Avalon Fort Greene - 159 Myrtle Ave @ Flatbush Avenue - Rental - by Perkins Eastman

**BrooklynRider** · March 8th, 2009, 04:57 PM

Project: Avalon Fort Greene
Location: 159 Myrtle Ave @ Flatbush Avenue
Developer: Avalon Bay
Height: 42-story
Units: 650-unit rental
Architect: Perkins Eastman Architects

Rendering:

Progress at 3/7/2009

**lofter1** · March 8th, 2009, 06:00 PM

Has any significant amount of new retail -- including a proper supermarket -- gone in at the area around Flatbush / DeKalb / Myrtle to service all the new residents in this area?

**BrooklynLove** · March 8th, 2009, 07:32 PM

Cats has Duane Reade and Gristedes in his new development. That's all I've heard at this point. There may also be a car rental place going in the Avalon, Toren or Oro garage.

The brick I've seen on Avalon must be the middle portion b/c the coloring resembles the center strip in the render.

**BrooklynLove** · March 8th, 2009, 07:37 PM

http://www.avalonfortgreene.com/

**stache** · March 9th, 2009, 12:28 AM

I've been working in that area lately and the neighborhood has a ways to come yet.

**BrooklynLove** · March 9th, 2009, 06:00 AM

The immediate area is undergoing a pretty radical change. It's going to take some time. 10-15 years is realistic.

**stache** · March 9th, 2009, 07:01 AM

I'm not extremely familiar with the 'before'.

**BrooklynLove** · March 9th, 2009, 08:58 PM

basically 4th ave 5 yrs ago.

**Tectonic** · March 16th, 2009, 06:15 AM

Avalon gets its skin:

**BrooklynLove** · March 16th, 2009, 07:43 AM

Not apparent from the photos but the color is very close to that of Oro's skin. Unlike some renderings that seemed to indicate a darker reddish tone for all but the middled portions of each facade face, it's looking like the entirety of the skin will have this color.

**zinka** · March 17th, 2009, 01:30 AM

Exposed concrete floorplates + brick = not a good combination.

**Derek2k3** · March 17th, 2009, 02:58 AM

The residents in public housing across the street will have nothing to get jealous about. They probably have larger apartments too.

**BrooklynLove** · March 17th, 2009, 07:40 AM

Long way to go still, I'm more concerned with 111L.

**zinka** · March 25th, 2009, 01:10 PM

From a Brownstoner comment on http://www.brownstoner.com/brownston...n_myrtle_s.php :

"In case no one has noticed, both the brick facing and the rest of the construction of Avalon Myrtle halted 2 weeks ago at 32nd floor. Any lowdown on this? Meanwhile Catsimatidis is showing progress and is well into the sixth story of his mixed-use bldg on Ashland/Myrtle."

**zinka** · March 25th, 2009, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by zinka

From a Brownstoner comment on http://www.brownstoner.com/brownston...n_myrtle_s.php :

"In case no one has noticed, both the brick facing and the rest of the construction of Avalon Myrtle halted 2 weeks ago at 32nd floor. Any lowdown on this? Meanwhile Catsimatidis is showing progress and is well into the sixth story of his mixed-use bldg on Ashland/Myrtle."

To answer my own question, I found the stop work order:
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Ov...key=0001147189