Checking in on McCarren Park Condoland

Wednesday, June 6, 2007, by Robert

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Taking a look at the McCarren Park-Bayard Street-ish group of condos, things are coming along well, if slowly. The one on top is the Aqua, which we last saw with a boat outside. The one on the bottom is the Ikon, one of the immediate Karl Fischer Row collection last noted for its party a couple of months back. (Past the Ikon are the Aurora and 20 Bayard.) All, however, look like they're going to miss concert season this year at McCarren Pool, but they might make the fall opener of the new McCarren Park lights.
· SS Aqua Gives Way to Hipster Despair [Curbed]
· Selling Williamsburg #1: Insane, Hot Non-Hipster Hype Edition [Curbed]
· Karl Fischer Row is Coming Along Slowly [Curbed]

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perfect for the "radically chic" hipsters i suppose

By ew at June 6, 2007 3:51 PM

I'm finding myself incredibly annoyed that the aqua did not bother to landscape or plant any trees around it. Particularly on Leonard Street, it's a concrete jungle. I'm sure there were trees in the renderings, and how much trouble would it really have been. It just seems so lazy.

By annoyed at June 6, 2007 4:30 PM

You would be hard pressed to find more attractive new buildings in New York than what has been put up around McCarren. Light years ahead of any other new developments in the City, excluding the new Meier's buildings. Compare these clean modern designs to the J Condo train wreck or generica brick shit boxes that now line Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.

By GrandPa at June 6, 2007 5:12 PM

GrandPa, what the hell are you talking about? They look like all the other new condos. And 6th avenue? brick boxes? they are glass and steel, conversions, and brick boxes. some look just like these around McCarren.

Do you work for the developer's group or apartments and lofts?

By Anonymous at June 6, 2007 5:26 PM

ha, grandpa is losing his marbles. those buildings are effing ugly as dog poop.

By dude at June 6, 2007 8:05 PM

Hahaha! Williamsburg is booming and only those not in on it are still bitching. Classic! Every Williamsburg post that starts the litany of anger, despair, and degradation in replies is why I come to Curbed every day. Eat it, bitches.

By Anonymous at June 7, 2007 12:25 AM

I would like a more knowledgeable persons opinion on this. I have recently been looking to buy a condo in Brooklyn for around $500-600k. We want a one bedroom, but many in that price range are small most in new buildings less than 1000sf. My question is why are developers building these one bedrooms with 2 full baths or even 1.5 baths.If you are going to have such small sq footage why waste it with anouther bathroom. I have seen condos less than 900sft that have 2 full baths that seems like a huge waste of space. Why?

By luciferbumps at June 7, 2007 7:48 AM

those really are hard on the eyes. who approves this shitte?

By Anonymous at June 7, 2007 10:03 AM

I walk by that Aqua building all the time - a lot of the windows are broken, there's garbage actually -inside- all the unfinished rooms, the walls on both the inside and outside covered in graffiti, and the banner is swinging in the wind and completely tattered.

Has that building been abandoned or something?

By anonymous at June 7, 2007 10:26 AM

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By pq at August 4, 2007 1:35 AM