Gowanus

Old industry, new residential perspectives.

Gowanus is organized around its canal and the surrounding former industrial blocks. Warehouses, workshops, rowhouses, and newer apartment buildings create a varied streetscape between established residential neighborhoods in western Brooklyn.

Bridges across the canal reveal the area’s distinctive layout, while Fourth Avenue and nearby side streets offer different scales of development. Its residential story is closely tied to ongoing changes in architecture and the use of former industrial land.