Carter's Review

This very attractive, 11-story rental apartment building at 15 Dunham Place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, commands a stunning vista of the Williamsburg Bridge just to the north.  It is one block east of the East River.

It was built in 2012 by L & M Development Partners and the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and designed by Greenberg Farrow.

It was 160 apartments and about 35,000 square feet of commercial space and parking.

It was erected on the former site of a gas station.

Bottom Line

This handsome, mid-rise rental building has a spectacular site in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, just south of the impressive Williamsburg Bridge.  It is a few blocks west of Peter Luger, the famous steakhouse.

Description

The red-brick slab tower has an entrance on a large, landscaped plaza on Dunham Place with a entrance marquee over a bridge over a moat.

The building has a handsome dark-metal base on the side nearest the East River.

Amenities

The building has a part-time doorman, a large roof deck on the third floor, a garage, a party room, a lounge, a fitness center, a laundry room, a bicycle room, and a game room.

Apartments

A one-bedroom penthouse unit has an open kitchen with a breakfast bar that leads to a 10-foot-wide dining area that opens onto a 10-foot-wide living room that opens onto a 30-foot-wide terrace.

A two-bedroom unit has a large living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island.

A one-bedroom unit has a 14-foot-long living/dining room with an open kitchen with a breakfast bar.

History

According to an August 4, 2008 article at forgotten-ny.com, “according to the Bible of Brooklyn street names, Brooklyn by Name by Leonard Bernardo and Jennifer weiss, Williamsburgh’s Dunham Place was named for David Dunham (1790-1823), a New York merchant who helped initiate an early steam ferry from Brooklyn to New York, which earned him the nickname ‘Father of Williamsburg.’ Dunham was an indefatigable advocate for steam navigation and a pioneer of steamship travel, venturing to Havana, New Orleans, and several southern states. He died a tragic death when he fell overboard in the Hudson River and drowned near West Point while returning — by steamship, of course — from Albany.”