Two luxury developments are coming to Montague Street
A jazz club, a Danny Meyer restaurant and condos starting at $5.9 million. Plus: Doubles is coming to Henry Street, and more neighborhood news.
Construction is underway on two major luxury developments on Montague Street.
One Montague Place, located at the corner of Montague and Cadman Plaza West, is set to become one of the tallest condo towers in Brooklyn. The $550 million, 672-foot building at 205 Montague Street will offer 90 rentals and 46 condominiums, with half-floor, full-floor and triplex residences starting at 3,000 square feet. Each condo will have 600 to 1,900 square feet of private outdoor space.
The building will also be home to a jazz club, membership club, padel courts, a 63-foot swimming pool and the high-end Japanese restaurant BondSt. Its lead broker, Greg Williamson of Douglas Elliman, is the executive producer of the annual Love Rocks concerts at the Beacon Theater and the co-founder of Soho Sessions, an invite-only music series that’s featured stars like Paul Simon and Olivia Dean.
One Montague Place is “going to be something that Brooklyn has never seen before,” Williamson, a Brooklyn Heights native, told the New York Post.
Condo prices are expected to start around $5.9 million when sales launch in 2027, the Post reported. The development is expected to be completed in 2029.
Meanwhile, down the street, the 117-year-old Hotel Bossert is being converted to luxury condos.
In June, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) reviewed a proposal to make rooftop and courtyard additions to the landmarked building and sent the project’s developers back to the drawing board, according to Brownstoner. (Because the Bossert is in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, its exterior alterations need LPC sign-off.)
SomeraRoad bought the building at 98 Montague St. for $100 million last year. The project may be less glitzy than One Montague Place, but Ian Ross, a Brooklyn Heights local and the firm’s founder, told Brooklyn Heights Blog that the new Bossert will bring “the most amenities a building in Brooklyn has seen.”
“I think there’s just been a lack of high-quality luxury condo product in a great location in this market,” Ross said. That’s partially because it’s a historic district, so it’s hard to build large buildings, he added.
The new Bossert will have 61 condos and commercial space. The condos will be primarily three- and four-bedroom units, Ross said. The building will also have a 60-foot swimming pool, cold plunge, steam room, Pilates studio and wine cellar, among other amenities.
Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group — known for Gramercy Tavern, Union Square Cafe and the Modern — will open its first full-service Brooklyn restaurant in the building. USHG will take over 3,200 square feet on the ground floor, with the restaurant slated to open in 2028.
The restaurant will be a welcome addition to a street where upscale dining options are thin. “Despite all of the things that we love about this neighborhood, I think it is underserved from a high-quality restaurant perspective,” Ross said.
The restaurant is “our gift to the community and to the neighborhood,” he said.
Heights Happenings
As Pineapple Street noted last week, Doubles — a Caribbean restaurant with locations in Sag Harbor and Amagansett — is taking over the former Plymouth Cafe space.
Frenzie, a pizza and wine bar from the Confidant team, is expected to open Aug. 13 in the former Pips space next door, the Strong Buzz reported.
Diljān pizza is back. Preorder dates are Aug. 15-16, 21-23 and 28-30.
The Black Bull launched Fish & Chip Mondays.
Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Montague Street last week, stopping by L’Appartement 4F and Books Are Magic.
“Jurassic Park” screens Thursday at 6 p.m. at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movies With a View. Jingmai O’Connor, a dinosaur paleobiologist and curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, will give a talk before the screening.
Namuk, a Swiss outdoor clothing brand for kids, will have a pop-up at Hatchet Supply on Atlantic Avenue from Aug. 8 to Sept. 2.
Nearby News
Dumbo Dads Run Club and Hounds Town Dumbo are teaming up for a run with dogs on Aug. 15. The two- or three-mile run will start outside Ziggy’s at 8:30 a.m.
Outline, a boutique at 365 Atlantic Ave., was featured in The New York Times’ roundup of best places to shop in the city.
Saturn Road in Cobble Hill is hosting a free bluegrass night this Thursday, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Goog Thai Cook Shop in Red Hook is hosting jazz nights on its patio from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. every Thursday and Friday starting Aug. 6.
After complaints from neighbors, the city hired an independent environmental monitor last month to track air quality and noise at the jail construction site on Atlantic Avenue, according to Councilmember Lincoln Restler’s office. The independent monitor will publish weekly and monthly reports on conditions at the site.
City & Courts
Immigrant rights activists say that ICE activity is picking up in NYC. The NYC ICE Hotline is back, Brad Lander posted on Instagram. You can call or text 229-304-8720 if you see ICE activity in your neighborhood.
Neon green “shame stickers” are back after a 14-year hiatus. The stickers will be slapped on cars that don’t move for street sweepers.
Soon you’ll hear PSAs from comedian Robby Hoffman on the subway.