369 Park Avenue: Pray for a Variance?
The old four-story brick commercial building at 369 Park Avenue is an island of charm in a sea of non-descript one-story warehouses and new-construction eyesores in the northeastern edge of Clinton Hill. It’s a beautiful building with four exposures that would make for some killer lofts if not for one problem: It’s zoned M-1 for…
The old four-story brick commercial building at 369 Park Avenue is an island of charm in a sea of non-descript one-story warehouses and new-construction eyesores in the northeastern edge of Clinton Hill. It’s a beautiful building with four exposures that would make for some killer lofts if not for one problem: It’s zoned M-1 for manufacturing. This corner of the neighborhood was not impacted by the recent rezoning; nor is it within the proposed Wallabout Historic District or the boundaries New York State has outlined for its historic designation. There’s yet to be a consensus formed about whether the area should be rezoned for residential, but plans to create 434 residential units as part of a mixed-use project on the site of the former Navy Brig at Flushing between Clermont and Vanderbilt suggest the city is open to the idea.
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Hey Lesterhead, the Classon Ave stop is closer than the Clinton Ave stop by a few blocks, but since the G turns west at Bedford, the Myrtle Ave-Willoughby Ave stop might be closer.
I a big fan of that building, buy the way. But it’s really close to the BQE, so be prepared for lots of traffic noise if you live there. The nabe itself is pretty quiet most of the time.
For the love of god! decent manufacturing space is rare enough as it is in this stupid town without greedy real estate- obsessed chatterboxes trying to wish it into lofts. Do you know where this building is? you are looking out the window at the BQE off ramp for Flushing Ave. Perfect for manufacturing, stupid for dwellings.
Let’s try to save what little M-1 space there is left!!!!!
Why can’t the Navy Yard be left alone?
The reason it’s so magical is because Joe Public can’t get in.
I love this area – so much potential for cool stuff. Though plagued by a lack of subway access. What’s the closest train here? G at Clinton-Washington?
And why can’t the Navy Yard integrate more into the ‘hood?
Making generalized assumptions about the manufacturing zone north of Park Avenue, based on the city’s plans for the former brig site, would probably be a mistake. And, although people do live in buildings that do not have residential Certificates of Occupancy, I don’t think the advice of 10:25 is that wise either.
I like this building too. It’s an interesting little corner. I’d live there.
I currently live in a loft in a M-1 manufacturing building in Clinton Hill.
Screw the variance, the owner can still have people living in it.