My Life In Brooklyn

Large Project Watch, I

I keep forgetting to make mention of these large projects in process of being constructed, but I saw each one of these again yesterday, so duly reminded, just a mention before I forget again (images below the cut):

1. Northeast corner of Church and Ocean Ave — this has been ongoing for a while now.  Retail and office space certain, uncertain if there are residential units on upper floors.
   
2. Bedford Ave, corner of Caton (where it meets with Linden) — Residential.  This seems to have gone up pretty quickly.
   
3. Ocean Ave (Across from 560 Ocean) — This is a huge lot, located almost directly across the street from the notable “Cathedral Arms” building and next door (south) to the lovely “Embassy” building, number 555 Ocean. I assume it will be residential.
   

1.  Church and Ocean.

2. Bedford Ave, corner of Caton (where it meets Linden): (two earlier pics here)

3. Ocean Avenue, probably numbered around 563.  Next door (south) to the lovely Embassy at number 555, and almost across the street from the gorgeous Cathedral Arms at 560.  Between Church and Albemarle, east side of the street.

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1. PSM Says:
   October 27th, 2006 at 7:01 pm

   I grew up on the block of Linden Boulevard, between Flatbush and Bedford. Do I wish you’d take a picture of my old house!

   Anyway, there used to be some older frame houses at the corner where the new building stands (the left side of the new building became a parking lot-I think it had been a garden years ago).

   They sold the old house within the last year. I saw it on an aerial view on the real estate agents website, I believe late winter or early spring.

   It does look a wee bit stark, but all things told, I’d actually love to live there again. Two things are negatives. There is still, all these years later, no good major supermarket nearby, and the parking situation is very difficult, particularly at night where some of the nearby blocks can really be rough.

   The Flatbush library is a half block away. It can get noisy and rowdy thereabouts, but the larger elevator buildings around it are more nicely maintained then others, and there are some really nice tree-lined residential blocks off Bedford going up toward Clarkson and Winthrop. It’s smack dab between the Church Avenue “Q” and “2″ subway stops (we used the “Q”).

   Lastly, for old-timers, the Caton Avenue side of this house is on the same side and down the block from the old Sutter’s bakery!

   Thanks for the memories!

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