The accolades for Bridge Rockaway keep coming. Last week Jack Esterson travelled to Albany to receive an AIA New York State Excelsior Award. The program highlights the best in publicly funded buildings, outdoor areas, and public art across New York State, and the architects and design professionals who support and advocate for them.
Bridge Rockaway, an innovative development, which uniquely co-locates affordable housing with light manufacturing workshops, creating a new model for urban mixed-use projects, was recognized in the New Construction category.
2024 was something of a banner year for Think! We completed over 500 affordable housing units in four significant projects in Brooklyn and the Bronx; IMPACCT Senior Residence, St Philip Neri Apartments, Betances Family Apartments and The Bridge Rockaway. The latter is the first of its kind in NYC, co-locating 174 units of affordable housing with 39,000 sq ft of light manufacturing incubator space. Each of these projects offers housing for vulnerable people and includes onsite facilities providing supportive services.
2024 also saw us achieve significant industry recognition for our projects including design awards for the Duane L Jones Recital Hall at SUNY Old Westbury and for market rate housing at 142 West 19th Street in Manhattan. The Bridge Rockaway received the ‘Downstate Project of the Year’ at the NYSAFAH Awards, while our design for Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Plaza – an affordable housing project above a new home for the landmark Malcolm Shabazz Market which is seeking Passive House certification – was awarded the Blue Ribbon Building of Excellence in the fourth round of the NYSERDA Awards.
We are delighted with the achievements of our team that have fostered these milestone projects and are excited for the projects we have on the boards for 2025.
Honorable Mention for the Duane L Jones Recital Hall
