Two Ridgewood residences in historic territory are slated for redevelopment to make room for more apartments, according to Department of Buildings (DOB) records.
In March, a three-story, three-family building at 1663 Madison St. received a permit to add a fourth story to its existing structure, records show. Two months later, a three-story, six-unit building at 1664 Woodbine St. — directly behind the first building on the same block — received a permit in May to add a fourth story and a penthouse to its existing structure.
With both properties located on National and State Registers of Historic Places, the new developments set an “unfortunate” precedent for the blocks of attached brick homes and make local residents fear gentrification, said Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association President Paul Kerzner.
“In theory, you can take any building in Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village that is not part of the city landmarks and that can happen to any property,” Kerzner said. “I’m also concerned about gentrification, because to me it’s the artificial transfer of property value because of speculation.”
A lifelong resident of Ridgewood, Kerzner explained that national and state historic status does not protect a building from redevelopment. Only city landmark status has that power, and the areas in question haven’t been designated as landmarks yet despite Kerzner’s efforts.
6 comments:
C'mon!
The area was built as lower rise tenement housing.
This isn't rocket science. If these signs are on or close to your property, take them down. What has allowed these signs to flourish is the issue that even in NYC, we are seeing the growth of zombie properties, with no day-to-day caretakers. Owners don't sweep or clean up their own crap, much less this stuff.
If they're gonna build on to these, they might as well build a bunch of stories. There's not enough places to live in NYC.
The beardos need somewhere to live...running out of room in Brooklyn and the lower East side...
There's no room in Ridgewood either. The middle class and working poor people are still holding out. These "additions" are only there to bring up fabricated speculative market values.
These people are idiots. But with a corrupt mayor, anything goes. You can be this obvious.
The beardos been trying Corona, these rooftop birdcages and shacks will be for rich weirdo's.
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