Gowanus Houses - 179 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 - Property report

Formerly marshy wetlands, landfill in the early 1800s led to the development of a residential neighborhood in this corner of Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood. In 1948 the New York City Housing Authority selected the two blocks enclosed by Wyckoff, Hoyt, Douglass, and Bond Streets for an affordable apartment complex that became known as Gowanus Houses. Fourteen brick towers between four and 13 stories tall were constructed, bringing 1,134 apartments to the neighborhood. The housing complex is characterized by curving iron fences, a leafy plaza and the onsite Nicholas Naquan Heyward, Jr. Park. The Gowanus Houses are one block away from the trend-setting eateries and nightspots of Brooklyn's Smith Street.

Part of the Gowanus Houses, 175 Hoyt Street was built 1960, and offers 392 apartments across six stories. The average unit size clocks in at 1,143 square feet, bringing the property's total footprint to 448,000 square feet. Shopping and services are plentiful in the vicinity of 175 Hoyt Street, and it's a short walk to the F and G Trains at Smith and Warrant Street for trips into Manhattan. The B57 and B65 are just steps away, and Boerum Park is also convenient. Nearby public schools include P.S. 32, P.S 133, I.S. 442 and the Cobble Hill School of American Studies.