« Photo Contest Results: Mill Basin Mess Development Watch: The Clermont Revisited »
July 24, 2007
Slow Train Coming: Humboldt 'Affordable Housing'
What the heck's taking so long with the conversion of the old police building at the corner of Herbert and Humboldt in Greenpoint? Back in March 2006, it was announce that the building, which is owned by HPD, would be turned into 14 subsidized condo units with a $1 million in financing from the North Brooklyn Development Corporation and another $300,000 kicked in by the city. In the 16 months since, not a single announcement or filing with the Department of Buildings. We know that the wheels of bureaucracy turn slowly, but this is something else! Anyone know what the hold-up is?
Nothing Fuzzy About Affordable Conversion [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.brownstoner.com/mte/mt-tb.cgi/1562
Comments
I heard there's still a detective keeping an office in the basement.
Posted by: Greenpointer at July 24, 2007 12:41 PM
That's just the ghost of Frank Serpico.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 24, 2007 12:47 PM
They've been filming movies in there (and Rescue Me, too, I think). Something with John Leguizamo.
Posted by: Q.R. at July 24, 2007 3:11 PM
They are going through ULURP now - CB1 signed off on the project in May or June, so it is probably at the Boro Prez now, and then on to CPC and the Council. Based on that, I would expect them to be ready to file at DOB sometime in the fall. No idea why it took them so long to get into the ULURP process, other than that it usually takes a while.
Posted by: Halden at July 24, 2007 3:29 PM
so what isn't going condo? anyone??
Posted by: Anonymous at July 25, 2007 12:44 AM
That corner is loud as all get out. It looks out over the BQE, the Humbolt ave exit from the BQE and it intersects Meeker Ave. and McGuiness Blvd.
No wonder they are making it affordable housing, no one else would live there!
Posted by: Anonymous at July 25, 2007 2:58 PM
Post a comment
Please be patient while your comment is published. It may take a moment.