The largest apartments in New York City often take the form of renovated loft spaces – minimal and spacious gems converted from factories, warehouses and other defunct industrial buildings.
YouTuber Cash Jordan embarked on a tour of one such space in Red Hook, located in a former warehouse overlooking the Brooklyn waterfront, and posted a 13-minute video documenting his walkthrough.
Spanning just under 2,800 square feet, the expansive condo in unit #6D2 offers sweeping views of New York Harbor – a panorama that also offers an unobstructed view of the Statue of Liberty, not to mention Lower Manhattan and West Brooklyn .
The sleek Brooklyn pad, at 160 Imlay Street, is currently for sale with an asking price of $3,200,000 and listed by broker Kelly Rogers.
The loft at 160 Imlay Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn occupies just under 2,800 square feet
The apartment was converted from a warehouse space on the Brooklyn waterfront once owned by the New York Dock Company
Inside, the entrance leads into a cavernous living and dining room
Three columns covering the main living space are part of the building’s original supporting framework
The kitchen is equipped with the most modern appliances, complete with cooking island and breakfast table
Countertops in the kitchen are opal white quartzite with a leather finish
Both bedrooms are located on the other side of the apartment
The master bedroom extends over 30 square meters and has a modern look
A spacious walk-in closet adjoins the master bedroom, containing the YouTuber and real estate agent Kelly Rogers
Through the walk-in closet you reach the en suite bathroom of the master bed
But while Cash proclaims it in his YouTube video that this is the ‘largest apartment’ in NYC, other units be larger than 3,000 square meters at the same address; while many more rival lofts in formerly industrial neighborhoods like Williamsburg, Bushwick, and SoHo pass by its size.
That’s not to say that the airy, minimalist expanse of unit #6D2 is any less stunning than similarly sized loft-style residences in Red Hook and beyond.
Moving inside, the entrance opens into a cavernous living and dining room, flooded with natural light from floor-to-ceiling windows on the far wall.
Three cement columns visible in this room are essential structural supports dating back to the building’s origins.
The kitchen, which is also included in the open space of the main room and is equipped with the most modern appliances, has opal white quartzite countertops with a leather finish.
To the right of the entrance, a hallway leads to the unit’s two bedrooms and three bathrooms.
Both bedrooms are located on the opposite side of the larger building and feature floor-to-ceiling windows.
The master bedroom of 30 square meters is connected to a huge walk-in closet of 112 square meters, which further leads to a private bathroom of almost 150 square meters.
Outdoor terraces run along both the front and back of the apartment
The expansive panorama of New York Harbor offers an unobstructed view of the Statue of Liberty
The view also includes a glimpse of Lower Manhattan – beyond the Red Hook waterfront infrastructure
The building dates from 1910 and was originally designed by Maynicke & Franke
The structure was originally commissioned by the turn-of-the-century shipping giant New York Dock Company
The loft building at 160 Imlay has a counterpart across the street at 60 Imlay – which now serves as an art store for Christie’s
A glimpse of the unfinished penthouse at 160 Imlay illustrates the stark contrast between the “before” and “after” of New York’s many renovated loft apartments
The apartment extends from the front to the back of the building and two separate outdoor terraces can be found on either side: one is next to the living room and the other runs along both bedrooms.
What’s more, it has ceilings over 4.5 meters high – another coveted stopover from the space age as a warehouse for bulk goods, from tobacco to cotton.
Dating from 1910, the building was designed by the firm of Maynicke & Franke on behalf of the turn-of-the-century shipping giant New York Dock Company. The structures are believed to be among the first reinforced steel and concrete buildings in the United States City real estate.
A look at the unfinished penthouse in Imlay 160, as seen in Cash’s video, is a stark contrast to the before-and-after situations of the renovated lofts.
The space still under construction consists of little more than rough-hewn cement surfaces, with quirky building materials throughout, harking even further back to its original use.
In all, the building houses 70 lofts, most of which cost between $2 million and $3 million. According to StreetEasyasking for unit #6D2 makes it the most expensive of the bunch.
Beaux-Arts details can still be seen on the other side of the facades: arches cut from the barricades around the roof, subdued pilasters fanning out from the still-intact New York Dock Co. signage, and a few decorative geometric elements .
Atlas Obscura reported that 160 Imlay, and its sister company across the street at 62 Imlay, remained operational until 1983. Meanwhile, 62 Imlay has served as a high-tech, ultra-secure storage space for auction house Christie’s for the past several decades.