
21 India Street
21 India Street, Brooklyn · Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Known as The Greenpoint, a 40-story waterfront tower completed in 2019, with 95 condominiums on its top floors above rental apartments in the same complex.
At a glance
- Type
- Condominium (95 units, floors 28-40)
- Built
- 2017-2019
- Height
- 40 stories / 392 ft
- Residences
- 95 condos (of 463 total units on site)
- Architect
- Ismael Leyva Architects
- Developer
- Mack Real Estate Group & Palin Enterprises
- Service
- Concierge
- Pets
- Not confirmed
From industrial waterfront to Greenpoint's tallest tower
21 India Street sits at the northern edge of the Greenpoint waterfront, on a site that had previously been addressed as 10 Huron Street before construction began. The tower, marketed as The Greenpoint, was designed by Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by Mack Real Estate Group and Palin Enterprises, with construction reported underway by 2016 and the glass, steel and brick facade substantially complete by 2017. It was one of the first towers to rise as part of the broader Greenpoint Landing waterfront rezoning, a roughly 22-acre former industrial and rail-yard site slated for more than 5,500 new residential units.
The building's structure combines a 40-story tower with a shorter 5-story component. Per New York YIMBY's 2016 reporting, the tower portion splits between 287 rental apartments on the lower floors and 95 condominiums occupying floors 28 through 40 (marketing floor numbers run one higher than the official Department of Buildings count), while the separate 5-story building holds 81 additional rental units. Sales and marketing for the condominiums was handled by Corcoran Sunshine.
At 392 feet, The Greenpoint became one of the tallest buildings in Greenpoint, offering direct Manhattan skyline and East River views. When it opened for occupancy in late 2019, the building unveiled a 20-foot-tall bronze sculpture titled 'Waiting' by Brooklyn-based artist Brian Donnelly (KAWS), installed next to the building's porte cochere across from the East River ferry terminal. The New York Times reported in 2019 that 63 of the condominium units had sold at that point, at a median price of roughly $1.54 million.
Josh's view of 21 India Street
What you won't find on a listing portal, in Josh's own words.
Who it suits
Wonderful for anyone looking for a peaceful, trendy neighborhood in Brooklyn with an extremely short commute to Manhattan.
Buying here
This is the best of both worlds. You have the serenity of Brooklyn, yet you're only a five-minute ferry ride from Midtown Manhattan.
The best lines
Both the C line and the F line are excellent. All of the lines have spectacular floor-to-ceiling windows. If you can snag a balcony, you are in luck!
Mistakes buyers make
It is faster to get to Midtown Manhattan from 21 India than it is from most neighborhoods in Manhattan.
What a listing won't tell you
The ferry dock comes right to the building. Buyers will be amazed how convenient the trip from Manhattan is. The views of Manhattan are not too shabby either!
Inside 21 India Street


The Greenpoint from the East River and from the street. Photos: Wikimedia Commons (credits below).
Living at 21 India Street
The building anchors the northern tip of the Greenpoint waterfront esplanade, steps from the East River ferry landing and a short walk from the neighborhood's restaurant and shopping strip along Franklin Street and Manhattan Avenue. It sits within the larger Greenpoint Landing development, which continues to add new towers, parkland, and a planned public school along the waterfront.
- Ferry: NYC Ferry East River route stops directly across from the building's entrance
- Subway: G train at Greenpoint Avenue is the nearest subway station, roughly a 10-15 minute walk
- Waterfront: Newtown Barge Park and the Greenpoint Landing waterfront esplanade and public art (including the KAWS sculpture 'Waiting') are immediately adjacent
- Shopping/dining: Franklin Street and Manhattan Avenue commercial corridors are nearby in central Greenpoint
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Open the tool →Sources: NYC Dept. of City Planning PLUTO · New York YIMBY: 'New Rendering For The Greenpoint, 39-Story Tower Rising at 21 India Street in Brooklyn' (Oct 2016) · New York YIMBY: 'The Greenpoint Opens for Occupancy at 21 India Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn' (Nov 2019) · ACRIS Real Property Legals & Master (NYC Dept. of Finance, via NYC Open Data)
Photos: Photo by Rhododendrites, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Greenpoint_in_Greenpoint_(35398).jpg) · Photo by Kidfly182, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo by Jim.henderson, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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