Prior to the development (almost a decade ago now) this was an oil services company with garages for trucks. The land behind the majority of the houses laid fallow for decades.

The story is that 20 years ago, the lot was offered up for sale to the Windsor Place/Prospect Ave owners to extend their back yards. The trick was that the lots HAD to be sold contiguously, meaning if one house didn't buy, the sales of the ones past the last sale were out of luck. a few bought toward the 7th ave end, then hit a non-buyer. One house bought theirs plus the next one, creating an odd-sized lot.

And the guy who owns the shack has done a ton of work to the interior in the past 2 years. That wood frame on the back looks to me like a stairway to the roof.

Posted by: uninvited_guest at December 1, 2009 10:37 PM in response to Development Watch: Infill at Lake Windsor

BrooklynWilly is very silly. And guilty of assault.

If I can get a ticket for the junk circulars tossed on my property, then I should have recourse against those that put them there.

Posted by: uninvited_guest at August 4, 2008 11:21 PM in response to Closing Bell: Fighting Unwanted Fliers

Wouldn't a significant build of office space be dependent on access from public transportation? 'Cause, there ain't none there.

Posted by: uninvited_guest at July 20, 2008 10:36 AM in response to Glassy Office Space Planned for Gowanus