60 Water Street, Mixed-use architectural structure in Dumbo, Brooklyn, US

60 Water Street is a 17-story structure in Dumbo with staggered towers and glass facades. The building combines residential units, ground-floor retail spaces, and a public school section in one integrated design.

Designed by Ismael Leyva and Leeser Architecture, 60 Water Street was finished in spring 2015. Its staggered towers hold 220,000 square feet of rental apartments, 20% designated affordable, above a full-floor 45,000-square-foot public middle school for 300 students. The design won the 2014 Asia Property Award for Best Commercial Architectural Design.

The building's staggered towers and patterned envelope were designed by Ismael Leyva and Leeser Architecture. Its full-floor public middle school for 300 students shares the structure with 220,000 square feet of rental apartments, 20% of them affordable, and 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail along Water Street.

The three-level garage beneath the building is public parking, and 10,000 square feet of retail lines the ground floor on Water Street. The public middle school occupies a full floor and serves 300 students, so the Water Street frontage mixes shop entrances with a school entrance. The Brooklyn Bridge is immediately adjacent.

The building's facade employs a dual-scale pattern that creates a distinctive visual character. A green roof deck provides direct views of the Brooklyn Bridge from above.