The developer that plans to construct a 10-story, 220-unit residential building on Barnett Avenue (near 52nd Street) is about to face some heavy resistance from Sunnyside residents who are dead-set against the project.
Phipps Houses, which announced its plan to develop the site at Community Board 2’s Land Use meeting in June, said that it would be seeking a zoning change in order to build the apartment complex on the site, which is currently zoned for manufacturing.
The site, which is next to the Phipps Garden Apartments, is currently used as a parking lot by local businesses and residents, and has about 225 spaces.
All 220-units would be classified as “affordable.” More than half would be two or three bedrooms. Only 5% of the units would be studio apartments.
Since the Land Use meeting, many residents have come together and joined forces with the Sunnyside Gardens Preservation Alliance, a group dedicated to the preservation of the district, in opposition to the developer’s plan.
They have put together a petition calling on Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and Community Board 2 to block the plan. The group has already gathered about 500 signatures on paper—going door-to-door– and has launched an online campaign via change.org, which in two days has generated 130 signatures. (click for petition)
28 comments:
Next to a railroad and blocks from shopping or transportation. Typical Queens.
They will just wait for Jimmy to get out of office.
Oh affordable meaning that only people who make between 90k-100k/year will finally be able to afford a place to live in nyc?
The dye is cast. Your Councilman already cashed the developer's check.
Van Bramer already cashed his developer's check for allowing this to be KYd into the nabe.
I'd like to thank you for the campaign contribution.
Be sure to vote for me when I run for mayor. Then I can do much better to promote your development plans.
Stop your crying.
The ...LOL....landmark Sunnyside Gardens was built as affordable housing for workers.
The only thing that makes this grim development look great are all of those mature Sycamore trees.
Have you seen the vintage photos of the gardens , sans trees, when it was first built?
It looks like a gritty coal mining town in Wales.
This has happened before. And apparently will never stop. And that picture looks like the Pan American Poverty Warehouse on Queens Blvd.
http://democracynow.org/2015/8/26/two_separate_americas_david_simons_new
Good for the people!! Keep up the fight and don't even blink. These crooked developers and politicians only see $$$$$. Don't let them take away your parking and fresh air and decent quality of life. I'm so sick of over development. Some Manhattan apartments don't even get any light at all. They will turn Sunnyside into Manhattan if allowed. Stay on top of them!!
Section 8 checks are direct deposit
And easily converted into a homeless shelter and real cash in!
Van Bramer's historic Sunnyside Gardens home has already been burglarized. Maybe he will get mugged by the new locals.
" I plead section 8. I didn't know Jimmy was a councilman".
I guess all that 'rezoning' a few years back was a crock.
How about some real rezoning?
Stop the Sanctuary City and housing would get sane again.
Apply pressure on city council.
Sunnyside, consider yourselves lucky this was not ear-marked for new homeless shelters.
our counselman at his best -- his pockets have been lined for years -- I pray they stop this -
'Oh affordable meaning that only people who make between 90k-100k/year will finally be able to afford a place to live in nyc?'
Do you prefer it to be public houseing? Take a walk through any of those ghetto's and you will appreciate housing for people that work and will take care of their investment.
The horns blare all the time from the trains - this is near the Hell Gate and Main Line junction.
As to being ear-marked, who knows what the landlord brings in? or permits? I know brokers that will not handle certain buildings in Astoria built by a certain chum of someone prominent.
"'Oh affordable meaning that only people who make between 90k-100k/year will finally be able to afford a place to live in nyc?'
Do you prefer it to be public houseing? Take a walk through any of those ghetto's and you will appreciate housing for people that work and will take care of their investment."
So people who work full time and make $50-60K a year "don't take care of their investment"?
Got some news for you, buddy, a lot of the people in your office, including management, make about that much. So do a lot of full time working people in other professions. There is just about nothing available for that income level. "Affordable" seems to mean either low enough to keep the serving class nearby or high enough to be starter apartments for the "young professionals" on Wall Street and Google.
No one hears the voice of thousands who do not Donate over the voice of one who can wright a Big Fat Check
You want to be heard? pay Up or Shut Up.
Big check versus big mouth.
The big check always wins.
It's one big money game for politicians. To hell with the taxpaying constituents. Politicians don't care about us. IT'S TIME TO SPEAK OUT!
Anon No. 6:
What's it like over in the REBNY office?
I do not know. I am not from REBNY.
Who do you represent....troll?
Anon no. 21:
Myself. And it takes one to know one.
That's right, anyone who doesn't follow the blog party line must be financially benefiting. Just like Van Bramer, though I don't see any actual evidence of donations from the developer here. Just assumptions. Yawn.
Jimmy Van Bramer got $10,500 from the Wolkoff family who razed the former 5 Pointz site to build two 40 story buildings.
That is just one minor example of his developers' payoffs. Why believe a troll who's sucking up to the councilman?
Look up your own data. It's there, in spades.
Councilman Jimmy is so thin skinned he's instructed an army of his Facebook pals to post in favor of him.
That backstabbing back room pol needs to be dumped.
I hope the project puts his Sunnyside Garden's home in a permanent shadow.
Yah, yah, yah, yah-yah!
LOL!
"Myself. And it takes one to know one".
A third grade level retort if I ever heard one.
What's your IQ, fella?
Hey, now Jimmy can cruise the new affordable housing residents.
It's amusing to see how much all of these trolls really fear the revelations of this blog.
Great job, Crappy. Keep on lifting up the dirty rug and watch those cockroaches scramble for cover.
Anon No. 25:
Not sure about my IQ level now, but it was up around 120 when I was in high school. Since then, I've received bachelor's and master's degrees. What are your academic qualifications?
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