Development Watch: 1124 Bedford Ave
We received a tip that the former Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Mental Health Center, a brownstone building on the corner of Bedford and Gates Avenues in Bed-Stuy, is being demolished. A recent city document indicates a much larger development could replace the four-story corner building, in an area zoned for medium-density residential with mixed uses. Owner Afshin…
We received a tip that the former Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Mental Health Center, a brownstone building on the corner of Bedford and Gates Avenues in Bed-Stuy, is being demolished. A recent city document indicates a much larger development could replace the four-story corner building, in an area zoned for medium-density residential with mixed uses. Owner Afshin Dilmanian combined the property with four others to create a single, oddly-shaped lot that has additional frontage on Quincy Street, totaling roughly 25,000 square feet, or a half acre. The demolition permit was filed last month and already there’s a Stop Work Order for failure to remove glass prior to demolition. Anyone know any details about the plans? GMAP P*Shark DOB
all of you think that this is a “beautiful” building? why? it’s disgusting. you are all high.
all of you think that this is a “beautiful” building? why? it’s disgusting. you are all high.
Even the bricks are awesome. Ooooh and miles of cornice . Sorry to see it go : (
ditto. its a beautiful building, nothing like it being built today. it will be a real loss.
If it has to come down, I hope he sells the salvage rights to what is inside (whatever that is). I put in a call to his office regarding that and hopefully it won’t end up in a landfill and could end up at Brooklyn Flea. Fred from Silver Fox Architectural Salvage
I also agree with everyone thus far. Every time I walked past this building I couldn’t help but think what a great opportunity the owner had for renovating it. Those units would sell in record time (assuming they were priced correctly). Look at those loft conversions on Lexington that just came onto the market. Even though they are probably overpriced, the renovation in that building is fantastic.
I’m generally not for saving everything just because it’s old, but this building really does have particularly unique details. Normally when we see Richardsonian Romanesque or Renaissance Revival details on brownstones it’s on private houses. Not so much on the larger apartment buildings. Right?
Another example of how you have to landmark before the developer arrives. Not after. If it’s never happened on a block or in a neighborhood it’s because not enough of the property owners support landmarking. In these neighborhoods more recently improving, the non-millionaire property owners are concerned about the nightmarish approval processes and how much more expensive it is to make improvements on a building when it’s landmarked. It would help if there was something in between being totally unprotected and being landmarked.
Some buildings in this area really need to be landmarked. Bedford Stuyvesant is so rich with architectural beauty that many people are not aware of. This is truly sad to see this building go. Stuyvesant Heights is such a small area that is landmarked but there are so many blocks in this area that truly need to be landmarked…
I echo what everyone else said. Bedford is such a great wide avenue, and could certainly handle some new architecture and new buildings. Unfortunately, most of what we’ve gotten is schlock, especially past Lafayette.
That said, this one was saveable and could have just been rehabbed. It would have been quite beautiful. It is a great looking anchor to the corner. I passed there the other day, and it is gutted.