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RACOONS
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Est. 1938
the development site in
2015 . “They had done preliminary
ground testing and stuff,
but after that, there was nothing.
So, we’re in the dark as to
what’s going on.”
The residents aren’t the
only ones clamoring for construction
updates — Key Food
staffers are also still anxiously
awaiting to hear when
their meal tickets will be up,
according to a manager of the
Fifth Avenue outpost.
“We have never been given
a closing date,” said the manager,
who refused to provide
her name. “We’re kind of waiting
for information from the
person who bought the property.”
But Avery Hall honchos expect
to break ground “soon,”
according to company spokeswoman
Maya Kremen, who
said the fi rm is still obtaining
all necessary permits from
the city, and could not provide
a more specifi c date when construction
will begin.
“We intend to commence
construction as soon as is
practical after we get approvals,”
Kremen said.
The deal the developer
struck with the locals to win
their support for its project
requires the complex include
a grocery store run by operators
on a pre-approved list that
excludes pricier brands such
as Eataly and Whole Foods.
And in exchange, community
members gave their okay
for Avery Hall to build a complex
slightly higher than the
lot’s zoning regulations allow.
The two buildings will include
some 164 apartments between
them — 41 of which will be below
market-rate — and must
still be signed off on by the
city.
It’s unclear exactly what
additional permits the developer
is waiting on, after offi -
cials in September approved a
round of key applications that
included new-building, plumbing,
and excavation permits,
according to records, which
do not show any approved permits
for demolition work at
the site.
Avery Hall reps are contractually
required to provide
updates to the community
group it previously negotiated
with, including advance
notice of demolition and construction
work, according to
Kremen, who said the developer
will continue to keep locals
informed as the process
moves forward.
came in contact with a raccoon
at the corner of Greenwood
Avenue and E. Third
Street on Nov. 25, and contacted
a Parks Department
worker after noticing the animal
walking around in circles.
But the local did not stick
around to see if the agency attended
to the critter, she said.
And another extremely
ill raccoon showed up on the
sidewalk outside of an Ocean
Parkway apartment building
between Church Avenue
and Beverly Road the evening
of Nov. 7, according to a resident,
who said the animal had
trouble standing and left piles
of either diarrhea, vomit, or
both in its wake.
“You could tell it was in a
lot of distress,” said Stephanie
Carman.
Carman’s neighbor made
several 311 and 911 calls seeking
aid from the city following
the raccoon sighting, which
resulted in police doing one
lap of her block in a patrol car
without stopping, she said.
The next day, Carman
spotted the animal in the
front courtyard of a nearby
building and, assuming it was
dead, said she called the Department
of Sanitation, where
workers allegedly told her the
agency would only dispose of
the carcass if she ferried it to
a public sidewalk.
But the raccoon showed
signs of life after she hung
up with the Sanitation Department,
so Carman said
she reached out to Animal
Care and Control — where
she claimed reps didn’t return
her call — before contacting
911, whose operators
dispatched another patrol car
to the scene. But the cops that
arrived claimed they couldn’t
fi nd the beast, Carman said.
“The police did come, and
basically said they never saw
him, although my suspicion
is they didn’t do a lot of work
to try and fi nd him,” she said.
Another neighbor, however,
claimed to have an even
harder time getting the city
— which encourages locals
to call 311 about any sick raccoons
spotted on public or private
property, and to call the
cops if an animal gets aggressive
— to address the wayward
animal.
“I called 311 and they
said, ‘Tough s---,’ ” said Joselyn
Muhleisen. “Basically,
if we wanted a sick raccoon
removed we needed to hire a
private service or to leave it
alone.”
And Carman, who said the
raccoon was gone the morning
after she asked the Sanitation
Department and police
to retrieve it, blasted offi cials
for being so unconcerned
about animals that she said
pose serious health risks to
local humans and their canines.
“I put in a lot of efforts
on behalf of my dog, and my
neighbor’s dogs, but this is
the city’s problem,” she said.
“I don’t understand how they
don’t care about a publichealth
crisis.”
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ON THE LOOSE: Locals spotted
this sick raccoon in front of an
Ocean Parkway building on Nov. 7.
Stephanie Carman