By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Cities Atlanta Austin Boston. Chicago Detroit Los Angeles. New York San Francisco Archive. Filed under: New York Minute. But the work never seemed to end: There were another 13 permits issued for additional work at the building through February this year.
The story Harlem building is among thousands issued permits by the Department of Buildings to erect scaffolding to protect pedestrians from falling debris. She said the scaffold remained up so long because of a couple of bad breaks for the building. The work is complete. But the work never seemed to end — there were another 13 permits issued for additional work at the building through February this year.
The story Harlem building is among thousands issued permits by the city Department of Buildings to erect scaffolding and sidewalk sheds to protect pedestrians from falling debris.
The unsightly structures have become an unwelcome part of the city landscape, with critics complaining they have evolved into dark, trash-strewn havens for vagrants and criminals and hurt local businesses who struggle to draw new patrons with their facades concealed by wood and metal.
I walk on the other side of the street because there are rats running out of there. They are huge. Home Pros Find a pro. Eat it. Drink it. Do it. Tackle the city, with our help. More from around NYC. Brooklyn Paper. But others have been up for years — scattered across New York City there are roughly sidewalk sheds that have been up more than a year, according to city data.
And the true age of some sheds is hard to gauge because the city's tracker only counts back to the most recent permit. Take the sidewalk shed in front of Edgecombe Ave.
The shed's fresh coat of forest green paint masks its true age: 15 years. The Department of Buildings stepped up enforcement in , bringing civil and criminal nuisance abatement cases against building owners. Officials started criminal court cases against owners or managing agents of seven properties with the oldest sheds, and have been working backward from cases going back 10 years.
In recent years we've strengthened our enforcement protocols, increased fines, and are taking aggressive action in court to compel these owners to make the needed repairs to their buildings, so that these sheds can be taken down, returning valuable street space to New Yorkers. But, still, a good handful have been up for at least a decade.
Patch took a look at four of the oldest. Here's what happens to a building and a block when a city-defined " temporary structure " turns more-or-less permanent. The handsome Edgecombe Ave. Thurgood Marshall and W. This history has helped it gain another, perhaps less-desirable distinction — the oldest continuous sidewalk shed permit in the city, granted on April 27, The scaffolding went up to protect people from falling debris during a restoration project.
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