It looks like something's finally happening with 364 Henry Street, the long-troubled brownstone at the northwest, Cobble Hill corner of Henry and Congress street. There's a bulldozer parked outside the cracked and crumpling building, and construction workers hacking away at the inside.
Asked whether the dilapidated structure will be demolished or fixed, they said "fixed." But they also said the long southern wall (pictured below) will have to come down in order to do so. It's hard for me to believe that any part of this old building is salvageable, it's been standing derelict for so long. The place has had 12 DOB complaints against it just since the beginning of 2009. The lady who lives next door was surveying the activity and expressed the belief that the whole thing should come down. She also said the owner, one John Q. Quadrozzi, Jr., according to DOB records, also owns the almost-equally derelict brownstone on the other side of her building (which is in fine condition.)
Maybe it's my ignorance about the physics of attached buildings, but I would be terrified if I lived in a building that was being torn down - or derelict, for that matter. I'm glad it's being worked on finally. How sad.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to know more about the owner of this building. It's been falling apart for so many years and it has become an unofficial hotel for cats. Happy to see something happening.
ReplyDeleteWell, just imagine living next door to it. The backyard here, normally for me and the tenant upstairs, is now off-limits by order of the DOB because 364's associated carriage house on Congress is waiting to crumble.
ReplyDeleteThe owner lives just a couple of doors down....big concrete business owner. Read: NO excuse for letting this happen.
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