Sullivan Street between Broome and Spring Streets
Individual Landmarks and included in the Sullivan-Thompson Historic District
LPC Designation Reports Available in PDF: 83 Sullivan Street; 85 Sullivan Street; Sullivan-Thompson Historic District.
Application is to combine the buildings, construct rooftop and rear yard additions, reconstruct the side and rear facades, and excavate the rear yard.
PDF Presentation Links:
LPC Presentation of 11/25/2025
Community Board Presentation of 11/13/2025
UPCOMING HEARING/MEETING(S):
LPC Public Meeting – TBD
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PAST HEARING/MEETING DATES and DECISIONS
LPC Public Hearing – November 25th, 2025
NO ACTION: Commissioners overall liked the “creative” solution for the glass rear yard addition, but found the overall volume of the rooftop and rear yard additions to overwhelm the buildings. The applicants were asked to reduce the massing of both the rear and rooftop additions. They were also asked to refine the details of the rear addition and reduce it by one floor; and to reconsider the height and visibility of the rooftop addition.
Community Board 2 Meeting – November 13th, 2025
CB Resolution Recommends:
A. Approval of the rebuilding of the masonry of the rear and north facades of 85 and the removal of the extensions; and
B. Denial of the window configuration and modern one pane windows in the rear facade and that the configuration follow historic design of punched double hung windows with tripartite placement and that the windows be historic wooden double-hung design and size; and
C. Denial of the rear extension with its highly visible side walls, astonishingly inappropriate glass walls, balconies, hanging garden plantings and relighting of the rear facade as an artifice; and
D. Approval of the excavation of the new cellar and elevator provided that care is taken to follow engineering principals and regulations with the underpinning for the integrity of adjacent properties and the subject property; and
E. Denial of the street facing entrance to the alley (horse walk) and that it be preserved in the historic manner; and
F. Approval of the front facade restoration, shutters, windows, and doors provided that Commission staff ensure that the details, missing from the presentation at the public meeting, are appropriate; and
G. Denial of the rooftop addition as overly large with a highly visible roof in an inappropriate copper material, and erasing the important distinction of two separate buildings; and
H. That throughout Commission staff verify the appropriateness of details such as materials and colors missing from the public meeting presentation.
I. That the commission take “no action” on the application at this time and instruct the applicant to return to the Community Board Landmarks Committee with a revised application that respects the preservation of these historic houses and affords them the special consideration due any landmark property and especially a pair of individual landmarks.
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.
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