Closing Bell: A Curb Cut for Boerum Hill Historic District?
At next week’s LPC public hearing, the commission is going to consider an application to create a curb cut smack in the middle of the Boerum Hill Historic District. The owners of 199 Dean Street have applied for a certificate of appropriateness in order to construct the cut. While we’re not certain whether the owners…
At next week’s LPC public hearing, the commission is going to consider an application to create a curb cut smack in the middle of the Boerum Hill Historic District. The owners of 199 Dean Street have applied for a certificate of appropriateness in order to construct the cut. While we’re not certain whether the owners are looking to kill a section of the sidewalk directly in front of the house or to its side, on Bond Street, we’ve seen curb cuts crappify brownstone blocks in order to create private parking so often that it’s tough not to be wary of the 199 Dean plans. GMAP
Bravo well said
Would nosey, busy-bodies get a life, or move to a gated, planed community where you can clutch together.
Dam all you brown shirts.
i cant believe how many people with so few facts are speculating about a property they dont own.
the owner happens to be my friend, who owned this property before most of you were born, and the way i see it – whoever owns the property is allowed to alter his property within the rules. if you dont like the rules, stop bitching and change the rules.
and can someone tell me how a curb entrance, the width of one car, affects any of your lives?
this has to be the dumbest blog ive ever read.
db
Let’s not get overrought about the lack of on street parking and how “unlivable” Brooklynin has become. When I first moved to Boerum Hill in 1983 there was plenty of parking. You’d park you very easily in the evening, making sure not to get home after dark lest you get the crap beaten out of you. Your car would get stolen over night and the spot would open up for someone else to park and start the cycle all over again. If anyone parked in front of someone’s curb cut, legal or not, they’d return to find their tires slashed and their windshield bashed in. Landmarks approval for such activity wasn’t asked for or required.
does anyone know how to find out if a neighbor’s curb cut is legal?
A curb cut would be consistent with what’s across both Dean and Bond from here and that’s the only viable spot for it.
The coach house across Bond has one…and the building directly across Dean on the corner has two on Bond for their garage…and then across Bond from that there is at least one if not two….so not so unprecedented.
Btw I don’t own this house or live there.
Who can afford a car?
I think its much better to reserve the space for someone from outside the neighborhood to park there. God forbid someone tax paying homeowner with a driveway who is liable to be fined if the sidewalk buckles or is littered should actually deem themselves worthy to park there.
7:38 Boerum Hill, etc. used to have much more street parking before all the yups and hipsters moved in. It’s not as if the developers alone fucked up parking in Brooklyn. There used to be fewer cars on the street.
There’s no law requiring street parkers to park a minimum distance from a driveway, as there is for a hydrant. The yellow paint some owners put on the curb has no effect and is actually against city rules. Usually it’s up to the driveway owner to complain to the police if blocked. Also, the law allows the driveway owner to park on the street in front of their own driveway (hence the dashboard note – tells the cops not to waste their time with a ticket).
Just the facts, ma’am.