200 Smith Street Torn Down
We passed by 200 Smith Street, at Baltic, just yesterday, and noticed that demolition of the three-story building was underway. Today a tipster sent in this photo with the demolition almost totally complete. There are no building permits for demolition (they appear to be going the Alt 1 route) but it looks like it’ll remain…

We passed by 200 Smith Street, at Baltic, just yesterday, and noticed that demolition of the three-story building was underway. Today a tipster sent in this photo with the demolition almost totally complete. There are no building permits for demolition (they appear to be going the Alt 1 route) but it looks like it’ll remain a three floor, two-unit building. Other than the original building looking kinda crappy and rundown, is anyone away of any more pressing reason (like structural problems or a fire) that would have necessitated a tear-down? GMAP P*Shark DOB
Photo by Eugene Gannon
>restaurant every 6 months or so.
New place, Comida opened last week, supposedly today at 5-7 is GRAND OPENING, with free appetizers & drinks. I’ll be there, nothing like free booze.
The building is probably cursed. Like that place in Park Slope that has a new restaurant every 6 months or so.
broadwayron –
Yeah, Jessie’s was a weird deal all around. We walk by several times a week on our way to dinner or just on an evening stroll. Then it finally opened and it was this weirdish order all your meals for the week dealio (except it was very poorly marketed). You’re right, been dead ever since.
So basically we’re looking at a building that has had no more than 3-6 months ground floor rent in the last 4-5 years. Brilliant.
brownstoner, I don’t think any major issue going on. No fire. No condemnation.
(extended)Family that owns building for many years and used to run a restaurant there lived upstairs.
I was wondering why nothing happened after Jesse’s failed. My guess is they then decided to rebuild the whole bldg and it has taken this long to get everything in place.
Was a ‘cuban/chinese’ restaurant for many years. Wish that was still operating.
I don’t understand places like Jessie’s… it too them so long to open. Then, it seemed like they closed in a couple months. I don’t think that space was ever rented after them, either.
That’s the place where Jessie’s Brooklyn Kitchen opened (and quickly failed) a few years ago? Crappy little building. I’ll echo what Pete said upthread.
It doesn’t have to be a necessity–we were just wondering if it was.
I hope something more like what was done up and next corner (Warren) takes place here.
Rather than the very blah building a couple door up (currently Chase bank on retail level).
How about, it makes no financial sense to try to make something out of a crappy, wood-framed building. Why does it need to be a ‘necessity’?