On Tuesday, when I walked by in late afternoon, there was a large green fence around 38 Sixth Avenue, the latest building in Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park to open, a "100% affordable" rental. It extended into the street.
The building is at the southeast corner of the arena block, and a piece of the Barclays Center is at right in the photo below.
The building does have multiple points of entry/egress, according to the Department of Buildings, but a gap in the fence appeared to be a way in to the front door. It looked a little dodgy, from this perspective, looking south on Sixth Avenue just below Pacific Street.
Here's an up-close view
Some pedestrians walked in the street around this fence, even though Sixth Avenue between Dean and Pacific streets is a two-way street.
Looking north, peering through the fence, at the first entrance.
And yes, people are living at 38 Sixth. Not a lot of people, but a few. And at least some have used that front entrance, despite the fence outside.
In the photo at left, taken last Friday, a resident moved in, using that front door, even though I'm told that was not the entrance most people were using.
The Department of Buildings (DOB) told me that the tenant protection plans for the site included three means of egress on Sixth Avenue, plus three more to the west of the building onto Dean Street, far more than required.
Below right, look at the left-side windows decorated left with holiday lights, signaling one of the first residents.
The fence? Well, it was supposed to be gone by the end of the month, we were told at a meeting two weeks ago, while concrete barriers will be maintained until street work is done.
Yesterday morning, I queried the developer, Greenland Forest City Partners, to ask about that pledge as well as what seemed like limited egress to the front entrance. No response.
Was that the only entrance?
I also contacted the DOB, which told me about the tenant protection plans and said 38 Sixth has a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) that indicates that all safety measures are in place. Those tenant protection plans are not made publicly available, though.
The DOB had received no complaints. (Fair enough, but I certainly heard surprise from people in the community about the apparent use of the main entrance behind the fence.)
The sidewalk on Dean Street, pointing toward Flatbush Avenue, remained closed.
But Sixth Avenue was now quite passable.
The building is at the southeast corner of the arena block, and a piece of the Barclays Center is at right in the photo below.
The building does have multiple points of entry/egress, according to the Department of Buildings, but a gap in the fence appeared to be a way in to the front door. It looked a little dodgy, from this perspective, looking south on Sixth Avenue just below Pacific Street.
Here's an up-close view
Looking north, peering through the fence, at the first entrance.
In the photo at left, taken last Friday, a resident moved in, using that front door, even though I'm told that was not the entrance most people were using.
The Department of Buildings (DOB) told me that the tenant protection plans for the site included three means of egress on Sixth Avenue, plus three more to the west of the building onto Dean Street, far more than required.
Below right, look at the left-side windows decorated left with holiday lights, signaling one of the first residents.
The fence? Well, it was supposed to be gone by the end of the month, we were told at a meeting two weeks ago, while concrete barriers will be maintained until street work is done.
Yesterday morning, I queried the developer, Greenland Forest City Partners, to ask about that pledge as well as what seemed like limited egress to the front entrance. No response.
I also contacted the DOB, which told me about the tenant protection plans and said 38 Sixth has a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) that indicates that all safety measures are in place. Those tenant protection plans are not made publicly available, though.
The DOB had received no complaints. (Fair enough, but I certainly heard surprise from people in the community about the apparent use of the main entrance behind the fence.)
DOB was requiring the mandatory presence of licensed fire guards on site in the event of an emergency situation, I was told.
The fence is down
Well, the fence is no longer there.
Whether its removal was long-planned--after all, it was supposed to be gone by the end of the month, which is today--or a response to queries from me (and possibly others), by yesterday afternoon that fence was gone.
The sidewalk outside the building's main entrance was open, as shown in the photos below.
The sidewalk on Dean Street, pointing toward Flatbush Avenue, remained closed.
But Sixth Avenue was now quite passable.
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