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Ever since work was aborted in the spring of 2008, 23 Caton Avenue has been a blight on the neighborhood, with the organized complaints of neighbors falling on deaf ears. Then, out of nowhere this week, there was some activity at the site. Those blue tarps went up, and there are now workers from the DOB’s excavation unit cleaning up debris and taking other measures to improve safety. As for the development, last we heard, Corus Bank, which had taken over the property from developer Moshe Feller, had itself gone into receivership. A community group called Stable Brooklyn has been working for the past year trying to get the project turned into affordable housing, but as far as we know nothing concrete has come of that yet.
Trying to Make Lemonade of Lemons at 23 Caton [Brownstoner]
The Decline and Fall of 23 Caton Place [Brownstoner]
Little Progress on 23 Caton Place [Brownstoner] GMAP
Bank Sues Caton Place Developer [Brownstoner] DOB
Work Stops at Caton Place Condos [Brownstoner]
At 23 Caton Place, Laborers Labor on Labor Day [Brownstoner]


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  1. lala-

    I was at the original DOT meeting in February and that is not strictly a bike path, but a path for both bikes and horse riders to more easily and safely access the park. Just as cars need to share the road with bikes, in this case bikes need to share this path with horses.

    As for clean up, good luck with that. They don’t enforce animal waste laws in NYC. Its beneath the cops just up the block on CIA. Besides, I’d gladly take the horse emissions if its a trade off for car emissions.

    All is for the best!

  2. “Corus Bank, which had taken over the property from developer Moshe Feller, had itself gone into receivership”

    Small enough (read ‘not connected enough’) to fail.

    ***Bid half off peak comps***