Irresponsible Developers Try to Dump New-Build
This building on the corner of Grand and Greene, the poster child for the wave of cheap, ugly developments that are selling short the futures of many Brooklyn neighborhoods, is finally on the market. While it was being built slapped up, we documented the poor craftsmanship while one reader called it a shit sandwich. Earlier…
This building on the corner of Grand and Greene, the poster child for the wave of cheap, ugly developments that are selling short the futures of many Brooklyn neighborhoods, is finally on the market. While it was being built slapped up, we documented the poor craftsmanship while one reader called it a shit sandwich. Earlier in its construction, the developer had received a Stop Work Order for shoddy excavation. Basically, he’d dug the foundation without an engineer using unlicensed labor, so big surprise that the structural integrity of the adjacent building was compromised. Now these jerks are trying to cash in and dump the place off on some unsuspecting soul. Hopefully, the gas lines and electrical meters that adorn the facade will be a red flag but maybe someone will fall for the sales pitch touting “original stone from Jerusalem.” And that front door: They must have spent, what, $25 on it? What a load of crap.
4-Story 2-Family [Craigslist] GMAP
Anon 11:45- what makes you think he followed the code? Building regulations are there to make sure that they are built to a certain safety code- duh! Considering what’s been going on in Brooklyn develoers ignore them anyway. So if the exterior gas lines are unprotected, don’t you think the neighbors have something to worry about? I damn well do.
Kevin- stay in Manhattan. If you don’t get that this blog is about fighting to keep what is best about Brooklyn (and there is a huge amount of it), then you’re the one with the problem, not brownstoner.
Hey Manhattaner (whatever the hell that is),
You should not be quick to criticize Brownstoner for not being some sort of political action committee or special interest group…I believe they created this blog to be a forum, a type of truly democratic news source, a people’s soapbox in the square…
“I rarely visit your area, but the more I read this blog, the less I want to”. In that case, please continue reading.
Sincerely,
A true New Yorkanite
Hey 11:45,
If according to DOB standards, its perfectly cool to place freakin natural gas lines on the exterior facade..err..cinder block wall, then maybe I should be mad at the city agencies… and I agree with 11:50, I don’t want our BK nabes to look like Philly where there are no “good neighborhoods” but only “good blocks”!!
Brownstoner,
I am confused about the intentions of this blog. It’s great that you chart these real estate developments in Brooklyn, but it is very unclear how you feel about the borough as a whole.
As a Manhattaner, I rarely visit your area, but the more I read this blog, the less I want to. You present Brooklyn as a disgusting wasteland of miss opportunities and ugly buildings – that there is no reason to cross the East River.
As you are very intelligent about the subjects you cover, you owe it to the place you call home to take action against this drivel, because no one else is. You document it, but do nothing, except complain. Why? What does this accomplish?
Every week we are bombarded with dire and the ugly images. You sell yourself and your neighbors short. So, in short, take initiative and create change.
Otherwise, you are just another internet wannabe
Kevin
You can decide not to buy it, but those of us in the neighborhood have no choice but to look at it. You also could make the argument that the developer of this just “stole” from his neighbors by erecting this monstrosity and thereby decreasing, by some degree, the desirability of the nearby houses.
This is suppoed to be a free capitalist country. The government regulates so much already, who do you folks want more regulation? It’s a property owners right to design as he wishes as long as builing code is followed. In order to get a C of O, this guy had to follow the code, so I see no problem.
If you don’t like, don’t buy it.
lovely. my question is, how much does such a gem go for these days? i don’t see a price anywhere…
I don’t know much about building codes…but can someone PLEASE tell me how the f**k they can LEGALLY install gas lines on the exterior facade!! How freakin dumb is that!
Real question is why does the city allow this crap to be built? Why is there no mechanism to deny this aesthetic vandalism?