4th Avenue Sites Primed for New Construction
As a recent article in The Times pointed out, 4th Avenue’s transformation from unwelcoming badlands to gentrified condo-and-latte row is occurring at warp speed. Between the new condos and coffee shops, it’s almost impossible to keep up with the changes. And the same goes for keeping tabs on some of the buildings that are being…
As a recent article in The Times pointed out, 4th Avenue’s transformation from unwelcoming badlands to gentrified condo-and-latte row is occurring at warp speed. Between the new condos and coffee shops, it’s almost impossible to keep up with the changes. And the same goes for keeping tabs on some of the buildings that are being torn to make way for the thoroughfare’s new construction, as the photos above show. Over the course of the past couple of months, buildings between Butler and Douglass and on the corner of 6th Street have been leveled to make way for new construction. An 11-story, 94-unit multi-use building designed by Ismael Leyva (of Oro fame) is planned for the site between Butler and Douglass, according to recent DOB filings. And while there hasn’t been a new building permit issued for the 6th Street property, a contractor on the site who we chatted with last week said it’s definitely going to be condos. Can’t say we’re shocked.
4th Ave. Buildings Have a Date With the Wrecking Ball [Brownstoner] GMAP DOB
Development Watch: No-Go on Norten/Singer Team-Up [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Bucolic 5th? You might want to head up to Barnes and Noble on 7th and buy a dictionary.
We live right off Fourth, with kids, in one of the newer buildings.
We love the area. Fourth is busy, sure, but we don’t spend much time there. We usually head up to bucolic Fifth, with great restaurants (AlDiLa, Convivium, Blue Ribbon, and nice less expensive places too like La Villa, etc.)
There are great stores/shops, and wonderful parks for our kids (Old Stone House, and the big one down close to President and Fifth). There are lots of great schools, lots of pre-school options and of course PS 321 as well. Our neighbors are all nice. It is fairly close to the city (40 min subway ride). It’s also the only place we could afford that wasn’t a million bucks like Manhattan, or have to deal with a co-op board (as first-time buyers, we didn’t have huge savings, but enough to get a nice condo.) It was nice not having to ask our parents for money, as so many brokers in Manhattan advised us when we were looking there.
We see a lot of growing pains right now in the area, construction-wise, but overall you can sense renovation taking hold, and newer/nicer businesses are coming in all the time. (My wife loves the new hair salon at 4th Ave. and 3rd Street.)
We hope it all continues. We didn’t buy here to to make a killing on our investment, but rather, to find a nice, affordable place to raise our three young kids. And we’re really very happy there. Maybe someday we’ll save some cash, head up the Slope, but until we scratch together $2 mil for a townhouse (if ever), we’re content to stay where we are.
i have thought for a long time that 4th avenue would get reonovated. however, it’s going to stay a busy, smelly street with cars driving too fast. would not want to live on it wih my toddler. also, 5th avenue shops are lovely, but many are small and crowded as is the street. for me, i moved to brooklyn to get a less hectic surrounding. not sure why you’d buy here, it’s not that close to the city. there are better places.
Somehow I suspect the September ’08 photos will look pretty much like the “now” photos above.
Is there a website for the “Olive Garden Building” at 500 4th Avenue? It’s much further along than Argyle, but I haven’t seen a website for it.
if the tire shops go, would be less slash tires in the hood LOL.
These two sites are zoned for PS 39 and PS 282 (not positive about the latter, for Butler, but it’s definitely not 321). In either case, both schools still have a fair amount of variance students from outside the zone. The first thing to go will be the variances, so there’s at least some cushion there before the schoools start to get overcrowded. Of course, that may just mean moving the crowding elsewhere.
Anyone seen the huge building lot on 4th ave and 16th street? What the heck is going to be there? The lot must be equivalent to 8 or 10 20 X 50 lots.
Does anyone know anything about the skinny steel structure that has gone up at the NE corner of Carroll Street and 4th avenue? It looks like this building has no windows in it other than the projecting balcony facing 4th avenue. Is this a storage warehouse or something?