Finally, something is happening at the shuttered Odessa restaurant and food shop on Brighton Beach Avenue. Odessa was one closing mystery I never solved, but I never asked around. Last night I spotted a sidewalk shed in front of the two storefronts as well as Pat Singer's community center, the Chinese food place and the corner Cute Nail shop, which means that the entire lot will undergo some sort of change. Strangely, from what I saw Pat Singer's shop is blocked with plywood; only the food and nail place are accessible.
The DOB page states the following:
Alteration Type 1 - Construction equipment fence proposed 3rd and 4th floors vertical enlargement. Convert second and partial of first floor to ambulatory diagnostic and treatment health care facilities use group 4. Change use, egress and occupancy as per plan.
It doesn't specify the number of storefronts to be converted. While I don't necessarily mind the increased height, I'm not in favor of a health facility addition, given that we already have the ugly 4-story Dr. Abboud's office further down the block with unfinished cinder block walls visible when pulling into the Brighton Beach train station on the B or Q.
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