We need to make these sites into assets for the community. Many of these developments are causing real hazards for their neighbors, with fences falling down on sidewalks, loose construction debris that can become deadly in high winds, and unsecured sites that are dangerous for children and an invitation to squatting.
Help the effort to convert local blight to community benefit by providing feedback and tracking the progress of each site.
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Showing posts with label Development site. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Development site. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
455 Smith Street, Carroll Gardens
(between Luquer and Nelson Streets)
Project Type: Demolition / Development Site
Project Description: Demolition of warehouse; no known development plan
Status: Stalled Construction Site. Partial Stop Work Order in effect.
Background: The owners had planned to demolish an abandoned warehouse known as the Vichar/Abadhi warehouse, previously used by 47th Street Photo. In February 2009 multiple Stop Work Orders were issued due to the failure to provide a fence and overhead protection, the presence of flammable, combustible material during demolition, and the lack of an adequate site safety plan. The site was declared Stalled in April 2009, noting that the demolition was in progress. The site, which is adjacent to the Public Place development site, is contaminated due to prior industrial use. During the summer, the site was drilled for wells to remove oil contamination, while the partially demolished building continued to deteriorate.
In August 2009, major portions of the building collapsed. No one was injured, but parked vehicles were damaged by the falling debris, and asbestos dust was distributed. Demolition was expedited and debris removed. It was declared Stalled in October 2009. By the end of 2009, all demolition had been completed, the site was fenced, not graded.
Prior to any future use the land will have to be extensively remediated under New York State Department of Environmental Conservation supervision. There are no imminent development plans.
Project Type: Demolition / Development Site
Project Description: Demolition of warehouse; no known development plan
Status: Stalled Construction Site. Partial Stop Work Order in effect.
Background: The owners had planned to demolish an abandoned warehouse known as the Vichar/Abadhi warehouse, previously used by 47th Street Photo. In February 2009 multiple Stop Work Orders were issued due to the failure to provide a fence and overhead protection, the presence of flammable, combustible material during demolition, and the lack of an adequate site safety plan. The site was declared Stalled in April 2009, noting that the demolition was in progress. The site, which is adjacent to the Public Place development site, is contaminated due to prior industrial use. During the summer, the site was drilled for wells to remove oil contamination, while the partially demolished building continued to deteriorate.
In August 2009, major portions of the building collapsed. No one was injured, but parked vehicles were damaged by the falling debris, and asbestos dust was distributed. Demolition was expedited and debris removed. It was declared Stalled in October 2009. By the end of 2009, all demolition had been completed, the site was fenced, not graded.
Prior to any future use the land will have to be extensively remediated under New York State Department of Environmental Conservation supervision. There are no imminent development plans.
430 Carroll Street, Gowanus
(between 3rd Avenue and the Gowanus Canal)
Project Description: Development of sites along the Gowanus Canal
Project Type: Existing buildings and development site
Status: No activity. Sites for sale.
Background: Developer Shaya Boymelgreen and investors began planning Gowanus Village, a major residential development, in 2004. They bought three large parcels of land along the east side of the canal; two adjoining lots are between Carroll and 1st Streets, and the third is across the street on the 1st Street side. The site contained former manufacturing and industrial buildings, with prior uses that including a printing ink company, manufacturer of electrical equipment, a plumbing contractor, a truck storage facility, an auto repair facility, an auto wrecker, a sheet metal processor, an oil company and a storage facility. One of the remaining buildings was a historic red brick power station.
Boymelgreen hit financial trouble and was bought out by developer Isaac Katan and the original co-investors, Africa-Israel, which put the sites up for sale in early 2008. The buildings on the sites are deteriorating. A 2006 violation noted failure to maintain one of the buildings, which had hazardous conditions including bricks missing from the lintel above the garage door, the façade cracked and bulging, leaning brick columns and cracked mortar joints. Subsequent violations indicate that the defective conditions are continuing. The sites are not classified as Stalled.
Project Description: Development of sites along the Gowanus Canal
Project Type: Existing buildings and development site
Status: No activity. Sites for sale.
Background: Developer Shaya Boymelgreen and investors began planning Gowanus Village, a major residential development, in 2004. They bought three large parcels of land along the east side of the canal; two adjoining lots are between Carroll and 1st Streets, and the third is across the street on the 1st Street side. The site contained former manufacturing and industrial buildings, with prior uses that including a printing ink company, manufacturer of electrical equipment, a plumbing contractor, a truck storage facility, an auto repair facility, an auto wrecker, a sheet metal processor, an oil company and a storage facility. One of the remaining buildings was a historic red brick power station.
Boymelgreen hit financial trouble and was bought out by developer Isaac Katan and the original co-investors, Africa-Israel, which put the sites up for sale in early 2008. The buildings on the sites are deteriorating. A 2006 violation noted failure to maintain one of the buildings, which had hazardous conditions including bricks missing from the lintel above the garage door, the façade cracked and bulging, leaning brick columns and cracked mortar joints. Subsequent violations indicate that the defective conditions are continuing. The sites are not classified as Stalled.
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