The 100-by-100-foot lot at 614 7th Avenue in Greenwood Heights first grabbed headlines back in 2005 when a design for a 70-foot, then a 50-foot, building by Robert Scarano that would have blocked the sight line between the Minerva statue in next-door Green-Wood Heights Cemetery and the Statue of Liberty was ultimately squelched. The property was ultimately sold to a new developer, who, after much wrangling, now has approved plans for 11 single-family, four-story homes on the corner lot; they were initially trying to get approval for 11 curb cuts, but only wound up with two. The tipster who sent this photo in noted the existence of the choice of wood floor joists and plywood floors, adding, “Damn if it ain’t gonna be loud in those units!”
Development Watch: 614 7th Avenue [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
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