East 11th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B continues to be an active zone for ongoing construction. Idling trucks. Large cranes. Blocked traffic. Continuous jackhammering.
Here's a look at the projects making life nearly unbearable for some neighbors.
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The Mary Spink apartments, which will provide affordable housing for formerly homeless and mentally disabled East Villager residents
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Ron Z]
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RZ]
• 510 E. 11th St., where workers are adding a new floor to the existing four-story building...
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Cheryl Pyle]
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CP]
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CP]
• 500 E. 11th St, home of the incoming 7-Eleven. After 11 months of gut renovation, the space is finally looking 7-Eleveny/chainy...
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Bobby Williams]
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BW]
In April, some residents who live above here said that the never-ending work has made their existence in the building "a living hell."
• 181 Avenue A at East 11th Street, where workers are about halfway done
demolishing the Mary Help of Christians school and church...
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BW]
After the demo, residents from more than just East 11th Street will have to endure the lengthy (and noisy) construction of developer
Douglas Steiner's retail-residental complex.... described in one listing as a "140 unit market luxury rental building."
One East 11th Street resident said that one of these jobs would be off-putting enough, but four happening simultaneously is "fucking ridiculous."