Closing Bell: Raising the Roof on 2nd Street
Tonight Community Board 6’s landmarks/land-use committee will consider a Certificate of Appropriateness application submitted to the LPC that involves building a new mezzanine addition on the rooftop of one of the houses on 2nd Street between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West (in addition to some changes to the rear of the house). As the…
Tonight Community Board 6’s landmarks/land-use committee will consider a Certificate of Appropriateness application submitted to the LPC that involves building a new mezzanine addition on the rooftop of one of the houses on 2nd Street between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West (in addition to some changes to the rear of the house). As the photo above shows, most of the historic district block has an uninterrupted roofline. so if this is to have any chance of approval it’ll have to be set back from the sight line. GMAP
Townhouses are a dime a dozen in Brooklyn. Nothing out of the extraordinary or special. They were mass produced for the low to middle class.
I like townhouses but god damn, some of the NIMBYs here are just plain stupid and very dangerous. I don’t think people are against townhouses, they’re just against all the entitlement attitudes.
You townhouse dissers seem to have wandered into the wrong blog. Perhaps you’d prefer Condoburger.com. Eejits.
brownstoner living is like living with your grandparents
can anyone confirm this is the house at 609 2nd Street sold last year to the Ravitch Family Trust. Richard Ravitch family— NYC politician. I will put this out there..
Could their roof extension block sunlight to the houses and backyards on 1st Street? Has anyone ever built such an extension on the roof of a brownstone?
Because, as just about everybody knows, there are a lot, a lot of unemployed nimbys in Brooklyn who have absolutely nothing better to do than to complain and scream about any little thing they can. It makes them feel important.
If you can’t see it from the street, why should anyone else care what someone does to their property? If they built it without permission or it was visible from the street, that would be a problem. But if they go before the community board, they’re clearly following all the regulations of DOB and Landmarks.
Condo living is like living with your parents. Time to grow up and get your own house.