200 (probably short-term) truck parking spots open in Harlem neighborhood
200 truck parking spots at the moment are accessible in New York Metropolis due to the opening of a brand new truck cease this week.
The truck cease formally opened on Wednesday, January 18th in Harlem, New York Metropolis, New York.
Based on Patch Information, the placement will be discovered at West 145th Road between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. The opening has been considerably controversial, as a housing improvement was slated to be constructed close to the realm, however has since been rejected.
“At present, as a substitute of celebrating the development of 917 models of desperately wanted housing in Harlem and NYC’s first ever Geo-Thermal Inexperienced Power District, which might have drastically decreased carbon emissions locally, we’re reluctantly commencing with Plan B that begins with a truck depot,” mentioned developer Bruce Teitelbaum.
“Sadly, our different as-of-right-now choices that make enterprise sense are extraordinarily restricted and, till the positioning is vacant, even these plans usually are not sensible,” he added. “This is the reason we’ve got to begin with the truck on the vacant portion of the positioning as we proceed to plan for the long run.”
It’s at the moment unclear how everlasting the truck cease can be. Teitelbaum says that he’s nonetheless trying to find “appropriate and permissible choices” for the positioning aside from a truck cease. These could embrace a self-storage facility, market charge leases or luxurious condominiums.
