# NEW YORK | 1140-1152 2nd Ave | FT | FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposed\ **Created:** [December 29, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1140-1152-2nd-ave-ft-floors/20889 "2021-12-29T02:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![colrain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/colrain/32/38661_2.png) [@colrain](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/colrain)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1140-1152-2nd-ave-ft-floors/20889/1 "2021-12-29T02:47:08Z")
Another block on Second on the chopping block: > **[Much Of Upper East Side Block May Be Demolished, Plans Show](https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/much-upper-east-side-block-may-be-demolished-plans-show)** > > A developer intends to tear down seven buildings that have lined an Upper East Side block for a century — but one tenant may be holding out. ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1140-1152-2nd-ave-ft-floors/20889/2 "2021-12-29T03:17:46Z")
Good riddance. Those dilapidated tenements are disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1140-1152-2nd-ave-ft-floors/20889/3 "2021-12-29T18:13:58Z")
Lol I like your choice of words when it comes to low rises alongside 2nd avenue or somewhere such as the lower east side 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![colrain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/colrain/32/38661_2.png) [@colrain](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/colrain)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1140-1152-2nd-ave-ft-floors/20889/4 "2021-12-29T18:44:54Z")
This is the developer’s other project on the UES: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/f/4f60cb3616bc9781e9d9b8f1dd68da7dd1a9dac7.jpeg) Wouldn’t look out of place in Moscow. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1140-1152-2nd-ave-ft-floors/20889/5 "2023-03-06T17:18:30Z")
> **[UES Corner Near Queensboro Bridge Faces Wrecking Ball, Records Show](https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/ues-corner-near-queensboro-bridge-faces-wrecking-ball-records-show)** > > Demolition permits were filed for two buildings more than a year after the owner declared intent to demolish most of the block. > The demolition permits call for flattening both 1140 and 1142 Second Ave., encompassing the southeast corner of the block. > > The building at 1140 Second Ave. was the former home of the [Subway Inn, now relocated a few doors down](https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/subway-inn-waits-liquor-license-june-still-paying-rent), and late dive bar The Blue Room. Next door at 1142 Second Ave. was a longtime laundromat — and a longtime tenant whose refusal to leave complicated owner Sean J. Lavin’s initial demolition plans. > > It is unclear if the tenant has vacated his apartment, which appears to have been at 1142 Second Ave. ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1140-1152-2nd-ave-ft-floors/20889/6 "2023-03-06T17:20:56Z")
I’m elated to see this crap go. I used to live in that area. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1140-1152-2nd-ave-ft-floors/20889/7 "2024-12-20T14:14:12Z")
> **[Demolition Progresses at 1140-1152 Second Avenue on Manhattan's Upper East...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/12/demolition-progresses-at-1140-1152-second-avenue-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html)** > > Demolition is progressing at 1140-1152 Second Avenue, part of an assemblage by Townhouse Property Group and Lavin Development on the Upper East Side. Photos by Michael Young ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/2/e21561e6994ea5c49447133d0d12cb2237b79645.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/6/86d5258e3bcd5dc07128e234b57f067740621f45.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/9/89ec4d5f216a712dacf946de66f02160f83d5480.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/6/765793fa727a381ec87396f8bae8329c250e48e1.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/9/19d898331f9dbea660694e1e02ec09d0bae1cf7d.jpeg)