Things haven’t gone too smoothly at 349 Metropolitan Avenue, the 35-unit development on Williamsburg’s Northside. Most recently, the site was shut down because the work crew started spraying the building with some kind of retardent without taking any precautions to protect neighboring properties. But the property first gained notoriety back in January when the developer tried to save a few bucks by not getting a big enough crane lift some heavy sheet metal. The result? The small crane toppled over under the load. Then in April blogger Brooklyn 11211 noticed some less-than-confidence-inspiring construction techniques. “This type of stuff shouldn’t happen anywhere,” he noted, “But it’s particularly disturbing on a major thoroughfare like Metropolitan Avenue.” Ultimately, this place will have 50,000 square feet of space over seven stories.
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