Instrata Park Slope, 150 Fourth Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 150 Fourth Avenue by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 12-story, mid-block, rental apartment building at 150 Fourth Avenue in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn was erected in 2011 and has one of the finest lobbies in the city, a two-story space with a steeply inclined wall, a large “cloud” light fixture and a very handsome symbolic hearth.

It has 95 apartments and was designed by Ismael Leyva.

It was built by The Iconic Group of which Shloimy Reichman is a principal.

Bottom Line

A sophisticated, mid-rise development with many amenities and a surprisingly impressive lobby.

Description

The building has an asymmetrical façade with red brick dominating the base and glass the top, most of which is setback above the 8^th floor.

The building has many handsome glass balconies and a deeply indented light well above the revolving door entrance.

Many exterior façade elements are slightly a-kilter, which adds a bit of mystery to the building, but its real drama is its two-story lobby.

Amenities

The building has a 24-hour doorman, a roof deck with a fire pit, surround seating, private cabanas, an outdoor shower, grills and a bar, a courtyard with a putting green and garden, a fitness center, a residents’ lounge with a catering kitchen and bar and a fireplace, bicycle racks, storage units and cold and dry grocery storage.

The building also has a pet spa, a “water feature” and on site automate parking.

Apartments

Apartments have washers and dryers and kitchens have white oak cabinetry, polished white stone countertops and stainless steel appliances.

Baths have beige stone walls, porcelain floors, radiant heat floors, marble vanites and rain showerheads.

The Penthouse unit is a two-bedroom unit that has a 17-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 20-foot-long living room with a 12-foot-wide balcony and a large pass-through kitchen.

Apartment 6J is a one-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that opens next to a large pass-through kitchen that opens onto a 20-foot-long living room that opens onto a 20-foot-long terrace.

Apartment 2E is a two-bedroom unit with an 18-foot-long entry foyer  that leads to a 19-foot-long living room with a pass-through kitchen and a 24-foot-wide terrace.

Apartment 11C is a one-bedroom unit that has a 24-foot-long living room with an open kitchen and with an angled wall that opens onto a  13-foot-long balcony.

History

The Arias started as a condominium project but was switched to a rental in 2010.

In a January 31, 2014 article in The New York Times Alison Gregor wrote that “once crammed with auto repair shops parking lots, delicatessens and low-rise walk-ups, parts of the ragtag stretch of Fourth Avenue that borders Park Slope and Gowanus/Boerum Hill are now flanked by apartment towers. And at least seven new development projects either finished recently on in the works, are bringing several hundred additional rental units to the area. They will be joining the dozen or so high rises, many of them condominiums, that were built after the rezoning in the early 2000s enabled property developers to build as high as 12 stories in the low-rise neighborhood.  Part of the attraction of Fourth Avenue, a traffic-choked truck route that runs from Bay Ridge to Downtown Brooklyn, is excellent access to subway transportation into Manhattan and other part of Brooklyn.  But perhaps Fourth Avenue’s biggest appeal is its neighbor to the east, Park Slope, a family oriented, historic community of brownstones that borders Prospect Park and has a popular restaurant row.”