New plans have been pasted to the wooden barrier around the construction site at 2228-2236 Broadway on the corner of 80th street, and they show that the building will be 19 stories tall, and will look somewhat different than the building depicted in an earlier rendering. It’s being developed by Friedland Properties.
The building will have 72 residential units, according to New York YIMBY. It’s also set to have 7,316 feet of commercial space. “Among the amenities will be bike storage, a gym, a kids playroom, a roof terrace, and even a ‘teen club.'” YIMBY reports.
The current state of construction.
Photos by Arif Razvi.
No Russian Roulette parlor?
You’re thinking of the subway entrance. That’s on the *south* corner of that block.
Prime example where the city ‘dropped the ball.’
The committee that approved the deconstruction of a two-story building for the development and construction of a 19-story building should have INSISTED that the developer incorporate into its design a Subway entrance/egress (similar to what was done in 1987 when The Boulevard on 86/87 St. & Broadway was constructed). Anyone familiar with the area is aware of the safety issues with regards to the 79th street subway exit/entrance (northbound). Constructing an entrance/exit within the building’s foot print would alleviate the overcrowding; not require any MTA funding; and at least give something back to the community for the noise, traffic, and overall disruption.
A note to our local leaders and committee, nothing wrong with progress, but when developers want to build, have them improve/upgrade our infrastructure while they are at it.
ps: the site on 80 street has become a safety concern to the residents on the block. The contractor has been shutting down the temporary walkway along the West 80th street side requiring pedestrians to cross midway along the street and in front of an active garage. Two people almost got hit earlier this week. Hopefully the city acts before a serious accident occurs!
If the building was built as of right (i.e. the property had sufficient existing air rights) there’s no way the city could have required the developer to make costly improvements to the subway station.
Sadly, that seems to be happening all over town. In the block between Columbus and Amsterdam at 77th St. (I think) There is a firehouse with a temp chainlink garage for a firetruck on one side, construction with a blocked sidewalk and walkway in the street and on the other side the sidewalk alternates between accessible and impassable.
Given that there never was an entrance for 79th station at 80th street, I don’t see why the developer, the MTA, or the city should need to build one. Another entrance is another long term maintenance issue. Especially for a north bound exit which has the flow of passengers much more evenly spread out than the more rush hour impacted downtown side.
Also, 79th street handles about 5.6 million riders per year whereas 86th street handles about 6.5 riders, that is a sizable difference in number of people.
Gotham, to you point, the turnstile counts are increasing very rapidly. Keep in mind the original 79 street only had one exit/entrance when originally built. In the mid 1930’s, as the UWS became more popular, an additional entrance/exit was added on both South and North bound stations (in front of Chase and in front of DSW). Eighty years later, the stations do not meet safety standards established for egress (or ADA requirements). As your figures show – turnstile counts are not what they were back then.
And guess what? with the 4 new hi-rises (2 on 77 St, 1 on 79th street, and this one on 80th , , , 79 street station counts will pass those of 86th street by 2025.
Again, nothing wrong with building/progress, but we need to start passing the cost to build and maintain the infrastructure on to the developers/builders. Don’t expect the MTA or City to chip in 🙁
Well, the northbound side gets very concentrated flow in the evening rush hour as people are coming home. Crowds get quite backed up at the bottom of those narrow stairways. I wonder if it would be possible to widen the existing stairs.
This building has a much smaller footprint than the Boulevard building, which takes up the whole block from 86th to 87th and extends about halfway down 86th and 87th towards West End. This building will occupy one corner of the block, and does not seem to extend as far back from Broadway as the Boulevard does. It could be that they simply did not have enough space to create a subway entrance without sacrificing a large portion of the ground floor. I have no idea what actually went on; I’m just guessing about what might have been a factor. I too would love to see an additional exit from that platform.
VERY true
Another disappointment on the UWS.
Looks nice enough, although it would look a lot better if the first dozen stories were brick (which I’m sure they’re not). Will be *crazy* expensive, no doubt.
Yet another ugly bldg! Is there no place in the bldgs Dept.for good,responsible design? Apparently not. So sad! It’s also curious that no one considered adding a subway exit in addition to 79th St. The current station exit is inadequate to the task in view of a rapidly expanding, dense UWS. Why is there no facility for publication of new designs so that the public has some input forfore it is a “fait accompli?”
Why does it appear to be leaning to the left — a reference to the Leaning Tower of Pisa or the UWS’s politics?
Yet another ugly building on the UWS destroying the integrity of the neighborhood
Oh great. Friedland does it again. I feel like I’m looking at a copy of their already boring and non descript yet out of scale building at 77-78 and broadway. And there they took all of our trees out and never replaced them. At least give these buildings a style, a contextual reference to their surrounding architecture. So blah. Thanks a lot DOB.
Sarah,
Agreed on the (lack of) trees on the east side of Broadway between 77th & 78th. To me, that’s the bigger crime than the awful-looking building.
Also agree with AC’s comment about the (lack of) safety on 80th Street just east of Broadway where the new monstrosity will be. I live on 80th right near the work site and worse than the noise and exhaust fumes is the fear of getting hit by a huge construction vehicle turning onto 80th. Seems like the only reason drivers don’t go onto the north sidewalk (it’s a really tight squeeze) is because of the scaffolding surrounding 225 W. 80th (NE corner of 80th & Broadway). Stand on that corner for five minutes during a weekday and you’ll see what I mean. Scary and leave your kids at home.
Gorgeous!
LIFE IN NYC IS SO MUCH BETTER WITH BILL DE BLASIO AS MAYOR.
Another tall building on the UWS with “soul-less” windows. Don’t modern architects get ANY training in this. The windows ARE the building!
If you live nearby please call 311 to complain about loud construction work on Saturdays. A foreman on site said they have the needed permit to work on Saturdays but it needs to be renewed every two weeks. Let’s keep it from getting renewed.
Agreed that the picture looks like the building will be tilting! Does anyone have info on what exactly is happening on the corner of 81st and Broadway next to Zabar’s? Will the building be knocked down or us the facade landmarked? I live around the corner and would like to know.