Sweater Factory Lofts
239 Banker Street | Greenpoint | built 1915
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 2009
The Department of Buildings vacates the Sweater Factory at 239 Banker Street
The former factory, used as residential lofts, had a record of zoning violations as a transient hotel, no certificate of occupancy, stop work orders and a $5,000 fine. On the afternoon of September 24, 2009, the Department of Buildings vacated it, with an order stating that occupancy was perilous to life. The Red Cross helped find housing for displaced tenants.
Source: brownstoner.com
- 2012
An application for Loft Law protection is filed for 239 Banker Street
By April 2012 the building had seen several forced evacuations because it lacked approval for residential use, yet agents kept marketing apartments there, including on Craigslist. Blogger Miss Heather noted that someone had filed for protection under the Loft Law. Eligibility required three or more families to have lived there independently for 12 consecutive months between 2008 and 2009, yet the Department of Buildings had vacated the building on September 24, 2009.
Source: brownstoner.com
- 2012
The Sweater Factory building sells to JL Take Two LLC for $9.1 million
In May 2012 Brownstoner reported that the former sweater factory at 239 Banker Street had changed hands, with JL Take Two LLC paying $9.1 million. The post described a well-known commercial building that allegedly housed residents illegally, and said it was unclear whether the buyer was a developer. Apartments were still being marketed as rentals, and tenants had recently applied for Loft Law protection.
Source: brownstoner.com
- 2012
The Department of Buildings says it will work with the Loft Board to try to legalize the Sweater Factory Lofts
In December 2012 Brownstoner relayed a New York Times report that the building might be allowed to rent for residential use under the amended loft law. Tenants had filed for protection that year, and the pending application shielded both tenants and the landlord. A Department of Buildings spokesperson said the agency would work with the loft board to try to legalize conditions, and many tenants wanted to stay because of the low rents.
Source: brownstoner.com
- 2019
The former sweater factory, now a 69-unit rental building, sells for $33 million
In October 2019 Greenpointers reported, citing The Real Deal, that Workable City Development and Rabina Properties had paid $33 million for 239 Banker Street, a former sweater factory that had become a 69-unit rental building. The building had last changed hands about three years earlier for $10.9 million, when an LLC managed by Joseph Brunner bought it.
Source: greenpointers.com
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