Development Watch: 467-487 Sterling Place
There’s a new construction project taking up 75 feet of frontage on the Northern side of Sterling Place between Washington and Classon Avenues. The developer paid $828,658 for the property in August of 2004 and then about a year ago tacked on a $13 million loan to finance the structure you see rising above. The…
There’s a new construction project taking up 75 feet of frontage on the Northern side of Sterling Place between Washington and Classon Avenues. The developer paid $828,658 for the property in August of 2004 and then about a year ago tacked on a $13 million loan to finance the structure you see rising above. The weird thing is that we can’t find any construction permits on the DOB website, just some demolition permits from last April. However, Property Shark shows that the sites are listed as having three five story buildings on them, which implies something was filed since there used to be just one-story structures. Any help? Check out a shot of the development when it was just getting going back in September on the jump.
Update: A reader points us to the website of the developer, The Bluestone Organization. Looks pretty upscale, ‘specially for this part of town. If this place can succeed along with Pacific Blue, it’ll really open up the whole area between Washington and Classon.
Prospect Heights Construction [Flickr] GMAP P*Shark DOB
I don’t get it. This guy tore down SIX abandoned garages that attractef rats, garbeage and crime. He is putting up nice (expensive) housing. This benefits EVERYONE – rich and poor. What is going on with all the griping? A bunch of white hipsters living here in Brooklyn until thier parents cut them off all complaining? PLEASE go back to CT where you came from and let us REJOICE that our neighborhood is looking better. I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THIS PROJECT AND I COULDNT BE HAPPIER!
I don’t get it. This guy tore down SIX abandoned garages that attractef rats, garbeage and crime. He is putting up nice (expensive) housing. This benefits EVERYONE – rich and poor. What is going on with all the griping? A bunch of white hipsters living here in Brooklyn until thier parents cut them off all complaining? PLEASE go back to CT where you came from and let us REJOICE that our neighborhood is looking better. I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THIS PROJECT AND I COULDNT BE HAPPIER!
I live right across the street from 420 42nd St. and am working to put together a petition to submit to the DOB…does anyone have samples of petitions and suggestions?
You can see a rendering of 475 Sterling here:
http://www.bluestoneorg.com/showcase.htm
The design looks pretty good. They’ll be parking in back. Let’s hope it’s legal.
It’s me again re 420 42nd Street. The lot is 100 feet up from 4th Avenue, The old Municipal Court building occupies the avenue front.
I’ve seen the drawings. Fedders, fedders
everywhere–front and back. Balconies from 6th floor up.
Please tell me more about the developer, or where I can see his work.
you all can’t relax: Why does everyone assume the worst all of the time?
I think the people developing this Sterling Place project have some connection with the Domino Sugar plant project too… some sort of affordable housing org.
the permit is posted on the fence.
If someone built something that looked decent on 4th Ave in Sunset Park, I would applaud, and from the map, 420 42nd looks to be right on the corner with 4th Ave. 10 stories is okay with me if it’s on the Avenue — I would not be at all averse to seeing 4th Ave lined with mid-rise construction from Flatbush to 65th St.