Bridge So Near, Newyorkmetro}
{Bridge View Tower Kicks Off Flatbush Avenue Extension Renewal, Brooklyn Eagle, 6/30/05 (subscription required)}

 53 Bridge Street, 9/2006

In a NY Daily News story yesterday, the owners of 58 units at 50 Bridge Street want $36 million in damages from developer Joshua Guttman for “hundreds of structural construction defects” and code violations.

Owners paid up to $1 million for apartments with 15-foot ceilings and to-die-for views of the Manhattan skyline starting in 2004. But the condo residents say the building is unstable and plagued by leaks, and has poor ventilation, paper-thin walls and low water pressure.

I asked the door person about availability, and they told me that there are two empty floors. Anyone have info on pricing or sales?

From The Developers Group description:

“Fifty-eight true loft condominiums located in D.U.M.B.O, Brooklyn. Conversion of a warehouse into spacious open loft units, complete with 10″-16″ ceiling heights with Brooklyn and NYC skyline views. All apartments have been left open with no demising walls ensuring the feeling of large open spaces flooded with natural sunlight.”