Vintage house taken down without demolition permit
The Ridge is rocking over the sudden demolition of a century-oldhouse at the corner of Ridge Boulevard and 77th Street bycontractors who only had a permit for interior demolition.
I saw the boards go up around it and asked [a neighbor] what’sgoing on, recalled Victoria Hofmo, a local preservationist andfounder of the Bay Ridge Conservancy. It seemed to be small thingslike the roof coming off, then [everything]. I’ve been in the housebefore for a friend’s wedding and it was in totally fine shape. Itwas a beautiful house; there was no reason to knock it down.
Construction on 7624 Ridge Boulevard began in December, but hassince been halted by the Department of Buildings (DOB) with afull stop work order that was served followinga January 3 inspection that found all exterior walls and over 50percent of the foundation removed, contrary to plans permitted,explained DOB spokesperson Ryan FitzGibbon. The inspection was inresponse to a complaint filed by an adjacent property owner thatdemolition equipment was causing the caller’s house to shake.