Permits have been filed for a nine-story residential building at 622 Ocean Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between Albemarle Road and Tennis Court, the lot is a short walk from the Church Avenue subway station, served by the B and Q trains. Shimshon Grunstein of AFS Systems Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The proposed 85-foot-tall development will yield 107,066 square feet designated for residential space. The building will have 78 residences, with a total of 158 units on the lot. Residences will most likely be rentals based on the average unit scope of 677 square feet. The concrete-based structure will also have a cellar and a 20-foot-long rear yard.
Leandro Nils Dickson Architect is listed as the architect of record.
Demolition permits have not been filed yet. An estimated completion date has not been announced.
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Goodbye lovely holdout.
I’m usually all for losing “The Little House” to make way for density – especially in The Bronx where the holdouts seem to usually be extremely crappy – but this one is kind of lovely and I almost hate to see it go. It’s very pleasant and charming looking house and adds some architectural interest. It reminds me of a funeral parlor. Does anyone know if that’s what it was before it became a medical office?
About time
What happened to
The American Dream
of Owning your Own Home?
A whole lot of homeowners have no business owning a home and have no skill and no time to maintain said home. The whole American Dream of home ownership thing is mostly a special interest marketing scheme. And I’m not even addressing the obvious housing differences seen in a hyper-urban place like NYC versus other areas of the country where the SFH dominates.
One real estate site mentions it was built in 1910, a decade or so before the six-story elevator apartment building boom of the 1920s.
It really is a nice little charming house with the cute gable end, etc, However if the new 9 story bldg is designed & built nicely too, there “SHOULD” be no reason to worry, surely the new bldg can be just as charming, if not more, with thoughtful execution & integrated landscape architecture, etc👍