House of the Day: Endangered on Orient Avenue
Barring the intervention of a very well-heeled hipster trustafarian, another unlandmarked gem in Greenpoint may be headed for the execution chamber. Its crime? Sitting on a 60-by-100-foot lot in a neighborhood that has been complacent about protecting its architectural heritage. (This block was known as Doctors’ Row in the middle of the 20th Century.) The…
Barring the intervention of a very well-heeled hipster trustafarian, another unlandmarked gem in Greenpoint may be headed for the execution chamber. Its crime? Sitting on a 60-by-100-foot lot in a neighborhood that has been complacent about protecting its architectural heritage. (This block was known as Doctors’ Row in the middle of the 20th Century.) The Victorian-era shingled house is on the chopping block for $2.5 million, more than it would likely fetch were it not for the 13,200 square feet of buildable space that accompanies a 6,000-square-foot lot in an R6 neighborhood. As the listing points out, the addition of a community facility could mean an even larger building. What a shame. Maybe some creative entrepreneur could make this work as a bed and breakfast or how about a Soho House East?
59 Orient Avenue [Capri Jet Realty] GMAP P*Shark
59 Orient Avenue [NY Times]
If I were mayor/governor/president/jesus for a day, I would eminant domain all of greenpoint and greenwood heights (possibly south slope too), knock it down and start from scratch..jump start the green movement. who’s with me?
yeah, tear it down and make way for another generic cinder block condo with quaint balconies that make the place look like a communist country housing project. People aren’t happy unless they’re surrounded by glass and plastic and they’ll pay any price to live someplace that’s mentioned in NY Magazine as a “desireable” neighborhood. NY is OVER.
6:25, I lived on Metropolitan Avenue very close to the house in 1994. It’s Williamsburg. I didn’t know where Bushwick was. Do you think people cared about the name “Willamsburg” back then?
It’s Williamsburg. I used to live around the corner. Everyone who grew up on the block called it Williamsburg. And Orient is one of the nicest streets in Williamsburg. And that house is the nicest thing on Orient. And I really really hope they don’t tear it down, I love that house. I used to bring people from out of town down that block just to look at that house.
Um, West New York is the name of an actual town (In Jersey). While East New York may be the name of a neighborhood, at present, there is no actual neighborhood named East Williamsburg.
Totally Bushwick. East Williamsburg is saying like West New York. Only real estate brokers refer to it as East Williamsburg. But if you live there and it makes you feel better………
The city named the Williamsburg/Bushwick border the “East Williamsburg Industrial Park”.
In “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” they walk up and down Graham Avenue down to Broadway in what they refer to as “Williamsburg”.
Bushwick is bordered by Flushing Ave.
Totally Bushwick. East Williamsburg is saying like West New York. Only real estate brokers refer to it as East Williamsburg. But if you live there and it makes you feel better………
Maybe the house can be jacked up and trucked someplace lower-density?