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Urban farm in NY

With over 50 varieties of produce in its urban farm, Urby Staten Island is a green residential concept that focuses on shared spaces open to the community.

Urby Staten Island is a residential concept with a strong focus on experience and community that has been conceptualized by the real estate firm Ironstate. Located on the North Shore waterfront, it is the largest new construction developments in Staten Island, with 900 apartments and 35,000 square feet of commercial space.

Conceived to offer a better rental-housing product and with the ever-changing needs of the contemporary urban resident in mind, Urby is a total and dynamic living experience. In addition to smartly designed residences Urby offers specially curated social spaces that encourage natural opportunities for neighbors to meet and interact.

Among other feature, Urby hosts one of New York City’s largest urban farms, which measures 5,000 square feet. Zaro Bates is the Farmer-in-Residence, the only urban farm to be incorporated into a residential development. The farm grows over 50 varieties of produce across 5 major categories – greens, fruiting vegetables, flowers, herbs and roots – and includes a greenhouse, picnic tables for shared dining and composting.

Another interesting feature is the large communal kitchen, where Urby’s Chef-in-Residence, Brendan Costello, will teach culinary classes, host chef tastings and incorporate produce from the urban farm into gourmet meals. Urby is LEED certified and features a number of environmentally conscious elements such as filtered water filling stations in the lobbies, electric car chargers in the garage and storage for 500 bicycles.