Southern Brooklyn Experiencing a Bonafide Skyscraper Boom

"Southern Brooklyn is undergoing a veritable building boom. In addition to the small infill projects planned in Brighton Beach and Borough Park – two of the last remaining neighborhoods in the city where single-family homes can be redeveloped en masse – we saw a pair of permit filings late last year for bonafide skyscrapers in Sheepshead Bay and Bath Beach," reports Stephen Smith.

But wait, there is another skyscraper on the way: "Now, comes a filing for an even taller building: an application was submitted today to construct a massive 40-story, 430-foot-tall tower in Coney Island, at 532 Neptune Avenue (also known as 2851 West 6th Street). The project would bring a small mall’s worth of new retail space to the neighborhood, topped by 544 new apartments. If built, it would be by far the tallest tower south of downtown Brooklyn."

The article includes a lot more details, in typical New York YIMBY style, about the development. The main attraction of the potential development, according to Smith, are the 544 new housing units—added to what is already one of the city's most affordable neighborhoods.