My Life In Brooklyn

 

It had been a while since I wandered around Tilden and E. 28th Street.  This area has been fascinating to me because of the amount of new builds.  The landscape of that immediate area has completely changed, now populated with Fedders buildings and driveways.

It appears the owner/developer might be finding some of these places difficult to sell.  108  E. 28th Street, at the corner of Tilden, this building now stands.  From what I can tell on Google maps, it appears this did not involve a tear down, but was a grassy lot with a mature tree.

Initially I had expected it to see it sold as condos, but I see on the developer’s (Daniel Homes Inc.) website, they are being advertised as 3 family homes and offered at $699k.  Daniel Homes did quite a bit of the development in this area from what I can see. It seems a little odd so many of the ground level windows are boarded up.

 

This is the second business in this space that appears to have departed.  The first was a shop involved in creating costumes for the annual West Indian parade.  Never experienced that one personally at parade time, but have heard reports from neighbors regarding the noise involved.

From what I can tell, it appears Adwa’s Life Line lost electicity a couple of months prior to closing, but pressed on through use of coolers and BBQ – the business mostly operated outside, on the sidewalk.  The image above is a typical view though on rainy days there were tarps connected to the traffic signal.

Another business gone. At least there has been no evidence of the business remaining. I’ve yet to see any activity suggesting a new tenant in the space.  It’s all set up for a restaurant, I hope something interesting goes in.

One of my neighbors who has lived in PLG for 40 years said this corner space once hosted an Irish bar.