Dime Savings Bank Brooklyn Development
When it first opened in 1859 the dime savings bank of brooklyn occupied a small room on the ground floor of the post office at 211 montague street.
Dime savings bank brooklyn development. The 350 000 square foot building will bring 177 rental apartments 95 000 square feet of office space and 55 000 square feet of retail to a site at the foot of the williamsburg bridge. The new tower from developers chetrit group and jds development group and designer shop architects will alter the skyline of brooklyn and change the feel of historically low rise downtown brooklyn bringing the borough one step closer to. The bank located at the end of continental army plaza where the williamsburg bridge enters brooklyn is an iconic institution greeting visitors and commuters in both cars and on the jmz trains as they enter brooklyn. A chunk of the facade of the famed landmarked dime savings bank building is standing on its own as prep work continues in advance of the construction of brooklyn s first supertall skyscraper at 9 dekalb avenue aka 340 flatbush avenue extension.
Joining the historic landmarked brooklyn dime savings bank a new residential tower at 9 dekalb will rise 1 066 feet in height to be the tallest tower in brooklyn upon completion. The developers tavros development and charney construction development bought the. Williamsburg a new tower is set to rise at one of the most visible north brooklyn locations connected to the historic dime savings bank at havemeyer street. In south williamsburg brooklyn a 23 story tower is rising beside the landmark 1908 dime savings bank.