Articles by Rebecca Baird-Remba

369 Berry Street, rendering by J Frankl Architects

Revealed: 369 Berry Street, Williamsburg

The challenge of building on oddly shaped lots in expensive neighborhoods can inspire unique architecture. In Williamsburg, J Frankl Architects came up with an offbeat design for a wedge-shaped plot at 369 Berry Street, just south of the Williamsburg Bridge.

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51 West End Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 51 West End Avenue, Manhattan Beach

New development doesn’t come often to Manhattan Beach, a Russian and Jewish middle-class enclave that juts out into Sheepshead Bay on a peninsula in southern Brooklyn. And the homes that do get built here are generally huge, single-family mansions that sell for millions of dollars. But a developer recently filed plans for a new apartment building at 51 West End Avenue, close to the border with Brighton Beach.

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