Walking by the corner of 122nd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue this past weekend, we noticed that there was some activity at the abandoned gas station on the corner where the avenue intersects with FDB/8th Avenue. The top photo shows one of the underground gasoline tank with its round cap exposed revealed by workers who are in the process of removing it. A reader mentioned that the site was being eyeballed by the developers of nearby new condo complex 2280 FDB as a possible location for their next big project. Current DOB papers show no change in land use based on excavating of the tanks so the big question now seems be on the reason the tanks are being removed at this point in time. Anyone with an insider tip? The nearest subway to this location is the A,B,C,D trains at 125th Street. Photos by Ulysses
Walking by the corner of 122nd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue this past weekend, we noticed that there was some activity at the abandoned gas station on the corner where the avenue intersects with FDB/8th Avenue. The top photo shows one of the underground gasoline tank with its round cap exposed revealed by workers who are in the process of removing it. A reader mentioned that the site was being eyeballed by the developers of nearby new condo complex 2280 FDB as a possible location for their next big project. Current DOB papers show no change in land use based on excavating of the tanks so the big question now seems be on the reason the tanks are being removed at this point in time. Anyone with an insider tip? The nearest subway to this location is the A,B,C,D trains at 125th Street. Photos by Ulysses
The tanks most likely are leaking and have to be removed. There has been a Filling Station on that spot for over 5 years and was on of the better landmarks when giving instruction coming to that area of Harlem.
ReplyDeletethe guy who did 2280 fdb is planning to raze the station and the adjoining parking garage and put a 14 story building there -- from my electrician
ReplyDeleteWas asking the missus the same question a few days ago when we walked past. This entire neighborhood all the way over to Lenox is really coming on leaps and bounds. Very encouraging.
ReplyDeleteThe deconstruction of the garage and the station is a shame. They have been there for over 50 years. Another Harlem point of interest gone from the Harlem fabric.
ReplyDeleteA Shell station is a Harlem point of interest? Really? There's another Shell station just two or three blocks from this one. 14 stories...is that height even allowed?
ReplyDeleteSankofa is right that the gasoline tanks are being removed because they had been leeching benzene tainted gasoline into the ground water that supplies our drinking water in Harlem.
ReplyDeleteGiven the glut of condos opening up along Frederick Douglass Boulevard, no developer would consider starting a new condo project in Harlem in 2011, not even a Futterman! Besides no bank would lend him the money and Hans Futterman will probably be in jail with his dad Lewis Futterman later this year.