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Greenwich Village homeowner seeks LPC permit for stoop gate at 42 Jane Street
Summary
A homeowner at 42 Jane Street asked the Landmarks Committee for permission to install a decorative stoop gate, citing repeated trespassing and sanitation problems; the committee raised questions about width and self-closing hardware and approved the application without objection.
Jesus Toro, representing the owner of 42 Jane Street, asked Manhattan Community Board 2’s Landmarks Committee to recommend that the Landmark Preservation Commission permit a small stoop gate at the house’s front entrance.
The homeowner told the committee the property’s stoop has been repeatedly used by people sleeping, smoking and leaving trash and human waste. "We are asking to the Landmark Preservation Commission for permit to install a small stop gate at front of the property," Jesus Toro said, adding the gate would follow the building’s historic ironwork alignments.
The applicant showed historic photographs and examples of other approved stoop gates in the district and presented drawings and dimensions (the proposed width was described in the presentation as about 94 inches). Committee members asked practical questions about operation and public right-of-way impact. A committee member expressed concern that the proposed post-to-post opening is “exceptionally wide” and asked whether the gates are self-closing; the applicant said the hardware would be set to close automatically.
In business session the committee reported no sustained objections and moved to approve the application without reservation.
The committee’s approval is a recommendation to the Landmark Preservation Commission; the transcript does not record an LPC decision.
