Get Ready for an Out-of-Context Sliver Building at 45-34 Pearson Street
Back in the early days of Brownstoner, when the Brooklyn building boom was getting into full swing (say 2005 and 2006), we talked a lot about context. Or, more acurately, we talked a lot about new buildings that were out of context. In our personal opinion, it’s often the smaller new buildings that end up…
Back in the early days of Brownstoner, when the Brooklyn building boom was getting into full swing (say 2005 and 2006), we talked a lot about context. Or, more acurately, we talked a lot about new buildings that were out of context. In our personal opinion, it’s often the smaller new buildings that end up looking more out of context than the larger new developments. A case in point is this work-in-progress at 45-34 Pearson Street. Located on the same block as the definitely-not-Scarano development we covered last week, this project (DOB permit here) will squeeze an eight-story, 16-unit building onto a 2,500-square-foot lot between a couple of two-story houses. It’s hard to imagine how the 12,500-square-foot building won’t end up looking absurd. But the property has an FAR of 4.99, which is cat nip to an arbitraging developer. GMAP
I pass this all the time on the way to Citiwide Self-Storage. There was actually something that was half-built in this space last year, but I think they had to tear it down again or something. You can still see it on the Google Street View (taken in April 2012).
On a side note, does anyone know the story with the house directly to the left of the spot (with the For Sale sign in the window, where the phone # was impossible to read from the street)? It was sold just earlier this year, but I looked on ACRIS a month or so ago, and it seemed to be for an absurdly low amount.
I doubt that it can be more ridiculous looking than this: https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.753257,-73.934701&spn=0.003586,0.003701&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.753257,-73.934701&panoid=ug0Q8MFp5jV94zwLzCunKQ&cbp=12,281.39,,0,-25.57