South Slope Developer Busted With a Ho(e)
The rogues gallery continues to grow over in the South Slope. The Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights caught another developer breaking the rules yesterday, this time at 570 4th Avenue. The violation? Use of a backhoe without a permit for mechanical demolition. The sleuths at CCGH are having a hard time figuring out who exactly…
The rogues gallery continues to grow over in the South Slope. The Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights caught another developer breaking the rules yesterday, this time at 570 4th Avenue. The violation? Use of a backhoe without a permit for mechanical demolition. The sleuths at CCGH are having a hard time figuring out who exactly the developer is but they were on the phones to 311 en masse reporting the activity. Lots of photos of the demo on the link below.
Photo Gallery: 570 4th Avenue [CCGH] GMAP P*Shark
Hey Crawford, question for you…
You complain about folks having too much time on their hands to document illegal activity. You ALSO must have too much time on your hands to read this blog and be a regular contributor.
All of us “use or spare time” in what we feel are useful and helpful ways we can support OUR COMMUNITY. What have you done for your’s lately except make B.S. complaints about supposed “NIMY” folks who want to protect themselves from illegal activity and worry about safety of their familes and property?
Really, wed’ all like to know…
Tired of B.S. “Sunday Afternoon Quarterback” comments from folks like you on this blog. Put your $$ where your mouth is and do something real, other than bitch on this blog.
Crawford great suggestion. Except that my wife is really turned on by role playing… specifically when I video tape her in front of heavy construction equipment. 5 of my 7 children were conceived while costumed in a DoB uniform. The fact that I document illegal building practices is just an interesting by product.
Why would someone openly break the law in broad daylight on a 4th Avenue no less if they didn’t think they would be prosecuted. The Brooklyn DoB’s answer to the decade old building boom has been to implement policies that speed up the process for the builder/developer. How do Stop Work Orders fit into that plan? The biggest mistake the DoB made was to create the B.I.S. site on their web page accessible to ‘everyone’. Information in the wrong hands will do nothing but slow the builder down and work counter to all the recent policy changes made to make it easier. I think the DoB is doing a great job of concealing it’s inadequacies. The recent administrative changes made with-in the Buildings Dept. are a good step towards providing the illusion that changes for the better are in the works. The DoB needs less inspectors and plan examiners, and more forensic engineering career types, that way when catastrophes occur they can rush to the scene to play the hero.
Who are these people who spend all day with video cameras locked on construction sites? If you’re bored with life, get a hobby, volunteer, or have a romantic fling.
I’m sure the NIMBY posters will all accuse me of being a hired shill for developers or other such nonsense. I can’t think of anything more boring than playing DOB inspector all day. Do these same people take video cameras to restaurants and supermarekts, eagerly anticipating DOH violations?
I would rather care about loved ones, my job and my community than whether a back hoe permit has or hasn’t been issued.
Only tangentially related, but if one more of those workers on Washington between Gates and Fulton catcalls and harasses my wife on her way to work, I’m heading down there with an aluminum softball bat and my own ‘stop work order’. Anyone else having trouble with these animals?
Gotta love it. I’ve called for work being done on weekends and DOB shows up in the middle of the week.
Try calling you community board (I am in CB6 and they are really great) as they might have more sway. Also try DeBlasio’s office – I think this is in his district.
So, get this…DOB comes out yesterday (we are agast in their timeliness) at 4:20pm. Unfortunately the site’s closed at this point. Rather than coming back in the morning, or resolving 2 out of the 3 complaints (most dealing with the documented mechanical demo), this dimwit only resolves the “unsafe work conditions” complaint saying “no work going on at time of inspection.”
WTF? Typical DOB BS. We’ll see if we can get them out again today.
How does the developers group come in the picture here?
We have added a second page to the gallery of shots taken earlier in the day. One of which is featured above. Thanks Mr. B. Now to call our buddies at the DOB.