APPLICANT - Eric Palatnik, P.C., for Dmitriy Gorelik, owner. SUBJECT - Application August 21, 2013 - Special Permit (§73-622) for the enlargement of an existing single family home, contrary to floor area, open space and lot coverage (§23-141) and less than the required rear yard (§23-47). R4 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED - 2660 East 27th Street, between Voorhies Avenue and Avenue Z, Block 7471, Lot 30, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #15BK
APPLICANT - Rothkrug Rothkrug & Spec tor LLP, for BIRB Realty Inc., owner. SUBJECT - Application October 15, 2013 - Proposed construction of a building that does not front on a legally mapped street, contrary to General City Law Section 36. R3X SRD district. PREMISES AFFECTED - 525 & 529 Durant Avenue, north side of Durant Avenue, 104-13 ft. west of intersection of Durant Avenue and Finlay Avenue, Block 5120, Lot 64, Borough of Staten Island. COMMUNITY BOARD #3SI
APPLICANT - Eric Palatnik, P.C., for Sheryl Fayena, owner. SUBJECT - Application April 12, 2011 - Appeal seeking a determination that the owner has acquired a common law vested right to continue development under the prior R-6 zoning district. R4 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED - 1314 Avenue S, between East 13th and East 14th Streets, Block 7292, Lot 6, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #15BK
APPLICANT - Sheldon Lobel, P.C., for Ralph Avenue Associates, LLC, owner. SUBJECT - Application May 14, 2013 - Variance (§72-21) to allow the construction of a retail building (UG 6), contrary to use regulations (§22-10). R5 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED - 1054-1064 Bergen Avenue, bounded by Bergen Avenue to the north, Avenue K to the east, East 73rd Street to the south, and Ralph Avenue to the west, Block 8341, Lot (Tentative lot 135), Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #18BK
APPLICANT - Sheldon Lobel, P.C., for 12 W21 Land, L.P., owner. SUBJECT - Application July 8, 2014 - Special Permit (§73-36) to allow a physical culture establishment (NY Physical Training Fitness Studio) within the existing building, contrary to C6-4A zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED - 12 West 21st Street, between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue, Block 822, Lot 49, Borough of Manhattan. COMMUNITY BOARD #5M
APPLICANT - Sheldon Lobel, P.C., for 83 Bushwick Place, LLC, owner. SUBJECT - Application December 6, 2013 - Extension of Time to Complete Construction of a previously granted Variance (72-21) for the construction of a four-story residential building with parking which expired on September 12, 2010; Waiver of the Rules. M1-1 zoning district. Community Board #1BK PREMISES AFFECTED - 83 Bushwick Place aka 225- 227 Boerum Street, northeast corner of the intersection of Bushwick Place and Boerum Street, Block 3073, Lot 97, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #1BK
APPLICANT - Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for MTS Propco. LPC/Rockpoint Group, LLC, owner. SUBJECT - Application May 2, 2014 - Variance pursuant to Multiple Dwelling Law Section 310(2)(c) to waive court requirements and legally required windows under MDL Sections 26 and 30 for the construction of a residential addition to an existing hotel . C6-7/C6- 6(MID) zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED - 790 7th Avenue, West 51st Street, Broadway, West 52nd Street and 7th Avenue, Block 1023, Lot 29, Borough of Manhattan. COMMUNITY BOARD #10M
APPLICANT - Jeffrey A. Chester, Esq./GSHLLP, for SoBro Development Corporation, owner. SUBJECT - Application September 27, 2013 - Variance (§72-21) to permit a proposed development of a 12-story, 125 unit residential building with two floors of community facility/church space, contrary to floor area (§23-145), lot coverage (§23-145), and base and building height (§23-633). R7-2 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED - 1769 Fort George Hill, bounded by Fort George Hill to the east an NYCTA No.1 train tracks to the west, Block 2170, Lots 180 & 190, Borough of Manhattan. COMMUNITY BOARD #12M
APPLICANT - Eric Palatnik, P.C., for David Gerstenfeld, owner; Michael Nejat, lessee. SUBJECT - Application November 1, 2013 - Special Permit (§73-126) to allow the partial legalization and connection of two adjacent ambulatory diagnostic treatment health care facilities (UG4). R3-A zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED - 4299 Hylan Boulevard, between Thornycroft Avenue and Winchester Avenue, Block 5292, Lot(s) 37, 39 & 41, Borough of Staten Island. COMMUNITY BOARD #3SI