566 Hancock Street's Seen Better Days
This is a sad one. By last fall, the nine-unit building at 560 Hancock Street at Stuyvesant Avenue had been allowed to deteriorate to such a point that the Department of Buildings ordered that the building be vacated. Judging from a photo on Property Shark (which you can see on the jump), a handful of…
This is a sad one. By last fall, the nine-unit building at 560 Hancock Street at Stuyvesant Avenue had been allowed to deteriorate to such a point that the Department of Buildings ordered that the building be vacated. Judging from a photo on Property Shark (which you can see on the jump), a handful of apartments were still occupied as recently as 2006, though the top floor appears gutted and windowless. What a shame—it’s a beautiful building. It looks like HPD has stepped in to put up the scaffolding but shouldn’t the landlord lose the building? This is a disgrace. GMAP P*Shark DOB
With the required set back for a drive way on a new POS, the house would be 2 inches deep!
Agree. I don’t think its habitable. yes, I’ve been to her store but just haven’t seen her recently. I don’t want that building torn down and then some new POS put up with windows into my yard!!!!
Oh What. Gentrification isn’t all black and white!
Barbara is doing quite well. She now lives in the neighborhood. Her store is between Putnam and Jefferson on the east side of Malcolm X.
I see the for rent sign. Let’s hope it stays up until they tear down that illegal POS.
I heard about the Crown Chicken, but the space is not legal and would need serious upgrades to run that kind of business from the space. I seriously doubt Crown or any “restaurant” is moving in there.
As for the pink paint, who knows. Perhaps we have a gay tagger in the ‘hood.
And, you haven’t heard of anyone renting her old space have you?? I’m sure its not going to happen given the ambiguity in the ownership and the fact that its not really habitable.
If a Crown Chicken goes in I’ll poke holes in the roof.
And who did that pink paint on the front?????
I have not seen Barbara either in quite some time. I went over around Thanksgiving and she was closed. I miss the cats.
I hope she is doing OK.
Now that Barbara’s store has moved to Malcolm X, I haven’t been up on the gossip. And I have been working long hours lately, so I miss the daily gatherings at the store.
Barbara had a party for the local GLBT community as part of the Super Bowl. We did not attend. I need to reconnect with Barbara & Co. when things settle down for me.
I have heard that shoe guy has been having some personal and financial problems. Let’s hope he gets it together for his sake.
Speaking of designers, Miss Chiff, I haven’t seen out two neighborhood designers in quite a while…the shoe guy and the Japanese guy.
Good and Plenty and Mike and Ikes are strickly forbidden.
As for the garbage bag, please note that all the fall collections include garbage bags. Please keep up, Dave.