The Brooklyn Riverside

Completed in 2015 for a construction cost of $24 million, The Brooklyn Riverside consists of seven Type VA multi-residential buildings, with a total of 310 units and 77 private tuck-under garages. Density was an important design objective, and the use of automated sprinklers as well as significant open frontage and parking allowed the design team to add another level and thus increase the number of units. The project also includes a 2,200-sf clubroom, leasing office, fitness center, gaming center, pool and amenity deck, which features a covered bar and lounge. Given the project location, moisture management was a key design consideration. Among the team’s strategies, wood structural sheathing panel was used as an exterior applied air barrier, breezeway entries and garage slabs are dropped 6” from adjacent finished floors and slope toward the exterior, and perimeter isolation strips are used within each unit, between the gypcrete, wall finish and baseplate.