Mystery Deepens at 583 Putnam Avenue
A tipster passed by 583 Putnam Avenue last week, the “preconstruction” four-family flip in Bed Stuy that was a House of the Day Wednesday and is asking $2,500,000. The LLC that owns the building appears to be enlarging the hidden story on top of the house with a cement block addition. As you may recall,…
A tipster passed by 583 Putnam Avenue last week, the “preconstruction” four-family flip in Bed Stuy that was a House of the Day Wednesday and is asking $2,500,000. The LLC that owns the building appears to be enlarging the hidden story on top of the house with a cement block addition. As you may recall, the listing copy says the building is five stories tall, though PropertyShark says it’s only three stories. The listing says, “rarely available is this stunning and enormous 5 Story, 4 family Pre-construction Brownstone Sale in Bedford Stuyvesant!” A check with the Department of Buildings revealed the owner has filed a permit for a type 2 alteration and does not plan to increase the number of stories on the building, nor change the occupancy. The permit says, “Alteration type 2 for the interior and exterior renovation of an existing three story plus basement residential building. Including demolition and replacement of collapsed portions of structure. No change in bulk, use or occupancy under this application.” The DOB says the building is three stories over a basement. As for occupancy, the DOB filing says the building is a one-, two-, or three-family. (PropertyShark lists it as a two-family.) The listing says it’s a four-family. Another check of the floor plan on the listing reveals what appears to be an additional story on the top. It does not run the full length of the building, but is set back from the street and connected with the story below by a spiral staircase. The entrance to the building is through the garden level. As you can see in the photo above, the owners have removed the stoop (as well as, of course, the original cornice). Aside from new-construction Fedders buildings, this is probably the biggest case for landmarking in the area we’ve seen lately. The building is in the proposed Stuyvesant North Historic District. Click through to the jump to see more photos and the floor plan. Oh, and in case you’re wondering, the temporary address sign on the plywood covering the doors is made of tinfoil.
” the owners have removed the stoop”
These people are Stoopid.
This is gonna be a shitshow, based on the layout alone
“temporary address sign on the plywood covering the doors is made of tinfoil.”
At least they didn’t make a tinfoil hat.
at least the windows of the “new” story match the size and shape of the “original” third floor below. 95% of other constructions can’t even get this simple step right.
LOL. I suppose that was a pretty rude post on my part.
If you’re going to landmark aesthetic movements, where do you stop? Why not landmark those properties that have fake facades on the front of them? Do you not think that Fedders buildings are iconic of our age? (We even have a term to describe them). Why celebrate one middle-class pretension at the expense of another?
I don’t mind opera. And I hope I didn’t suggest that it was in any way bad. I was merely suggesting that it’s an anachronism.