Photo via Harlem Gal. Click to enlarge.
The corner lot at 110th street and Central Park North that previously housed a gas station will be transformed over the next three years into a glassy 12-story development with 50 apartments and retail on the ground floor.
Twenty percent of the apartments are expected to be income-restricted, although the exact income limits are not yet clear. It should be complete by 2017. The address is 2040 Frederick Douglass Boulevard.
As for the gas station, which many readers said had their favorite repair shop in the city, it’s not clear if it has relocated. We made inquiries, but the answers were vague. One of the workers posted this comment on our last post:
“THIS IS TOM FROM 110 ST SORRY I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SHOP WAS CLOSING ANY WAY 1 AND THE GUYS IS TRYING TO LOCATE A GARAGE IN THE NEIGHBOR HOOD. IT IS VERY HARD IN THE MEAN TIME YOU CAN GO TO 106 ST 1ST AVE MISS YOU GUYS SINCERELY TOM WILL KEEP IN TOUCH
PHONE NUMBER 212 733 4996”
Should be interesting to see what the income limits are for the subsidized apartments. Those making 20-30k per year will get a Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park? Check out some of the absurd income limits at http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/apartment/lotteries.shtml.
the clinton area ad in manh stands out with the income guide lines….it seems to me if your making that much you would be looking to own rather than rent
It kind of looks like Time Warner Center North.
REALLY???
You’ve GOT to be kidding!!
Have you ever REALLY looked at Time Warner? THAT is a magnificent piece of modern architecture; and the most amazing thing is that it looks different from every angle and at different times of day!
To compare that thing on 110th (which looks like it belongs on “LawnnnGuyyyland”) to Time Warner proves that you need a course in architecture or urban design!
Now, now, Scooter, take it easy on old Steve there. Not everyone can be expected to reach the level of refinement and discernment that you so clearly exemplify, now can they?
That garage once lied to me about repairs that needed to be made to my car, and I had to pay them to get my car back from them. I had to fight with the owner to get money back. The gas station was a great convenience, but I am glad to see that garage gone.
well, its better then the two 1980s eyesores next door…
It looks okay and gives the round effect of the circle at 110th. I actually think it could be taller….
that said, I do think its crazy to keep pushing subsidized housing on every new building – it just makes the remaining 70-80 % MORE expensive. And for all those who always say “we need housing for teachers, nurses, firemen…” well they make too much for most of the subsidized housing (I do not use the word “affordable” – again politicized word – how can you be against affordable? affordable to whom, etc….) And heaven help the developer is he does not give the subsidized units the full Central Park View.. the protestors and poor door jihadists will be after her head.
that’s an understatement, webot. i just passed thru that traffice circle in a cab with out of town friends last weekend and everyone commented on how utilitarian and ugly those existing bldgs are!
Scooter relax
And hideous new building
It should be at least twice as tall. It’s on the park, might as well maximize those views.
Also agree with the “affordable” comments above. Nobody with a decent job in Manhattan qualifies for the absurdly low income restrictions. There’s a huge group of people making between $70-110k that make too much to qualify for subsidized housing, but too little to realistically ever afford to buy an apartment.
This building is right on the flyway for all the birds migrating through the city. Many birds will die, flying into all that glass.
There are some new ideas out there, glass developed in Germany which incorporates something in the glass that birds will see but not humans. Audubon might have more information.
The building could be advertised as environmentally friendly etc.