Scarano’s Myrtle Place development is slowly revealing itself. I’m happy that this development is approaching completion because the street level will have retail space and I’m hoping for a pharmacy and a decent grocery store. I wonder if it will be completed by the end of the year. The Scarano website said that it would be completed by November 2006. Clearly they’re a little behind schedule.
Next door there is a mini residential building going up. It’s located at 756 Myrtle and it’s not a Scarano project.   When this small builidng was breaking ground I thought that it was the beginning of the two large 7-story mixed-use buildings that the North East Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation (NEBHDCO) was planning for this block of Myrtle. It looks like it is a separate development altogether. Any idea when NEBHDCO is going to start/complete their development at this site?
HEY ! Dunkin donuts is open
Hey electrigreek! I noticed it was opened yesterday. Too cold today to have a Coolatta, but I’m sure I’ll be over there soon.
I browsed the block for permits and they state that 756 Myrtle is the Scarano project:
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobDetailsServlet?requestid=5&allisn=0001206690
Also, 1 Vernon Ave. is the other development, which looks to be affordable housing:
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobDetailsServlet?requestid=5&allisn=0001208583
Another development, 774, is in the permits too, but it doesnt look to be a NEBHDCo building:
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/WorkPermitDataServlet?allisn=0001647035&allisn2=0001299577&allbin=3822354&requestid=4
My mistake, then. The Vernon Avenue development (you can’t see it in the picture) is behind Myrtle Place and it is nearly complete. That’s the affordable housing building and it is not a bad looking building, either.
So the mini residential building that is in the picture is Scarano too?
That’s strange. What’s holding the NEBHDCO project up?
I don’t think 774, which i think is the mini residential project youre referring to, is a Scarano building from looking at the permits. I saw a different architectural firm’s name (BAC Group) on the permit.