Brooklyn Commons
Brooklyn Commons | |
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Alternative names | Brooklyn Commons at Metrotech Center |
General information | |
Location | 100 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, New York |
Coordinates | 40°41'39.69"N, 73°59'9.48"W 40°41′40″N 73°59′09″W / 40.694358°N 73.985968°W |
Owner | Brookfield Properties |
Website | |
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Brooklyn Commons, formerly MetroTech Center, is a business and educational center in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City.
Location
Brooklyn Commons lies between
It is the nation's largest urban academic-industrial
History
The 1980s and 1990s were a period of major large-scale development activity and renewal in
As part of an effort to resuscitate Downtown Brooklyn in the 1970s,
A few years later, New York City agreed to designate what had then become Polytechnic University as the main sponsor of the
As Forest City negotiated with
The 1980s and 1990s were a period of major large-scale development activity and renewal in
MetroTech Center was formed in 1992 by making a 16-acre (65,000 m2) rectangle of downtown Brooklyn into a superblock (bounded by Jay Street, Johnson Street, Flatbush Avenue, and Myrtle Avenue), to allow the erection of new office buildings and parking garages. Dozens of older buildings had to be demolished in order to clear this space for the construction of the new center. The entire area was designated a pedestrian zone, and, as a consequence, the north ends of Lawrence and Duffield Streets were closed to automobile traffic.
From 2000 to 2016, the MetroTech complex generated more than $1 billion in new investment, representing more than five million square feet of new space.[5] In 2017, New York University announced that it would invest over $500 million in its Brooklyn Campus that mainly includes the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Center for Urban Science and Progress.[6]
In 2018,
Brooklyn Commons Park
Brooklyn Commons Park (formerly MetroTech Commons) is the 3.5-acre (14,000 m2) privately owned public space at the heart of the Brooklyn Commons complex.[9][10] It hosts events including concerts, health fairs, chess tournaments and holiday celebrations. Theater performances, an ice-skating rink, and children's activities are also offered at the facility.[10]
Bounded by Lawrence and Duffield Streets, the square is frequently adorned by modern art exhibits. Two pieces called Alligator and Visionary are part of the Commons' permanent public art collection. Designed by sculptor Tom Otterness, they were installed in 1998.[12]
Notable tenants
The early occupants included
- ImpreMedia has its headquarters on the 18th floor of 1 MetroTech Center. El Diario La Prensa, a newspaper of ImpreMedia, has its offices on the same floor.[13]
- MakerBot Industrieshas its headquarters on the 21st floor of 1 MetroTech Center.
- National Grid, the gas utility company, has offices in the MetroTech complex.
- The New York City Fire Department has its headquarters in 9 MetroTech Center, which has eight stories and 360,000 square feet (33,000 m2) of space.[14]
- New York University's campus includes the building at 370 Jay Street, within MetroTech Center.[15]
- TransCare Corporation had its headquarters in 1 MetroTech Center.
References
- ^ Sanz, Cynthia (1986-01-05). "Brooklyn's Polytech, A Storybook Success". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "The Marconi Society - Press Release: George Bugliarello Dies". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved Feb 8, 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-4349-9979-5.
- ^ "Downtown Brooklyn | The History of MetroTech". downtownbrooklyn.com. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
- ^ Warerkar, Tanay (2017-01-26). "NYU's $500M Downtown Brooklyn expansion will open this summer". Curbed NY. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
- ^ Larsen, Keith (2021-11-03). "Brookfield puts MetroTech assets on the market". The Real Deal.
- ^ a b Geberer, Raanan (2022-02-08). "Goodbye MetroTech". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ a b c Hickman, Matt (2022-02-11). "MetroTech Center becomes Brooklyn Commons and will get a $50 million overhaul". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ a b c d e Ginsburg, Aaron (2022-02-08). "With $50M redevelopment, MetroTech Center will become 'Brooklyn Commons'". 6sqft. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "MetroTech to receive a $50 million renovation—and a new name". Brooklyn Magazine. 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ "Contact Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine."ImpreMedia. Retrieved on June 1, 2010.
- ^ "9 Metrotech Center - FDNY Headquarters Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine." Fresh Meadow Mechanical Corp. Retrieved on November 5, 2009.
- ^ Toussaint, Kristin (2017-12-13). "NYU moves tech hub into long-empty former MTA headquarters". Metro US. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
External links
- Official website, MetroTech Business Improvement District (BID)