Goliath Crushes David in Greenwood Heights
Greenwood Heights isn’t known as the Wild West of the development world for nothing! A couple of weeks ago, things went badly off track at the site of 227 34th Street, a new seven-unit building squeezing into the lot next to the modest two-story house at 229 34th Street. The offending site was slapped with…
Greenwood Heights isn’t known as the Wild West of the development world for nothing! A couple of weeks ago, things went badly off track at the site of 227 34th Street, a new seven-unit building squeezing into the lot next to the modest two-story house at 229 34th Street. The offending site was slapped with a Stop Work Order, which is still in effect. The exact offense? “A partial collapse of concrete block parapet wall onto roof of adjacent property causing sever [sic] damage to bldg.” The family next door was forced to relocate and, get this, hit with a violation for, we hear, an illegal extension. Ouch! Talk about kicking a man when he’s down. If anyone knows more about the details of the accident, please let us know. GMAP
Hey Action, I know that the Scarano-designed “Maze” condo on Humboldt nearly killed its neighbor and caused the house to be condemned. Don’t see any new construction though, nor benefit to the developer, who apparently abandoned the project until it was taken up almost 1.5 years later.
What other Scarano project destroyed its neighbor?
would hate to be the unsuspecting buyer who buys in the condos after the physical damage is repaired. “honey, i brought a fruit cake to our new neighbors and they told me to f*@# off”. “i told you we should have kept renting in the slope…”
What the F does AY have to do with any of this Brooklynnative?
The extension is now the open roof to the sky. It is an illegal roof deck.
This property will be worthless….actually, with that huge hole in the roof and monstrosity next door, this property probably already is worthless. It has more immediate problems that AY.
Crap, I meant to say “but this block faces Green-Wood Cemetery both from 34th Street and 5th Avenue.”
Now, that makes a wee bit more sense.
Not to start up the old debate on boundaries on this blog, but this block faces both from 34th Street and 5th Avenue.
If that’s not “Greenwood” I’m not sure what is.
Just my 2 cents.
34th Street is definitely Sunset Park.
not sure i’d call that nabe greenwood heights. isn’t that straight up su(nset)pa(ark)?