East 7th Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue A
East Village/Lower East Side Historic District

LPC Designation Report: Available as PDF.

Application is to construct a rooftop addition, excavate a subcellar, alter the façade and remove the stairs, and remove and modify special windows and doors, religious
iconography, and ironwork.

PDF presentation links:
Community Board Presentation of 4/16/2025
LPC Presentation (Pending)

UPCOMING HEARING/MEETING(S):

LPC Public Hearing – February 24th, 2026 – time TBA
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  • To register to speak virtually (via Zoom) or in person, click HERE. There is a three-minute time limit per person for spoken testimony.
  • To submit written testimony of any length, email it to testimony@lpc.nyc.gov by 12:00 noon on the Monday before the hearing. Click HERE for suggested testimony guidelines from Village Preservation.
  • Members of the public have the option to attend the hybrid hearing virtually or in person. LPC hearings are held at 253 Broadway, 2nd Floor. To watch the hearing livestream on YouTube, click HERE. LPC recommends that you start watching approx. one hour prior to the posted time, in case of schedule changes. If you are planning to testify, you will need to join on Zoom when the item is announced, via the link found on this site: https://www.nyc.gov/site/lpc/hearings/hearings.page

NOTE: Public attendance and testimony are welcome, and a public hearing/meeting is often the last opportunity for public comment. Following the hearing, the Commission will officially vote to approve or deny the application, or ask that the applicant return at a later date with revisions.

**All information and timings are subject to change. Items can sometimes be postponed (laid over) for a future date. Check back here or sign up to receive notifications for this project.

PAST HEARING/MEETING DATES and DECISIONS

Manhattan Community Board 3 Meeting – April 16th, 2025
CB3 recommends approval with the following stipulations:
– That the original window configuration on the front façade be retained, including the double-hung windows with transoms and the stained glass windows (which may be replicated, if necessary); and
– That the railing on the roof of the addition be made of metal, painted black, to minimize its visibility; and
– That the stoop be retained (if at all possible) to maintain the building’s original façade and with the request that alternatives for meeting ADA access to the building be studied; and
– Denial of the recessed balconies on the residential floors, as well as the recessed entrance at the street level, which are inconsistent with the historic façade and therefore inappropriate.

Please note: At this time, all LPC public hearings and meetings are hybrid. Members of the public may participate in person at the LPC Hearing Room, 253 Broadway, Second Floor, or virtually via Zoom and YouTube. For a video tutorial on how to participate virtually, click HERE.

View the video after a LPC hearing concludes: Videos of past LPC Hearings and Meetings can be found on their YouTube page. The LPC posts these videos about a week after the presentation. Videos include the applicant’s presentation, public testimony (for hearings only), and deliberation by the LPC commissioners.

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