Monday, February 27, 2017

6th Street retail space bricked up for residential use


[EVG file photo]

After 12 years in business, the rental shop that specialized in Indian music and Bollywood cinema closed in the fall of 2015 at 343 E. Sixth St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

Then J-Mar Special Touch barber shop came and went in two months last year...


[Photo by Michael Hirsch]

The retail space was on the rental market via several different brokers afterwards. Apparently, there weren't any takers. Last week, workers started bricking up former storefront...





...and yesterday...



There aren't any permits on file with the city for this work, so we don't know exactly what the landlord's intentions are ... it looks, though, as if the space will now be an apartment. (And the landlord is listed in public records as an LLC with a Queens address.)

Updated:

Thanks to the commenter who spotted the apartment listing on Streeteasy...

New Studio being Renovated!
Ground Floor with Windows on E 6th Street
Brand New Kitchen and Bathroom
Hardwood floors
Still in process of renovations
Heat/Water included
Live in Super
Must See

The 300-square-foot unit is asking $1,999.
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8 comments:

  1. NOTORIOUSFebruary 27, 2017 at 11:11 AM

    I hope they swept up all of the hair.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2017 at 1:26 PM

    Yep - it's a studio. Is this legal?

    http://streeteasy.com/building/343-east-6-street-new_york/a

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2017 at 2:41 PM

    Will there be enough room there for a human and rats?

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  4. CosmoFebruary 27, 2017 at 2:43 PM

    Interesting. The owner must feel they will be better off in the long run with a residential unit. Could this be a turning point for landlords to stop jacking up commercial rents to impossible highs?

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  5. Edmund DunnFebruary 27, 2017 at 3:13 PM

    "Last week, workers started bricking up former storefront..."

    "For the love of God, Montresor!"

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2017 at 8:56 AM

    In the eighties I wondered if it was legal to turn apartments, likely rent regulated, into stores. Aside from basic permitting issues, why would it be illegal to create housing from a store?

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  7. GojiraFebruary 28, 2017 at 3:18 PM

    Edmund Dunn, That is one of my favorite quotes of all time!

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2017 at 10:37 PM

    wonder where that awesome neon at the video store went!

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