Development Watch: 651 Coney Island Avenue
While most people think of single-family wood houses when they think of Victorian Flatbush, there are clearly a lot of people interested in the area who can’t swing an entire house. They are presumably who the developers of 651 Coney Island Avenue had in mind when they set out some time ago to build this…
While most people think of single-family wood houses when they think of Victorian Flatbush, there are clearly a lot of people interested in the area who can’t swing an entire house. They are presumably who the developers of 651 Coney Island Avenue had in mind when they set out some time ago to build this 22-unit condo on the edge of Beverley Square West. The 50,000-square-foot, six-story building is designed by Sear Tombasco Architects, the firm also responsible for this building in Bay Ridge. Unfortunately, the project has been stalled by a Stop Work Order for ages, something to do with a collapsed fence and the threat of falling debris. Can anyone who lives near here give us a general timeline for how this project has proceeded? GMAP P*Shark DOB
anon 11:26 pm, you wrote:
“It is illegal for bartenders to give drinks on the house. The law was enacted during Rudy’s administration.”
That’s the apocryphal tale told by bartenders who think certain patrons are cheapskates in the tip department.
anon 11:26 pm, you wrote:
“It is illegal for bartenders to give drinks on the house. The law was enacted during Rudy’s administration.”
That’s the apocryphal tale told by bartenders who think certain patrons are cheapskates in the tip department.
I am certain that the residents on Marlborough Road will not see a bank opening where Cornerstone was as a good idea. In addition to truck deliveries from Associated they would get the band traffic as well. Good for North Fork though.
After having read this post, we drove by this building on Sunday, and noticed that the space bellow the window usually reserved for Feders air conditioners was mysteriously absent.
We were wondering, is the developer really going to install central air?!
Bravo! Central Air on Coney Island Ave would be a real step up for this heavily trafficked stretch of roadway.
North Fork Bank is currently building a branch right now on Cortelyou Road, i think on the corner of Argyle or Westminster Road.
It’s unfair to compair to Cortelyou road to other commercial shopping strips, because it wasn’t really one, until a few years ago.
Really? Cornerstone still sucked though. Sorry.
It is illegal for bartenders to give drinks on the house. The law was enacted during Rudy’s administration.
Upscale food market under construction now on Cortelyou between Westminster & Stratford. The name on the awning escapes me but its something like “Nature’s Foods.”
Beverley S West,
I contacted Commerce simply because, well, it’s an easy company to contact on this issue. I would call other banks as well. But if one bank appears, monkey-see, monkey do, others will follow.
Cortelyou Road is almost a mile long and it barren of bank branches. Odd. Very odd these days in NYC. Avenue J has at least 6 banks between Coney Island Ave and the subway tracks.
Chase and Sovereign battle for business at Newkirk Plaza on Foster, which has much less commercial activity than Cortelyou.
Meanwhile, the Cornerstone took a losing approach to the saloon business. The bar overcharged for drinks and invited amateur musicians to play. The limited appeal of the music drove out the drinkers. Mostly the musicians performed for their friends.
The bartenders were clueless about giving customers a free drink now and then to build rapport.
That bar-site would make a good bank site.