A new four-story residential building is headed for 197 Troutman Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, according to freshly filed permits. The proposed development, located between Central and Wilson avenues, would rise 45 feet and bring 16 residences to a stretch of the neighborhood just a short walk from the subway.
The filing was first reported by New York YIMBY, which notes the lot sits closest to the Central Avenue subway station, served by the M train. Phillip Miller of PM Real Estate Management LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications, putting his name behind yet another infill project in a neighborhood that has seen steady residential growth for years.
Architect of record Yoel Rozenberg is designing the concrete-based structure, which is slated to yield 11,394 square feet of residential space across its 16 units. The building will also include a 15-foot-long side yard, according to the same filing.
Unit Sizes Point Toward Rentals
With an average unit scope of 712 square feet, the report suggests the residences are most likely to be rentals rather than condos, though the filing itself does not specify. That modest average footprint is typical of the compact rental stock that has become common in Bushwick's mid-rise boom.
Demolition permits have not yet been filed for the site, and no estimated completion date has been announced, leaving key milestones for the project still ahead. Those blanks mean the timeline for breaking ground, let alone move-in day, remains unknown for now.
Part of a Longer Building Pattern on Troutman Street
This is not the first time Troutman Street has drawn development attention. In 2017, plans called for a nearly 11,000-square-foot, 16-apartment building a few blocks away at 127-129 Troutman Street, between Evergreen and Central avenues, developed and designed by the Brooklyn-based BEAM Group, as Bushwick Daily reported at the time. The similarities in scale between that earlier project and the new filing underscore how consistently this corridor has attracted mid-size residential construction.
The broader numbers help explain why. More than 5,000 new housing units have been built in Bushwick's R6 zoning since 2008, according to New America, and the organization notes that as many as 7,000 more market-rate units could still be built under the neighborhood's current zoning if nothing changes. The 197 Troutman Street proposal adds another data point to that ongoing build-out, even as questions about affordability, construction timing, and what exactly replaces the current site remain unanswered for now.
