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185oceanave040907.jpgThe charming, turn-of-the-century brick house at 185 Ocean Avenue (pre-demo, on right) is no longer. The building, which was the subject of an intense bidding war this spring, has been demolished, and in December the DOB approved plans for an eight-story, 20-unit property on the site. Across the Park, which has been covering 185 Ocean’s demise, says that we have received very few details about what will be built in its place – as we’ve said before, it had better not be some ugly piece of shit. It’s worth noting that an eight-story building will tower above most of the houses on the block, and we second the call for something that’s not an ugly POS.
PLG Shocker! 185 Ocean Closes 33% Above Ask [Brownstoner] GMAP DOB
185 Ocean Ave. One Step Closer to Biting the Dust [Across the Park]


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  1. This isn’t a discussion about condos all over Brooklyn. It’s about this one area. There are no new luxury condo buildings yet completed in PLG, Montrose Morris. And we wouldn’t mind having one, that’s all. Don’t have a cow over it. Also stop judging other neighborhood’s needs when you don’t live there and aren’t really affected by what happens there.

  2. 6:17 – I talk socialism because of who I am? A very talented, but quite dead, 19th century architect? Wha??? If I had to ego to think my opinion actually meant anything, I’d be running for something. Not interested.

    Look, we’ve got a gazillion condo buildings going up in this borough, not to mention the entire city, and 99% of them are so called “luxury apartments”. And now we have way too many, yet more and more are going up as we speak. This one proposes to plonk itself down like a yacht among rowboats. Twenty minutes ago, you couldn’t pay people to come to that stretch of PLG. “Danger, rows of low income apts, mugged by thugs in the park, ghetto, etc, etc, etc.” The only reason this location is now desireable to any developer is because of the fabulous park view location, and as we all know, anything fabu like a parkside or waterside location should be the exclusive parvue of the rich, not the poor, or even the middle class. The new owner of this plot can probably do almost anything he wants, I just hope he respects his surroundings architecturally. But let’s not kid ourselves into thinking he’s solving a housing crisis.

    I never said only low income housing should be built. That would be foolish. However, they are hardly building any, and even fewer middle income condos or houses. Those are what we need, especially in middle and lower income areas like this. I will continue to say this because it is true. If that is irritating, so be it.