Behind 1651 first, along 86th Street is a large empty lot and you can see from here and first ave that a long stretch of tenements are boarded up. Maybe Extell is working to expand the size of this site. This could be pretty big if they take all the other abandoned tenements on first ave plus the 86th lot.
From the picture it seems that there may be a residential areas beneath it.
As a longtime resident of Yorkville, I think that the area is a dump. We lived there because my wife liked it. I can’t see spending millions on a new apartment situated next to filthy tenements and heinous 1970s eyesores.
Well, if the area is like dump nobody like to live there as it may be harmful. Let it be fully ready for the people.
What you talkin’ About, Willis?
The best station on the Q (2nd ave subway) is a block away. That area is dumpy now but prime for new development.
I have sympathy for rent-stabilized tenants in situations where they are pressured to leave so that landlords can charge market rate for their apartments. However, in a situation like this where a single holdout is getting in the way of over 500 units of housing (incl. 100 affordable, and likely more if Extell is able to redesign this tower to include the corner lot), and they have the audacity to decry the developer as perpetuating the housing crisis, that sympathy is lost.
A state appellate court has sided with his firm’s quest to evict a rent-regulated tenant at 1651 First Avenue. The tenant and other holdouts had caused Extell Development to design around their buildings. In November 2021, Extell filed plans for a 22-story building featuring 543 apartments and commercial space.
After the Appellate Division’s ruling, Marshall held out hope that the Court of Appeals would take his case. But the high court rarely hears appeals of unanimous rulings, and Marshall was turned down in November. The Office of Rent Administration then notified the parties in the case that it would re-open Extell’s demolition application.
Rejection by the high court is usually the end of a case, but Fred Seeman, Marshall’s attorney, said in a statement, “We have many legal options ahead and we will leave no stone unturned in our pursuit of justice.” He did not offer specifics.