Two 77th Street Victorians to go under the wrecking ball
Two more Bay Ridge Victorians are slated to come down.
Demolition notices have been filed for 473 77th Street and 225 77th Street by owner Wei Guang Pan. Both houses are vacant and have been baited. No construction fence has yet been erected at either property, but letters sent to Community Board 10 on October 23 indicate that work is imminent.
According to the office of Hsin E. Chao, the architect whose name appears on applications filed with the city’s Department of Buildings, the plan for 473 — which is a few buildings off the corner of Fifth Avenue — is to construct a mixed-use building, with first floor commercial and second and third floor residential (one apartment on each). The plan for 225, which is between Third Avenue and Ridge Boulevard, is to replace the existing two-family home with two two-family homes, according to Chao’s office.