Much Ado on Ten Eyck Street
There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going’ on on Ten Eyck Street between Lorimer and Leonard. (What’s up with the name? We can’t help but think of the Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck.) In this one stretch there are three new buildings coming on line: Clockwise from left, #52, #56-58 and #78, aka Tower 78…
There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going’ on on Ten Eyck Street between Lorimer and Leonard. (What’s up with the name? We can’t help but think of the Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck.) In this one stretch there are three new buildings coming on line: Clockwise from left, #52, #56-58 and #78, aka Tower 78 being marketed by aptsandlofts.com. But they can keep their fancy new developments as far as we’re concerned: We’re in love with the yellow schoolhouse on the corner. GMAP
Careful with these fast and cheap Scaranos. They’re reported to leak like crazy. Look carefully for signs of moisture, water damage or materials that might suggest a fix. When, say, you see fiberglass sprayed over the facade of a building, that’s a red flag. If moisture isn’t fixed right, you might find trouble lurking behind a fresh coat of paint.
…and under investigation. Tisk, Tisk.
Two of these are Scarano, we hear.
It’s an old, and common, name in NYC and upstate:
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/t/teneyck.html
Always wondered about that name myself, so I looked it up (finally!). It’s named after Conrad ten Eyck, who immigrated to New Amsterdam in 1651. While he owned a lot of land in Manhattan (the street now known as Coenties Slip), his descendants settled in Williamsburg and Bushwick and Wyckoff St was renamed Ten Eyck St. in 1869.