Middle Village construction fence hosts painting & permits

Recently, yours truly came across a painting on a construction fence covered with DOB permits within the friendly confines of Middle Village. Well, this was certainly a new one! So, let's look into it.

The fence stands around what was the former site of a recessed bungalow-style house and a garage which were both torn down.

It's sure looking great now! What a boon to the neighborhood. That fence permit expired about a month ago, but there are no plans filed to do any further work at this site. Surely the local rodent population is grateful for the new habitat provided.

Greater Allen AME Church operating for 20 years without a C of O?

Well here's an interesting tidbit for ya...

The Greater Allen AME Cathedral and Conference Center (the church is also a major developer) in Jamaica has, according to online DOB records, been operating without a certificate of occupancy. They had a temporary one back in 1998 but it quickly expired.

The above list shows why they have yet to obtain a permanent C of O. (Yikes!)

This shows what they still need to file to become legit.

Filed in 1995, approved in 2017? At this rate they'll have their certificate sometime in 2050.

For those of you who aren't familiar with this church, it's run by former Congress Member Floyd Fake...er, Flake.

Does anyone inspect scaffolding?

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