The Parkline is a mixed-use building which includes an 80/20 mix of market-rate and affordable rental apartments and innovative common spaces. It is located in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood alongside Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

Marvel was asked to study the large site and take advantage of the unique zoning opportunity to create a facility that served both the street-side and the park-side needs.

The unique massing of the building reacts to contrasting contextual scales bounding the space. The low, eastern segment of the building continues the Flatbush Avenue streetscape with a three-story frontage and contextual fenestration. This ‘city-side’ portion of the building houses a school, two retail spaces, and residential amenities.  A twenty-three-story residential tower anchors the west end of the lot, providing its residents with expansive views of Prospect Park.

The top floor houses a bar/lounge, two recreation rooms, and a commercial-scale kitchen—all for tenant use. It also has a roof terrace with framed views of the city.