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Esperanza

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.

whynot_31

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?

dmiami2

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.

Esperanza

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.

whynot_31

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

MasTacos

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?

whynot_31

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?

whynot_31

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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whynot_31

When the site was available for auction, this rendering was provided as being approved:

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/18491631/995-Washington-Avenue-Brooklyn-NY/

ehgee

The author/urban planner Jeff Speck bought a similar piece of land and built a pretty cool house on it in DC:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/meet-one-of-the-most-unique-homes-in-washington-dc/2014/07/03/74876972-02c2-11e4-8fd0-3a663dfa68ac_story.html

whynot_31

The top two floors should get views of some tree tops in the garden.

Good light.

MasTacos

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.

Davina

That lot looks so tiny. And I wonder if there will be a lot of noise from the shuttle train.

Dawndew

Waterbeds there will get a good wave every time the train passes.

dac545

The palm trees look nice in the picture. Do they guarantee a tropical atmosphere year round? That could be worth the price tag..

MasTacos

I like the window riiiight in the corner of the triangle.

whynot_31

Hopefully they will have a cat. A cat would love napping in that window.

Davina

That would be a small and triangle-shaped cat.

whynot_31

they have noses designed to fit in triangles

Davina

This is true!

...finding an appropriate furniture might be harder...

whynot_31

Rachel fills in some more details:

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140725/crown-heights/very-odd-shaped-empty-lot-will-become-residential-building

whynot_31

Curbed builds on Rachel:

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/07/28/4story_building_to_sprout_on_triangular_crown_heights_lot.php#more

whynot_31

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.

mugofmead111

Speaking of echo, it will be interesting to have the Franklin Avenue Shuttle as background noise.

Davina

The waterbed remark got picked up by Rachel :-)

laura palmer

It's already for sale!

http://streeteasy.com/sale/1105249-multi-995-washington-ave-crown-heights-brooklyn

mugofmead111

Why build it only to sell it?

whynot_31

Hopefully, because the amount of money you expect to receive is more than the money you plan to spend.

Esperanza

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.

whynot_31

Concrete beginning to rise above fence line

Esperanza

What's your prediction of who will buy this?

whynot_31

I would buy this and then make it into an illegal hotel. I would Air BNB the units. They would pay good money to be near all the attractions and not care that the spaces are too small to live in long term.

whynot_31

laddhalsey

Over 3 million? The mock up looks kind of decent I suppose... in that it seems to "blend" into the neighboring building?

http://streeteasy.com/sale/1133349-multi-995-washington-ave-crown-heights-brooklyn

whynot_31

Renderings from above link:

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