Overview

About The Sycamore, 250 East 30th Street

This pleasant and attractive, pale red-brick condominium apartment building at 250 East 30th Street on the southwest corner at Second Avenue was erected in 2003.

It has 80 apartments.

The 14-story building was developed by Kennelly Development Company LLC and Metropolitan Housing Partners, which also developed about the same time a sleek new residential condominium project at 505 Greenwich Street and another new residential condominium project at 25 West Houston Street.

This building was designed by H. Thomas O'Hara. It features numerous corner windows and several setbacks that give it an interesting silhouette.

The lead article in the Sunday New York Times Real Estate Section July 20, 2003 by Dennis Hevesi was devoted to James P. Kennelly, a New York City fireman who was the developer of this building.

Mr. Kennelly, who was cited five times for bravery by the Fire Department, was quoted in the story as stating that "making a rescue is more satisfying than anything I've ever done," adding "it definitely outweighs standing on the corner and looking at my building." Mr. Kennelly, who is stationed with Ladder Company 16 and Engine Company 39 on East 67th Street in Manhattan, learned about this property when a fellow fireman, James Carroll, was interested in acquiring an open-air fruit stand and an adjacent walk-up building with one rent-controlled tenant at this location. When Mr. Carroll's plans did not advance, Mr. Kennelly asked if he could try and he was advanced money to purchase an apartment off-site for the tenant by James Buckley, for whom he had once worked as a dishwasher.    

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