Open Thread
Need a Hand?
Your Next Project Starts with BrownstonerMost Recent Articles
Need a Hand?
Your Next Project Starts with Brownstoner
i dont trust those ghetto ass buses in chinatown. they are cheap for a reason!! it’s like you have a 1 in 5 chance of dying when you board one!
*rob*
Interesting thought benson, but I’m not so sure. For example, if the developers in the lot behind me sought to have me sell my backyard, or an easement, I am not sure they could build on it even if I could sell it as they would be bound by the 30′ setback and would not have a grandfathered building on that square footage.
ACRIS would show whether the owners of that house deeded away the back yard. My hunch is old weird proeprty lines to begin with, and non-standard zoning issues.
“another Chinatown bus flipsâ€
This could work out well for Dave
Slopey, google earth shows some green back there prior to the building of the 15th st. condo.
My proof-reading is getting atrocious these days. Make that “envelope”
another Chinatown bus flips; 4 fatalities. this one is stationed out of Charlotte NC but the premise is the same – ie chinaman owned, operated, to/from NYC Chinatown. once again, driver fatigue is suspected.
“I mean, the alternative, that nobody is entitled to any basic rights, seems rather depressing.â€
Just cause it’s depressing doesn’t make it untrue.
Snappy — how do you know that property had the land in teh first place? Did you look for a deed on ACRIS?
The house on 16th Street may have granted an easement to the condo (for a fee of course). That would not necessarily violate the zoning law, which is concerned with the “evenelope” of the building and how much of the lot it takes up. I have a friend on Staten Island who bought a house with such an easement. In his case, it is a driveway to a house that is located behind him.