World · North America · 1 hr ago
Mysterious Brooklyn waterfront building is planned as a boating school and offices
A four-story building beside Brooklyn’s Pulaski Bridge drew attention because of its unusual shape and empty appearance.
The building stands by the bridge between Greenpoint and Queens, and its design was meant to look like a ship.
Its bottom two floors are being prepared for a boating school, with kayaks and canoes already stored there.
The upper two floors are being offered as office space.
Builders said the project was under construction for two years and has been empty for at least nine months, while developer Tony Argento blamed New York’s paperwork process for delays.
The building’s unusual look and long wait for a clear purpose led locals to speculate about it online.
Its developers are now looking to rent the office space as soon as possible.
A four-story building beside the Pulaski Bridge between Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood and Queens is planned to house a boating school and offices.
The bottom two floors are being prepared for maritime education, with kayaks and canoes already stored at the site.
The top two floors are being offered as office space for rent.
Developer Tony Argento said the building was designed to resemble a ship, partly because of the space available.
Builders told the Daily Mail that construction lasted two years and the building had been empty for at least nine months.
- Who
- Developer Tony Argento is behind the project.
- What
- The building is planned as a boating school on its bottom two floors and office space on its top two floors.
- When
- Builders said it had been empty for at least nine months after two years of construction.
- Where
- Beside the Pulaski Bridge, between Greenpoint in Brooklyn and Queens.
- Why
- The bottom floors are being prepared for maritime education, while the upper floors are intended for offices. Argento said the design was meant to resemble a ship.
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Builders said construction on the project lasted two years.
A builder said construction had been completed around nine months earlier, and that the building had since been empty.
The bottom two floors were being prepared for a boating school and the upper floors were being offered as office space.
- Building
- Four stories
- Location
- Beside the Pulaski Bridge, between Greenpoint and Queens
- Planned use
- Boating school on the bottom two floors
- Office space
- Top two floors
- Developer
- Tony Argento
- Construction
- Two years; empty for at least nine months
What people are saying
New York is a nightmare in terms of paperwork,
This has taken us ages. We are looking to rent it out as soon as possible,
It’s the only thing we could do with our allotted space,