The seemingly endless demolition followed by the pile-driving and excavation work on East 14th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B isn't making many neighbors happy…
Some residents are getting together this evening to discuss the situation… flyers have been posted around the site …
[Photo via an EVG reader]
Not sure who will be in attendance this evening at 6:30 at the Dias y Flores Garden on East 13th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. The flyers say that local elected officials and DOB reps have been invited.
To recap, Extell Development is putting up two 7-floor retail-residential buildings along East 14th Street … 500 E. 14th St. at Avenue A will have 106 residential units … while, further to the east, 524 E. 14th St. will house 44 residential units.
According to the DOB signage on the plywood, January 2017 is the anticipation completion date…
[Rendering of 500 E. 14th St. via RKF]
[Rendering of 524 E. 14th St. via RKF]
Previously on EV Grieve:
The disappearing storefronts of East 14th Street
[Updated with correction] 8-lot parcel of East 14th Street primed for new development
New 7-floor buildings for East 14th Street include 150 residential units
1st activity at 500 E. 14th St. since the demolition phase, and when the standing water froze
How are these future tenants supposed to get to work?! The L train that's already packed by the time it gets from BK to 1st Ave? The city has more people living here now than ever before and the transportation system can't support it. Building these mega complexes will only make things worse.
ReplyDeleteDon't these people know this is the noise tax. Its called taxation without notification. Its called violence and pollution. Noise pollution needs to be treated like chemical pollution.
ReplyDeleteI agree. At first I thought building another entrance to the L train on Avenue A would work, but now that I really think about it, the train (and area is too packed). What about those of us who have cars? This whole thing stinks (and is loud!).
ReplyDeleteget ready for the shrug. these guys don't care about the neighborhoods they enter. prepare for lip service and few answers to your questions.
ReplyDeleteA. Dept of Bldgs is worse than useless - needs SERIOUS overhaul
ReplyDeleteB. City needs to start being like The Suburbs, which charge Impact Fees on new development: i.e., if developers are going to turn this land into money for their own benefit, they need to pay a fee for the water, sewers, schools, etc. that their buyers will use.
Instead, the city just says Oops later...
Mendez, Kavanagh, Hoylman, Brewer, and yes, even de Blasio: HELP!
12th and A is horrible too. Non stop.
ReplyDeleteAnother site that keeps getting Saturday work permits... 98-100 Avenue A. It's infuriating!
ReplyDeletenoise is a serious problem here
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traffic
drunk bar and club patrons
herds of tourists and students
etc
there should be a noise committee on cb3 (i know, i know, kind of useless) where folks with a common problem stop having to appear block by block, building by building, and bar by bar - just to be ignored by our board and elected officials, the dob, the sla, etc.
imagine if 50 people from different blocks joined together with demands, suggestions, whatever.
Feeling stressed and neglected? Here's a way to feel better fast. Just recite Blooomberg's Law as a mantra:
ReplyDelete55 million tourists can't be wrong
55 million tourists can't be wrong
55 million tourists can't be wrong
(etc.)
See? It all makes perfect sense now and you can get on with your day...
I can't believe that there are no "impact fees" for all of this. Have any building and zoning laws been updated since the 1960s? Those THREE pile drivers start running at 7:15am. Bowery Boogie is right on.
ReplyDeleteDid someone just say the city needs to be more like the suburbs. LOL
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to live next to a construction site. But that is not something that can be cured. Construction means inconvenience with dirt and noise. It is an assault upon the senses in every way.
ReplyDeleteBut it won't last forever. People need to be more tolerant. NIMBY is a big issue when it is your backyard. I imagine nobody who is currently complaining ever gave a single thought to any other similar situation. When it happens to you though..wow....the attacks start.
I know...I've been through it several times...whether it was buildings coming down and new ones going up to major infrastructure improvements on my street.
All I can say is....give it a year or two...it'll be nice when it is done...hopefully.
7am to late in the evening weekdays and Saturday permits is way too much. Where is the respite? Are neighbors supposed to take in 70 hours of intense noise pollution? There are hundreds if not thousands in ear shot of all of this between 14th and 12th street and down to 7th and A. There must be justice for the residents. It can really feel unlivable at times and a joke considering a minority involved with the development and sales are making money hand over fist as we shell it out and live in a pile driving exhibition. If developers want to rake it in, let them, but they need to hire more workers for less hours and respect the neighborhoods they are .... gulp developing.
ReplyDeleteIn case you're thinking of moving in, here's your future commute: http://gothamist.com/2015/12/02/classic_l_train_such_a_cut_up.php
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