The Manifold Joys of Gentrification

March 28, 2008 by
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic 

P.S. 110

I received the following email at 11:48 March 27, 2008:

Are you able to please help me? I am writing to you at 11:45 pm (aka MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT) Thursday night, 27 March. Construction happening RIGHT NOW outside my window is driving me NUTS. I have called 311, but have been advised some sort of non-helpful dodge about the appropriate agency being closed. I think that this CAN’T be legal, but I am SO SLEEPY and sleep-deprived that I am in no position to protest or research.

My bedroom window overlooks the North-facing yard of PS110 (corner of Driggs and Monitor). Some sort of elevator-shaft construction is happening to the building, and as I email screechy earth moving equipment is shuffling dirt from one mound into another. This totally stinks. Can you advise?

(Adding insult to insult is that this cacophony comes on top of what I already endure every day from 7:45 a.m. onwards coming out of Kingsland Ave.’s misguided condo projects).

Best wishes,

Anonymous

The benefactor of Anonymous’s late night torment is (in all probability) NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY CO.

PS. 110 Permit

This entity is pre-qualified by the New York City School System too:

13285 – HAZMAT REMED – ASBESTOS ABTMNT & REM

What does asbestos abatement and remediation have to do with elevator construction at 11:45 p.m.? Just curious.

Miss Heather

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