Pivotal Condo Project Planned for Clinton Hill
In what could be the tipping point for our home base of Clinton Hill, the troubled corner of Grand and Putnam, now marked by drug dealers and bodegas, is slated for a 50-unit condominium project. This is huge news for us–and we bet Adrian Grenier, who’s busy fixing up his place just down the block,…
In what could be the tipping point for our home base of Clinton Hill, the troubled corner of Grand and Putnam, now marked by drug dealers and bodegas, is slated for a 50-unit condominium project. This is huge news for us–and we bet Adrian Grenier, who’s busy fixing up his place just down the block, will be happy too. We’d heard this rumor as long ago as last summer but had been unable to confirm until a reader forwarded us this Century 21 listing this morning. From what we can tell from the listing, the current owner of the 9,000-square-foot property, which includes the corner bodega, a hair salon and the restaurant Kush, is looking for a $7 million investment from a joint venture partner. (It’s unclear whether the project includes the other building closer to Cambridge.) We’ve got no idea if the numbers make any sense, but if the project goes through it would be hugely positive news for those of us who live in the eastern portion of Clinton Hill, between Washington and Classon. In addition to making it harder for the police to continue to ignore the problems on this corner, the project could make it increasingly attractive for more upscale stores and restaurants to open on Fulton, similarly to what’s happened in Fort Greene. We’ll be keeping our fingers crossed.
Listing #1716454 [Century 21] GMAP
This property has been on the market at least a year if not longer. The owner hasn’t changed the proposal either, he wants a dev. partner do buy into this deal. If he hasn’t gotten it over the past year I don’t think he’ll get it now. I think he’s either got to lower his price or go for a straight sale.
hmm, all this talk of the drug dealers is very interesting, but i’m not gonna comment on that. i am gonna comment that i’m VERY excited about the new project on fulton, and also find it interesting that that complex on wash/fult is for sale. i have always been very covetous of their courtyard!
Well, about Fulton and Washington right at the C train station, cops are there every day and they just look atr the drug dealers, I did make complains to the 88th precint in the past, but ……. I guess it should be more of a community complains were bunch of us do so I will like to know that my kids are walking around the hood without drug dealers at every corner, don’t you?
No, it’s a destination spot for crackheads. Supposedly the cleaners at Grand and Clifton is the drop point for the cops’ bag money.
Who is buying the drugs they peddle? Is there a large contingency of neighborhood residents buying this stuff? I know that my immediate Clinton Hill neighbors are not their customers.
That is not the only problem on Grand Ave. The drug dealers are hanging out in the corner of Grand and Clifton also. Creating a bad environment for Dakar Resturant which is really struggling. The police is well aware of this problem for years and nothing was ever done about it. The residence of Clinton Hill should pressure the 88th precinct to crack down on these drug dealer who are brazen because they feel no threat what so ever.
That is great news. I just hope that Kush survives, either in the building or another one in the same vicinity. It is a great place.
Also, in addition to the building at Washington and Fulton mentioned above, I saw some men clearing debris out of one of the the iron facaded (is that a word?) buldins opposite Bodegas on Fulton. It was the gray one with the ground floor that is cemented shut. I’ve commented several times to my wife that those iron faced buildings are beautiful and that it would be great if someone restored them. Anyone have any information on what the plans are there?
Before moving to one of the two tenements on Grand directly across from this plot, I found this interesting comment (second down) last year. Does anyone have similar conspiracy theories?
http://gothamgazette.com/forums/read.php?11,1841,1876
Does anyone have any info on the condos going up on Myrtle and Hall? Haven’t seen or heard anything except a little bit on Curbed.