965 Washington Avenue's Land Triangle
Has anyone heard what will be built on the little triangle of land near this building? I know if was for sale (via auction) and then it sold. I passed by the other day and the land was cleared. This land hugs the train tracks. An odd little piece of land.
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Looking North on Washington, the garden is on the left and this lot is the vegetation covered lot on the right:
It strikes me as being too small to build on.Does anyone known if it could be purchased for its development rights?Could I then build a penthouse that overlooked the gardens on one of the nearby buildings? -
Believe it or not, approved plans have existed for this lot for some time.... I can't say if this development is happening or belongs to the current owner.
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Thanks! Looks like this building is going to be super tight, unless they plan on tearing down the building next door. I couldn't zoom into this to tell. The lot simply looks so small for this building.
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These plans remind me of that tiny lot at Underhill and St. John's.
The plans were drawn up just before the 2008 bubble burst, and involved a building that would have been really expensive on a PSF basis to construct and maintain. Today, the lot still sits vacant.
http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/33863/314-st-johns-place/p1 -
Long time lurker... I never thought my first post would be about that odd little triangle on Washington.Anyway, I remember seeing the auction sign come and go and I now see that plywood boards have gone up in place of the fence that was there.Do we think someone is actually building something there?
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Welcome MasTacos.
It does appear as if something is being built. The nearby shuttle tracks will make this a complicated excavation and project.
It is unclear to me whether this little lot has its own street address. Do the work permits on the fence list 965? -
I have answered my own question: 995 Washington Avenue is the lot's address. Here are photos of how small it is:
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When the site was available for auction, this rendering was provided as being approved:
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The author/urban planner Jeff Speck bought a similar piece of land and built a pretty cool house on it in DC:
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The top two floors should get views of some tree tops in the garden.
Good light. -
Thanks for the photos. I agree it looks like it will be hard to build there, there really isn't much space on either side of the lot.
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That lot looks so tiny. And I wonder if there will be a lot of noise from the shuttle train.
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Waterbeds there will get a good wave every time the train passes.
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The palm trees look nice in the picture. Do they guarantee a tropical atmosphere year round? That could be worth the price tag..
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I like the window riiiight in the corner of the triangle.
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Hopefully they will have a cat. A cat would love napping in that window.
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That would be a small and triangle-shaped cat.
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they have noses designed to fit in triangles
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This is true!
...finding an appropriate furniture might be harder... -
Rachel fills in some more details:
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140725/crown-heights/very-odd-shaped-empty-lot-will-become-residential-building -
Now picked up by The Real Deal: http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/07/26/new-triangular-building-rising-in-crown-heights/
...all it takes to make an echo, is to make a sound. -
Speaking of echo, it will be interesting to have the Franklin Avenue Shuttle as background noise.
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The waterbed remark got picked up by Rachel :-)
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Why build it only to sell it?
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Hopefully, because the amount of money you expect to receive is more than the money you plan to spend.
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Anyone who lives in this place had better bolt down any vases, etc. I also feel sorry for the residents of the neighboring building who are going to have their windows blocked.
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Concrete beginning to rise above fence line
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