160 E. 91st St. residents are pleading with the adjacent Redeemer Presbyterian Church for more space between certain windows and fire escapes.
An unneighborly feud is roiling East 91st Street, where a 12-story edifice by Redeemer Presbyterian Church is rubbing up against a modest, eight-story brick co-op building.
“I don’t think 5 feet of space so we can have proper air and light is really too much to ask,” said one co-op resident, Manny Gordon. Those apartments “will be rendered completely uninhabitable,” the co-op’s lawyer wrote to the church’s lawyer. “Whatever good deeds are being advanced by the Church, are cold comfort for the residents of the O line.”Studios Architecture / Courtesy of Redeemer East Side.The church maintains that its plans for its East Side outpost are perfectly legal, and its property has no zoning or easement restrictions.
The co-op next door, however, sees no greater good — residents instead see the destruction of their homes and their investments. “I didn’t get a lot of light, but it wasn’t darkness, and if I leaned against the window I could look at the sky,” Forgione said. “Now, I wont be able to tell if it’s day or night.”
“The church has rejected all of our requests and pleas,” he said. “I am looking for their understanding and compassion. It amazes me they are behaving toward us in such an inhumane manner.” Residents also are now dealing with the typical noise and mess of adjacent construction, seen here from above.Meanwhile, the residents contend with the usual construction burdens of noise and mess. The Department of Buildings site shows several recent complaints of loud construction work happening outside of permitted hours and on weekends. “We cannot have peace, even on Saturdays,” Rao said.
A 5-foot reduction would create a drastic impact, the church maintains. And it’s not uncommon, throughout the city, for lot-line or property-line windows — along with views — to be lost to construction. “There is no legal requirement for the development at 150 East 91st Street to provide a side yard, court or other open space along the shared lot line with 160 East 91st Street,” according to Andrew Rudansky, a spokesman for the Department of Buildings. He declined to comment specifically on lawsuits between private parties.
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