Closing Bell: Wrecking Ball for 259 Berry Street
The group that paid $3,500,000 for this 60-by-60-foot warehouse at 259 Berry Street last March is finally springing into action: The permit to demolish the one-story building was issued at the end of last week. No word on what’s going to replace it or who the architect will be. GMAP P*Shark DOB Photo by Gregg…
The group that paid $3,500,000 for this 60-by-60-foot warehouse at 259 Berry Street last March is finally springing into action: The permit to demolish the one-story building was issued at the end of last week. No word on what’s going to replace it or who the architect will be. GMAP P*Shark DOB
Photo by Gregg Snodgrass for PropertyShark
4:18 PM for scale, see the car parked in front of this building. also, the lot is 62 feet wide and just under 53 deep according to property shark maps.
Brilliant timing of the market by the developer…
4:29 is right – that building (and the gas station at the corner of Berry/Grand, off photo left in the picture above) was demolished a good two months ago.
Glad they finally got around to getting a permit.
Before the residential building to the left was constructed–was that like three years ago, now?–on the previously vacant lot, I fantasized about an assemblage consisting of the warehouse above, the small vacant lot and the auto repair-slash-bakery on the corner of Grand Street. Then again, given the schlock going up all over Brooklyn, maybe a smaller canvas is better.
demolition permits are often issued after the demolition is done in NYC. It’s one of those weird things. In fact most permits are pulled after all the work is finished. Don’t ask, it’s the arcane world of the DOB.
Let’s form a human chain around it, quickly, and file an emergency Landmarks injunction–this is clearly a one-of-a-kind gem, circa 1967.
259 Berry was demolished in November and December. Seriously.
No, 4:16, the salvage warehouse was (is?) between South 4th and 5th, but on the same side of the street.
There’s no way that warehouse is 60′ wide.