Hit and Run by the DDC?
Like most Clinton Hill residents, we were thrilled when the city’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) wrapped up its Fulton Street project late last year. Like many others, we can only assume, we are not so thrilled with the unsightly street corners that have been left in the project’s wake. What’s up with that?…
Like most Clinton Hill residents, we were thrilled when the city’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) wrapped up its Fulton Street project late last year. Like many others, we can only assume, we are not so thrilled with the unsightly street corners that have been left in the project’s wake. What’s up with that?
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big fracking deal…
works fine
get over it
more important things
here’s what is says about sidewalks on the DDC site’s notice about the Fulton project:
Sidewalk Violation Notices
Prior to sidewalk installation, the NYC Department of Transportation will inspect your sidewalk. If a violation exists, a sidewalk violation
notice will be issued to you. Included with this violation notice will be a Preliminary Inspection Report (PIR) indicating the square
footage you will be assessed for. Your sidewalk will be installed in no less than 45 days. During this 45-day period, you may request a
reinspection by DOT that may result in a revised PIR. When the sidewalk is installed DDC will notify the NYC Department of Finance to
assess you for the work completed in accordance with the final PIR. For more details, please contact our Community Construction
Liaison or visit the NYC DOT website at http://www.nyc.gov/dot.
So does this mean that the bldg owners pay for sidewalks>? and that they can really replace that huge stretch of sidewalk in 45 days?
OK-Is Mr. Perris saying that ALL the crummy looking sidewalk patches – which seem to run all the way from Waverly to Grand on the north side of Fulton- are going to be replaced? I dont want to push my luck and plus people around here dont seem to bother anyway but how about some post-war garbage cans too?
OK-Is Mr. Perris saying that ALL the crummy looking sidewalk patches – which seem to run all the way from Waverly to Grand on the north side of Fulton- are going to be replaced? I dont want to push my luck and plus people around here dont seem to bother anyway but how about some post-war garbage cans too?
Robert Perris is the District Manager for Community Board number 2 in Brooklyn that covers this area. If he tells you its a temp its a temp repair….
I don’t think any BID people have started working yet.
As for the sidewalks, it’s warmed up now, it is Spring, so when is the promised completion of the sidewalks going to be done.
Also, why didn’t they install consistent tree pits on the sidwalks that were repaired. There are some on the south side of the street near the post office, but no new ones anywhere else. They’ll probably come back and cut the new concrete as opposed to being proactive and plan where the tree pits should be, just to create more work and a worse looking outcome…
I don’t know who the guy with the yellow shirt was, but the Fulton Street BID won’t be operational until July 1 (the beginning of the tax year) at the earliest.
I figured they’d fix the sidewalks on the north side of Fulton as soon the weather warmed up a bit. No such luck. A barely-functional Fulton St is as high as they seem to want to set the bar.
I saw a guy with a yellow BID shirt on with a broom on Fulton a month ago. He was hanging out on a corner chatting with people. Haven’t seen anyone since, but the trash cans on the corner of Fulton & St James are constantly overflowing into the street.
I feel bad for the businesses that had actual hopes for the BID accomplishing something for them other than higher expenses.
ENY victory anthem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksUv-jJZWm8