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One investor was trying to get the info of the unoccupied house on our block.
The lady also owns a house in the u.k and splits her time between the U.K and the caribbean. He was bragging about the 3 houses he just purchased. One lot was 15000 sq ft. So he intends to sell the original house and build 2, 2 families on the subdivided portion. Basically he got 2 extra lots for free. And at 5000 sq ft each it was still average size lot for NYC. He even asked for recommendation for a contractor to work on his house.
His exact word were he would never use any of the guys who builds his investment houses to work on his house. We gave him the side eye and didn't offer up any information to any of the questions.
Last edited by LOVEROFNYC; 04-05-2018 at 02:22 AM..
There seems to be a ton of multifamily construction happening in places such as Cambria Heights, Queens Village, Bellerose, St. Albans and Laurelton. Many beautiful single family homes that don't look much different than the ones in Northern Queens (i.e. Bayside - some blocks in Laurelton, Cambria Heights and Queens Village are indistinguishable from blocks in neighborhoods a few miles north) are being demolished with ugly boxy Multifamilies taking their place. Some are as large as four units.
Why is there no outcry from residents of these areas? These constructions ruin the aesthetic of what were once charming neighborhoods (strictly in terms of aesthetic appeal). You can see this construction taking place on major thorough fares (i.e. Springfield Blvd) as well as on side streets. Any insight?
This type of construction has been happening everywhere, not just Southeast Queens. And there had been a great deal of outcry from residents which resulted in many neighborhoods getting rezoned under Bloomberg.
Here are an older article about it as well as rezoning documents for some of the neighborhoods you mentioned. Most blocks were downzoned while small parts (usually near the main thoroughfares or near mass transit) were upzoned.
Does the new rezoning only apply to new developments, or are current land owners required to make sure their properties meet the new zoning rules?
For example, the documents talk about front yard match ups. If someone's front yard isn't 10 feet deep, will they be cited by the city? (Poor example I know).
Also, would "out of character" developments in areas rezoned have to be demolished?
Last edited by ThatCareerGuy; 04-05-2018 at 06:34 AM..
we have these ugly box houses here in my bath beach brookyn neighborhood also. they knock down an old one family house and put up a six family house, and only chinese buy in my neighborhood, and the first thing they do is install those ugly stainless steel doors, and each door is different, they dont even make then match, and then stainless steel bars go on the windows.
ugly, doenst even come close.
now, i noticed the new thing builders seem to be required to do is, instead of cementing all the way to the curb, they leave the grass area right before the curb, where trees usually get planted, which I believe is considered city property? I can be wrong.
But the are now NOT cementing it all the way to the curb leaving it as "green space", and while the theory is nice, grass with a tree planted, unfortunetly, no one takes care of it and it becomes all weeds. A house around the corner from me thier grass is all dead and its mud now, and one of the tenants now drives over it to park his car on what would be the lawn, thus making mud all over.
terrible. it was better off cemented to keep it neater.
same with the house across the street from it, thier green space, has become weeds with litter in it.
I wish NYC was more strickter regarding littler, because we have tons of it.
Does the new rezoning only apply to new developments, or are current land owners required to make sure their properties meet the new zoning rules?
For example, the documents talk about front yard match ups. If someone's front yard isn't 10 feet deep, will they be cited by the city? (Poor example I know).
Also, would "out of character" developments in areas rezoned have to be demolished?
The rezoning applies to new developments. The out-of-character developments built before the rezoning were allowed to remain.
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