People ex rel. Boyd v. Walsh

Levy, J.:

The relator is the owner of premises Nos. 173-177 West Eighty-ninth street in the borough of Manhattan, wherein is located a public stable which he seeks to alter into a public garage for the storage of more than five motor vehicles, in a so-called business district. On the same street there is also a public school. His application for permission to make this alteration was denied by the superintendent of buildings of the borough of Manhattan, on the ground that the proposed change would be violative of section 20 of the Building Zone Resolution, as amended, which, as interpreted by…