Gas Stations From Fort Greene to Bed Stuy to Become Apartments
Along with churches, public libraries, assisted living facilities, hospitals, wood frame houses and diners serving cheesecake, gas stations across Brooklyn are also being transformed into apartment buildings as property values soar in the borough. The Gulf station at the corner of Myrtle and Vanderbilt, above, has been sold and will become apartments, as has the…
Along with churches, public libraries, assisted living facilities, hospitals, wood frame houses and diners serving cheesecake, gas stations across Brooklyn are also being transformed into apartment buildings as property values soar in the borough.
The Gulf station at the corner of Myrtle and Vanderbilt, above, has been sold and will become apartments, as has the Citgo station down the street at Classon and Myrtle, according to several readers who spoke to workers at the Gulf station.
Karl Fischer will design the building replacing the Gulf station at 134 Vanderbilt if plans are approved, DNAinfo reported earlier this month. If the Citgo station at 184 Classon has indeed changed hands, the sale has not yet hit public records.
In March, the Sunoco station at 584 Gates sold at auction for $1,695,000 and will become apartments, according to another tipster.
Gas stations in Park Slope, Williamsburg and, more recently, Prospect Lefferts Gardens have also disappeared or are disappearing to make way for apartment buildings and hotels.
Click through to the jump to see the Sunoco station at Gates and Throop.
You all are so opinionated. You voice your views more than the people who have made this home for the past 30 plus years. And I can almost guarantee that once you activists become owners you want rent to those you pretend to care about
Only in Brooklyn would people be so NIMBYish to actually complain about loosing a gas station. Fewer gas stations, fewer cars, more residential real estate and more retail is without doubt a good thing. Bottom line is that every concievable service and amenity can’t be housed in every single neighborhood. So you have to drive a bit to get gas. Thats why you have a car in the first dammed place!
Nobody loves the site of gas stations, but at the rate they’re disappearing it’ll become a problem at some point. For the green-minded, how does the idea suit you of the throngs of cars having to drive extra miles to find a gas station, and possibly just idling while waiting in a line. I wonder if the city needs to step in and ensure there’s a certain number of stations per square mile or certain population size. Just as we don’t want food deserts, we don’t want gas station deserts.
Housing and less smoggy retail are a better use for this lot. Myrtle is booming and the market is confirming this is not an optimal use of the space.
You would never see gas stations in the middle of residential areas in the suburbs. To me, this isn’t the mixed-use zoning we should celebrate about the city.
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There’s nothing wrong with having gas stations nearby, but there’s no reason they should occupy residential corners. For the place on Myrtle, one avenue away is Park Av, under the BQE, which would be perfect, though I don’t see anything particularly wrong with that corner on Myrtle. Besides, there’s a gas station over on Clinton and Flushing and Classon and Flushing, which I doubt are going anywhere.
Long story short, between Park/Flushing and Atlantic, this area isn’t hurting for gas stations within a half-mile drive. Walk-in purchases of soda, candy, etc. are easily and aptly handled by a bodega without a parking lot or gasoline.