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Continuing with our “one of these things doesn’t belong” game; up next is 2892 Gerritsen Avenue. If you missed last episode check out: Allen Avenue Lets Play a Game With This New House.

Here are the zoning requirements for new york:

New height and setback rules which limit overall building height maintain the existing streetscape and re-establish the distinctions among residential districts. In zoning districts where peaked roofs and setbacks predominate (R2X, R3A, R3-1, R3-2, R4, R4-1 and R4A), the new regulations permit residential buildings with at least two full floors or two floors and an attic. In R2X, R3 and R4A districts, the maximum perimeter wall height of a building is 21 feet; in R4 and R4-1 districts, 25 feet. A third floor is permitted within the parameters of the designated building envelope. The envelope has a series of planes which permit a variety of pitched roof and setback designs that reflect neighborhood scale. The maximum height at the apex of the envelope is 35 feet.

I could be completely wrong on this one but this construction looks more than 35 feet high and it also looks like it not maintaining the existing streetscape.

[El Greco at Night/Flickr]

El Greco Diner, at 1821 Emmons Ave. in Sheepshead Bay, may be closing down soon. Prudential Douglas Elliman broker Diane Kramer confirmed that a contract on the one-acre waterfront site has been signed, but wouldn’t name the buyer or its sales price. It’s been listed for $23 million as a potential development site zoned for low-density residential with a commercial overlay.

RottenNeighbor.com lets you add “rotten neighbors” to a Google map. I see nothing but trouble coming from this.

Here is the Gerritsen Beach Area Link

From the site’s “About” page: RottenNeighbor.com is here to help. It’s the first real estate search engine of its kind, helping you find troublesome neighbors before you sign the paperwork on your new house, condo or apartment. RottenNeighbor is the largest site anywhere in the world covering the neighbor space, and we’re certain you’ll agree that the value it offers is unmatched anywhere else!

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VIA AM New York

AM-NY’s trying to determine what a real native NYC accent sounds like and where it is.

Looks like they skipped Queens. I love the brooklyn accent from the girl in Bensonhurst.

The other night right on Seba Avenue four tires were stolen from a 2003 honda civic right on seba avenue. This is the first time i’ve ever heard of this happening.

Coming in via e-mail:

I have only lived in Gerritsen Beach for a year now but my husband grew up here. Last night, we had 4 tires and rims stolen from our 2003 Honda Civic on Seba Avenue. When our neighbor returned home he saw a black car (he believes it was lowered) parked on the side of his house; the trunk was open with two tires in it. He didn’t put two and two together until this morning.

I’m not sure if anyone knows anything but any information would be helpful. Either contact the police or email me.

[Flickr/Zombies on Gerritsen Avenue]

Unless the Department of Transportation is some sort of evil corporation and has a zombie formula that brings projects back to life, Green Streets is dead…again.

What killed the project this second time? It wasn’t any gunshots to the zombie head, it was a statement by John Quaglione the Press Secretary for Senator Marty Golden in response to “Are we Being Lied To?”

I wish to respond to the recent postings on this website, following a press story that has caused speculation among Gerritsen Beach residents, that the Greenstreets Project has not been officially been removed from consideration. I wish to inform you that this speculation is unwarranted and not true.

As the District Manager and Press Secretary for Senator Marty Golden, I wish to reiterate that from the very beginning of this project, Senator Golden and the other area elected officials have maintained that the community was to decide if this project was to happen. As a result of the meeting, Senator Golden and other elected officials, along with the Department of Transportation, have officially agreed to no longer consider this plan for Gerritsen Avenue.

I thought it was necessary to respond so that this message board can receive an official position from Senator Golden’s office and that the community can move ahead. Please be assured that Senator Golden is respectful of the wishes of the residents of Gerritsen Beach.

Thank you. If anyone has questions regarding this project, or any other matter requiring assistance, please contact Senator Golden’s office at 3610 Quentin Road or by calling at (718) 627-3659.

What do you think of all of this?

Also check out some press coverage of the Green Streets meeting by the Brooklyn Eagle.

• Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Safety Considerations Derail ‘Green’ Plan for Gerritsen Beach’s Main Road

• How to survive a zombie attack

[Flickr/Oyster Bed Vista]

Via The NYTimes: I have completely chopped up the article so please read it.

Since there probably has not been an oyster in Jamaica Bay since the 1930’s, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, as an experimental project is going to establish oyster beds, not for harvest, but as living water filters on Hendrix Creek.

Hendrix Creek, flowing for just over a mile in Brooklyn through East New York, passes under the Belt Parkway and between two dormant landfills before it empties into Jamaica Bay.

Hendrix Creek was chosen because it is protected from the stronger currents from the bay, and because it is small enough for a relatively modest number of shellfish — oysters and ribbed mussels — to have a measurable effect. Since the creek is directly fed by the 26th Ward wastewater treatment plant, the experiment will also provide a good indication of how well the shellfish can filter water coming directly from the city’s own filtration system.

But if the Hendrix Creek oysters thrive, the city may well face another challenge: keeping away adventuresome gourmands who might be tempted to help themselves to the delicacies.

“There’s a worry that if you have oysters that sell for a dollar apiece, people will steal them and sell them,” Mr. Mankiewicz said. “We want them for habitat, not edibility.”

Just when we thought the Green Streets project was dead, turns out, it may never have actually died.

In the February 21st issue of the Bay News, a reporter from the newspaper asked the DOT about the project and the aftermath of the meeting. A DOT spokesperson said that “the project was still being discussed internally between local elected officials and the city” and that “everyone is going to take a second look at it.” Additionally, they stated that the meeting “alone did not kill it.”

Are we being lied to? Remember the rumors that the project was going to be forced on us? Now it might seem that way. Why even call a meeting with the community if DOT officials are going to talk about the issue amongst themselves, after the fact. It appears that, Marty Golden’s decision to “pull the plug” at the Green Streets meeting may not have been final.

Toward the end of the article Joe Maniscalco, who wrote the Bay News article, reported that the project being “dead may be premature”. Who reported that it was dead? I wonder? Maybe it was my devil of a post that was titled Green Streets Dead.

It also seems like he needed a filler for his article so he used my “after 30 minutes Marty killed green streets for the DOT” talking point. I’m all for sharing information when its sourced. I can safely say that he did not look at his watch when Marty Golden called the meeting. On the contrary, he looked at my post and/or my video and took my talking point.

I cite and source everything I get and use on this site. When I get no mention or people use my images without proper citation it annoys me. After all, this entire site is licensed under a “Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works”. Meaning that, anyone can use my content, non commercially, as long as they source me.

Oh and Joe nice zinger: “the senator had a devil of a time”. Really? Did He? Ugh.

With this most recent snow storm someone built a rather large snowman. It looks great. I knew what my picture of the week was going to be when I saw this.

I must have the most amazing timing because when I was going to take more up-close pictures, I saw someone approaching the snowman. This is what happened:

For the people that built this huge snowman It happened around 3:50 pm Im not sure how long it stood.