# NEW YORK | River Ring (105 River Street) | 710 + 560 FT | FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposed\ **Created:** [December 12, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239 "2019-12-12T20:04:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oppix56](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oppix56/32/26099_2.png) [@Oppix56](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oppix56)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/21 "2021-03-18T14:14:52Z")
I agree, this region has enough grey days like today already, we don’t need our buildings to be grey too! ---
**Author:** ![ramvid01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@ramvid01](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ramvid01)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/22 "2021-03-20T16:42:29Z")
If you have NY1 they had a segment on this development. While the building needs city approval it seems as Two Trees is already building part of the park. The segment said it would open in the summer. Edit: Link to the segment; > **[Big Developer Proposes a Beach in Brooklyn on the East River](https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/business/2021/03/20/big-developer-proposes-a-beach-in-brooklyn-on-the-east-river)** > > Two Trees management begins the land review process Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Berzerk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/berzerk/32/77965_2.png) [@Berzerk](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Berzerk)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/23 "2021-03-22T21:46:50Z")
> **[BIG shares new renderings and diagrams of the River Ring Master Plan for...](https://nyc.urbanize.city/post/big-shares-new-renderings-and-diagrams-river-ring-master-plan-williamsburg)** > > Last week we shared an updated look for the River Ring Master Plan being developed by Two Trees Management and designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with James Corner Field Operations. ![02_RIVER_Diagram-by-BIG-Bjarke-Ingels-Group10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/3/9337e4b0a8f6d0c27157c9f4d8859175df19c651.jpeg) ![03_RIVER_Diagram-by-BIG-Bjarke-Ingels-Group10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/a/fa03eb2e146ce5d484999b0c141f87efd4ab05f0.jpeg) ![04_RIVER_Diagram-by-BIG-Bjarke-Ingels-Group10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/e/6e0e6994f110342d906224b8827288be760b998a.jpeg) ![05_RIVER_Diagram-by-BIG-Bjarke-Ingels-Group10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/b/3b2e26db9cf2e504f187106cfd4ffebfd854a1df.jpeg) ![07_RIVER_Diagram-by-BIG-Bjarke-Ingels-Group10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/9/7925a9f2b862f8ceea78081dbbed6052af573c0e.jpeg) ![08_RIVER_Diagram-by-BIG-Bjarke-Ingels-Group10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/5/e50fdd560c918af564306ba75b0bab06d47fe893.jpeg) ![10_RIVER_Diagram-by-BIG-Bjarke-Ingels-Group10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/b/6bb17a4df873188d7b3680d318bea53e250adbce.jpeg) ![RIver Ring Two Trees Bjarke Ingels Towers Use](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/2/0272cebdd41ef558a255da5080413e6b9b90fe81.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Emoglez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/emoglez/32/24448_2.png) [@Emoglez](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Emoglez)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/24 "2021-03-22T23:17:18Z")
Thanks for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![Berzerk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/berzerk/32/77965_2.png) [@Berzerk](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Berzerk)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/25 "2021-08-18T20:02:10Z")
> **[Two Trees’ plan for gigantic towers in W’burg begins rezoning process •...](https://www.brooklynpaper.com/two-trees-towers-williamsburg-rezoning/)** > > If approved, Two Trees would erect a 64-story tower and a 49-story tower that would house a combined 1,050 apartments. ---
**Author:** ![Berzerk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/berzerk/32/77965_2.png) [@Berzerk](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Berzerk)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/26 "2021-08-31T11:23:33Z")
> **[Community groups announce tentative support for Two Trees project in...](https://nyc.urbanize.city/post/community-groups-announce-tentative-support-two-trees-project-williamsburg)** > > With the rezoning process now underway, a trio of community groups has announced their support for Two Trees Management's proposed waterfront towers in Williamsburg - with some caveats. ![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/e/7e08397f549d64593c98c91e347f6938d69687c3.jpeg) ![2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/d/2d28d7316cb16904768a657af882b21a6f0f8a9c.jpeg) ![3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/a/faa5537e4d1901f87793540ee76e3ae00c514dc4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![colrain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/colrain/32/38661_2.png) [@colrain](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/colrain)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/27 "2021-08-31T12:30:59Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/5/6517a7d2bf90774282317202532f44ff7ab62512.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/c/ac632a1f4c86276d1a5426e9939b99f1ea659167.jpeg) > **[Radii Inc. Architectural Fabricators](https://radiiinc.com/)** > > Radii Inc. is a shop of architectural fabricators based in Hoboken building models and objects using analogue and digital construction methods. ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/28 "2021-09-01T16:24:22Z")
This is FABULOUS NEWS! I feared that this project would be Amazoned. ---
**Author:** ![mtoltethys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mtoltethys/32/30087_2.png) [@mtoltethys](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mtoltethys)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/29 "2021-09-17T14:43:45Z")
> **[BIG’s Two-Towered River Ring Secures Approvals, on Williamsburg Waterfront -...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/09/bigs-two-towered-river-ring-secures-approvals-on-williamsburg-waterfront.html)** > > The proposed two-skyscraper development River Ring, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, is closer to fruition after Community Board 1 approval. Completion by 2030 😕 ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/30 "2021-09-17T15:42:24Z")
Rip. That’s the same time frame as 175 Park Avenue, a 1,600ft+ skyscraper in midtown manhattan, plus they have to demolish a pretty big building already. Why is this going to take so long? ---
**Author:** ![tjr101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tjr101/32/125010_2.png) [@tjr101](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/tjr101)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/31 "2021-09-17T16:21:18Z")
Until 2030 to build what’s not even supertalls? Not even worth following this right now. Next… ---
**Author:** ![AHC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@AHC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/AHC)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/32 "2021-09-17T17:05:50Z")
This is the same developer of the Domino Sugar mass development next door, which is also proceeding at a glacial pace. Slow-walking projects seems to be their thing. ---
**Author:** ![Berzerk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/berzerk/32/77965_2.png) [@Berzerk](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Berzerk)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/33 "2021-09-17T17:39:12Z")
> **[River Ring Gets Okayed, With 13 Conditions](https://www.curbed.com/2021/09/river-ring-gets-okayed-with-13-conditions.html)** > > Smaller towers, more affordable apartments, and a slew of other requirements. > Last night, Community Board 1 voted to approve River Ring, but with changes that were more than a little extreme. > It’ll have to get 33 percent smaller to reduce local infrastructure strain. The affordability will have to rise to 50 percent. Two Trees will have to install geothermal heating instead of a fossil-fuel system, redesign the towers to be more “contextual” (whatever that might mean, given that the Williamsburg waterfront is basically a string of glassy high-rises at this point), and coax the city, finally, to fund and complete Bushwick Inlet Park. Also, Two Trees will be required to fund — in perpetuity! — a “local independent agency or organization to oversee and enforce the rental fees and increases of affordable and market-rate apartments.” I know that the community board votes are only advisory and that they are supposed to show what the “community” thinks of the project, but for fuck sake it is tiring to go through all of that NIMBY nonsense each time. They want more housing so what is the best thing to do in their minds, to force developer to cut 33% of all housing units. ---
**Author:** ![DeSelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@DeSelby](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/DeSelby)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/34 "2021-09-18T02:48:23Z")
All of those demands are ridiculous. I have no interest whatsoever in this project anymore since it will surely end up as a pair of 500 ft glass boxes like most of the other ugly riverfront developments. The developers were being quite generous already. There was ample public space, tons of much-needed housing, and an interesting design in their original proposal. Now that the CB has killed it, they should take their ball and go home: say screw this project and build a warehouse or parking garage there instead. It’s what this “community” deserves. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/35 "2021-09-18T02:50:10Z")
Now now, remember that CB is only advisory. But yes I agree with the overall sentiment, the mood for this project has turned sour. ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/36 "2021-09-18T02:54:26Z")
And now, the wonderful Eric Adams will begin to make his verdict on this project. You thought %33 was a huge hit for River Ring? Let’s wait and hear Adam’s chop to %50…… SMH. I wonder what they are referring to as “33%”, though - the bulk or the height? ---
**Author:** ![Berzerk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/berzerk/32/77965_2.png) [@Berzerk](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Berzerk)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/37 "2021-11-19T17:46:01Z")
> **[River Ring moves forward with City Planning Commission approval, City Council...](https://www.brooklynpaper.com/river-ring-cpc-approval-council-hearing/)** > > massive new waterfront development, River Ring, received a thumbs-up from the City Planning Commission this week. ---
**Author:** ![NYCityBoy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/nycityboy/32/25326_2.png) [@NYCityBoy](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NYCityBoy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/38 "2021-11-19T18:23:46Z")
Bring back the rust-color facade! ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/39 "2021-11-19T19:57:17Z")
Love this proposal but didn’t they say this was going to take a decade to build? That’s glacial. ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239/40 "2021-12-01T14:03:55Z")
This is an amazing proposal. [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-river-ring-105-river-street-710-560-ft-floors/16239.md?page=3)