Woodside crap developer seeks variance extension

From Sunnyside Post:

Developers who had a Woodside Avenue project approved against the community’s wishes several years ago are now asking for help to push back their construction deadline.

The Board of Standards and Appeals gave the go-ahead to a development company to construct a seven-story, 27-unit apartment complex at 64-01 Woodside Ave. in 2011, overcoming the objections of Community Board 2 and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer.

Joe Conley, who was chairman of Community Board 2 at the time, said that a one-family house was torn down in order for the seven-story development to proceed.

Last week, a representative for the developer went before CB 2’s Land Use Committee and said the builder ran out of time completing the project and is seeking the approval of the BSA to grant it an extension so it could get a certificate of occupancy.

The Board was not sympathetic given the project’s storied history.

It actually was a warehouse-turned-church that was torn down. This crap sits right on top of what may be the historic Shaw Hotel, which surprisingly has been renovated and not demolished.

Shaw hotel now sits in the shadow of crap

Top photo courtesy of yours truly, bottom photos by George The Atheist.
Here's the previous post with all the details on the 30-unit apartment building and "Community Facility."

Next door to the old Shaw Hotel...

"The building next to it which housed a Korean storefront church is knocked down. The property itself has a "for sale" sign in front." - anonymous

Looks like 30 apartments, 14 parking spaces and a day care "community facility". Always wondered how developers know what type of business they're going to rent it out to before it's even built. (Actually, they don't. They just put that down to get a larger FAR and then they convert it into something else and DOB does nothing.)