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April 21, 2009

Fort Greene About to Get Fingered

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We'd pretty much written off 122 Adelphi Street, for this economic cycle at least, given that it had been sitting for a year and a half since ending up on the winning end of a BSA application. So we almost fell off our bicycle on Friday when we pedaled past and saw steel beams rising from behind the plywood fence. We suspect the activity has knocked neighbors for a loop as well, considering that there's an approved building permit in place for an 11-story building. Given that this is mid-block and on a much smaller footprint and surrounded by two-story frame houses, this will likely look much more out of place than the 16-story building now topping out at 163 Washington Avenue.
FG/CH Vesting: The Winners and Losers [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Luxury (Or, More Likely, Not) On Adelphi Fringe [Brownstoner]
Adelphi Action [Brownstoner]




Posted by Brownstoner at 9:30 AM | Comments (19)
Categories: Development, Fort Greene

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Can you post the GMAP with the Streetview?? It looks like there are some nice houses...this'd be truly awful.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 21, 2009 9:37 AM

Kinky....

Posted by: dirty_hipster at April 21, 2009 9:46 AM

According to your earlier post, the Department of Buildings vested this project, not the Board of Standards and Appeals.

Posted by: g man at April 21, 2009 9:46 AM

Its there Dave. I just checked it out.

Posted by: wasder at April 21, 2009 9:46 AM

quote:

we almost fell off our bicycle

LOL please tell me you and Mrs B. dont ride one of those two people bikes. im loling so hard right now thinking about you two riding all over brooklyn on one of those snapping pics.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at April 21, 2009 9:46 AM

What is the zoning down there by navy yard? which blocks can do this? If FAR is so generous - aren't those other little houses/parcels then really valuable?

Posted by: Petebklyn at April 21, 2009 9:47 AM

From the Streetview, it looks like the adjacent clapboard houses are the two nicest on the block. Very, very unfortunate.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 21, 2009 9:54 AM

The project got funded! Ether you build it or lose the money! Future Low-Income housing Woo Hoo!

The What

Someday this war is gonna end...

Posted by: Return of The What at April 21, 2009 9:57 AM

Poor dear wee little houses, to be doomed to have an ugly giant squatting on them forever.

Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at April 21, 2009 9:59 AM

Isn't this a landmarked area? How does LPC get away with approving this?

Posted by: iz at April 21, 2009 10:09 AM

Glad to see that some developers continue to invest in Brooklyn. If this is being fingered, then bring it on!

Posted by: benson at April 21, 2009 10:13 AM

Yeah I know - like the way Brooklyn Heights turned into a slum in the 1930's when they dotted that low-rise neighborhood with 12 story buildings......Now you probably cant even sell a house around there for $4M...real shame

Posted by: fsrg at April 21, 2009 10:27 AM

Looks like it will be twice as tall as anything in general area.

Got to love the optimism...
HEREBY SUBMIT REVISED PLANS & OCC / SCH A TO INDICATE EXPANSION OF CELLAR LEVEL TO REAR PROPERTY LINE. CELLAR HAS BEEN RE-CONFIGURED TO INCLUDE A COMMON TENANT FITNESS ROOM WITH SWIMMING POOL & HOT TUB.

Posted by: IMBY at April 21, 2009 11:12 AM

This is going to look ridiculous. How do they get away with this? Are there no height limits on empty lots, only on existing buildings?

Posted by: mopar at April 21, 2009 11:20 AM

Mopar;

Height of new buildings is controlled by zoning. The developer is building this as-of-right.

Posted by: benson at April 21, 2009 11:29 AM

I'm not sure why this is going forward when Verdi at 80-82 has been at a standstill in sales for about twelve months. This is a great block in many ways, but it's never getting any farther from the BQE, or any closer to a train station. This block was marginal when Verdi started building, and now it's way outside the margin.

Posted by: UnprotectedWrecks at April 21, 2009 11:56 AM

If they hurt those cute clapboard farm houses building it, I am going to extremely sad.

Posted by: Heather at April 21, 2009 4:44 PM

Wasder: what do you mean it went to the BSA? they were vested in the July 2007 rezoning. But a few facts for those of you who are still following this thread:
1. the developer, Calvo, originally gained approval because of a zoning lot merger agreement (air rights) with the church on Carlton and 124 Adelphi St. (the house with the porch)
2. there was an intent to revoke SWO issued a year ago because of evidence submitted that Calvo misrepresented one of the properties party to the ZELDA, by omitting the illegal 2-story extension on 124 that Calvo himself had built when he owned all three lots.
3. DOB lifted the SWO December '08, slapping Calvo on the hand by reducing his square footage by 762 sq ft (boo-hoo, in an 11-story bldg). DOB proves again that lying to two City agencies pays off in the end.
3. don't feel sorry for 124, which is owned by Azulai, (who owns Ozzie's coffee, by the way) because he got $$ off his purchase of that house in exchange for giving the air rights, and clearly he doesn't give a damn about the house, if you see how the steel is butting up against that porch. feel sorry for the rest of us on the block, by all means.

Posted by: eFortGreene at April 24, 2009 6:44 PM

Yeeech -- I used to live on this block, and I'm amazed at the development over there. It's next to the BQE, far from the subway, and it still feels sketchy to me. What are they thinking?!?

Posted by: meerkatz at August 3, 2009 2:51 PM

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