Design For New Apartment Building Next To Brooklyn Lyceum Revealed

In January, Greystone bought the landmarked Brooklyn Lyceum and the vacant lot next to it. Although the developer originally planned to turn the Lyceum into condos, DNAinfo reported recently that the condo plan had been dropped and instead the developer will turn the building into a single-use commercial space.

However, it looks like Greystone still plans to develop the lot next door into a 12-story rental building with retail space on the first floor and the design of the new apartment building has been released.

According to YIMBY, Daniel Goldner Architects will design the building. The apartment building will hold 68 units spread across 61,572 square feet, for an average apartment of 879 square feet. The ground floor will have 3,500 square feet of retail.

Design-wise, the building isn’t much different from other developments we’ve seen on 4th Avenue. New building permits were issued in May, and construction on the building is expected to wrap in late 2016 or early 2017.

It’s no surprise to hear about another big apartment building going up on 4th Avenue anymore, but we’re interested to see what Greystone decides to do with the Lyceum now that they’ve scrapped the condo plan. What would you like to see move into the space?