All renderings courtesy of Binyan Studio and TenBerke Architects

The proposal to turn an outdated Downtown Brooklyn office building into a 72-story tower with over 1,000 apartments officially entered public review this week. Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday announced that 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension has begun the seven-month uniform land-use review procedure (ULURP). The tower would be the second-tallest in the borough after the Brooklyn Tower, and feature roughly 1,200 mixed-income residences, with at least 25 percent set aside as permanently affordable for households earning 60 percent of the area median income.

“395 Flatbush is the latest example how an underutilized commercial building can be reborn into something the City needs—vibrant, multi-functional space that delivers on the ki

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