Big Plans for 260 Flatbush Avenue
Some air rights must have changed hands at 260 Flatbush Avenue, because the former cellphone store is about to go from being a one-story, 4,000-square-foot building to an eight-story, 20,000-square-foot one, despite a Floor Area Ratio restriction of 2 on the 4,000-square-foot lot. (Flatbush Finger building, anyone?) The developer bought the property back in October…
Some air rights must have changed hands at 260 Flatbush Avenue, because the former cellphone store is about to go from being a one-story, 4,000-square-foot building to an eight-story, 20,000-square-foot one, despite a Floor Area Ratio restriction of 2 on the 4,000-square-foot lot. (Flatbush Finger building, anyone?) The developer bought the property back in October 2006 for $3,980,000 and filed his initial plans shortly thereafter. They were not approved, though, until three weeks ago. GMAP P*Shark DOB
Please forgive Polemicist for his gross inaccuracy.
This building if FOUR, not three, blocks from the borough’s tallest building:
(1) St. Marks to Bergen
(2) Bergen to Dean
(3) Dean to Pacific
(4) Pacific to Hanson
Also, it’s three blocks from several 8+ story buildings on Plaza Street, no to mention the new building on the site of the former Brooklyn Tabernacle.
Your zoning information is wrong. This is zoned R7A, which has a base FAR of 4.0.
to the hair salon next door: connecticut muffin called, they want their font back.
this place would have to be really, really ugly to do much visual damage to this section of flatbush. it would be nice if it was an improvement, but i suppose the best we can hope for is “not totally offensive.”
Zoning is actually R7-a (100 ft in from Flatbush Ave) so it’s pretty much as of right.
Thanks for point that out, Mark Swiss.
GMAP link should be fixed now.
Oh well, I guess this dashes my hopes that Big Daddy would re-open as a gay bar.
i live across the street from this and would rather look at a 8 story building than the empty hull of Big Daddy.
whats going to be in the building?
get off the poor old guys case(Polemicist)- Brownstoner GMAP link takes you to Flatbush Ave Extension – not regular Flatbush Avenue.
WOuld be better if rest of those 1 stories where built up at the same time though. They are sometimes referred to as ‘taxpayers’ but they usually look like eyesores.