Creamer v. Young

This is a proceeding brought pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to review and annul a determination of the respondent Board of Appeals and to direct the respondent Building Inspector to issue a permit which would allow the petitioner to place a one-family residence on a parcel of land owned by him. The pertinent facts are that in 1924 a Mr. and Mrs. Mooney purchased two lots known as lots 66 and 67 in Block 449, Section 55, on the Tax Map of the Town of Hempstead. The combined plot has a frontage of 52.04 feet on the south side of Centennial Avenue and a frontage of 137.18 feet…