Paul Selver testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA

BSA found no reasonable return with a conforming use of the property.  On December 9, 2014 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to grant the applicant, 290 Dyckman Properties, LLC, three waivers to allow conversion of a former manufacturing building into a self-storage facility.  The building is located at 290 Dyckman Street in Inwood, Manhattan, at the corner of Dyckman Street and Henshaw Street.  The building is two stories covering a lot area of 17,287 square feet, with one hundred feet of frontage along Dyckman Street and one hundred sixty-nine feet of frontage along Henshaw Street.  The proposal would convert the building to a self-storage facility with 34,529 square feet of floor area and 760 storage units.

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A model of the proposed building on 7 West 21st Street, New York, NY. Image Credit: MA.com.

Commissioners focused on the building’s sustainability and the proposed parking garage. On January 7, 2015 the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on applications for two special permits for a proposed building at 7 West 21st Street in the Ladies’ Mile Historic District of Manhattan. The proposed building is 185 feet tall, with ground-floor retail and residential units on the upper floors. The permits would allow a waiver of the 150-foot setback requirement and construction of an underground parking garage capable of holding two hundred vehicles.  On October 15, 2013 the Landmarks Preservation Commission granted a Certificate of Appropriateness for the new building.  (See previous CityLand coverage here.)

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