Wall Collapse in Bed-Stuy
A reader sent in these photos of a wall that collapsed on a building near Franklin and Clifton this morning. Helicopters have been circling overhead and there’s a lot of emergency response personnel at the scene. No word on whether anyone was hurt. ABC is reporting the building was vacant. We’ll have updates as they…
A reader sent in these photos of a wall that collapsed on a building near Franklin and Clifton this morning. Helicopters have been circling overhead and there’s a lot of emergency response personnel at the scene. No word on whether anyone was hurt. ABC is reporting the building was vacant. We’ll have updates as they come in. GMAP
Mr. B’s engine has been sputtering and misbehaving now for over a while. Only Biff and I have the patience to put up with it. Even the What got fed up.
Mr. B, your commenting php engine is acting up…fyi. Sorry for the double post. Wasn’t me!
OK, so I’ll take the high rad here (pretty easy with today’s posters, especially BF’s nonsense).
I have not seen the site physically, but plywood sheathing along with the metal sheathing you see on the sides and roofs is a typical cheep way to keep the elements out after demo’ing the adjacent structure. Adding a tar paper barrier “might” have helped with the water penetration, which I’ll bet is the culprit. I have seen this all over South Brooklyn, even after the collapse on Jackson Pl. over the summer. HPD uses the same technique (but they add the tar paper).
Any news on the vacant site next door? Always been vacant (doubtful)? Infill lot awaiting development? Cash strapped developer down on his luck (majority down now that he has to either pay for repairs or buy the vacant structure)?
I’m assuming DOB may make HPD take this one down as well, as per the photos.
My 2 cents.
PS. last time I checked, there are still frame houses in Bed Stuy.
OK, so I’ll take the high rad here (pretty easy with today’s posters, especially BF’s nonsense).
I have not seen the site physically, but plywood sheathing along with the metal sheathing you see on the sides and roofs is a typical cheep way to keep the elements out after demo’ing the adjacent structure. Adding a tar paper barrier “might” have helped with the water penetration, which I’ll bet is the culprit. I have seen this all over South Brooklyn, even after the collapse on Jackson Pl. over the summer. HPD uses the same technique (but they add the tar paper).
Any news on the vacant site next door? Always been vacant (doubtful)? Infill lot awaiting development? Cash strapped developer down on his luck (majority down now that he has to either pay for repairs or buy the vacant structure)?
I’m assuming DOB may make HPD take this one down as well, as per the photos.
My 2 cents.
A Brownplywood?
It doesn’t look like a brownstone?
Then what is it? The facade mock-up for Frank Gehry’s Miss Brooklyn?
The neighborhood is called Bedford Stuyvesant. According to the dearly parted Helen Nicholls, those were its’ boundaries.
Boy, they sure don’t build ’em like they used to!
I t doesn’t look like a BROWNSTONE so why are we even dealing with this?? Let’s stay focused here people!!!!