Permits filed for six-story development on old Pipin’s site

A new mixed-use development is coming to Bay Ridge.

According to YIMBY, new building applications have been filed for a six-story, mixed-use building at 9701 Third Avenue, the former site of Pipin’s Pub – a decades-old Ridge mainstay that sat at the corner of 97^th Street and Third Avenue for more than 45 years and, late last year, relocated to an interim location to allow for construction.

Reports say that, if given the green light, the new development would include 20 apartments across 23,154 square feet of residential space, as well as a 3,200-square-foot restaurant or bar on the ground floor with four condo-sized units on the other four floors.

Pipin’s, a longstanding Ridge watering hole and multi-generational family business poured its final pints at the end of last summer with the intent to later reopen in the freshly remodeled space. While nothing is set in stone just yet, co-owner Stephen Oliver told this paper that — as of now — that intent is still there.

“Things are in place,” said Oliver, who owns and operates the establishment alongside family members Anthony Bartholomeo and Paul Pandolfi. “We still have every intention to bring Pipin’s back there.”

The question now, he said, is what will happen to the eatery’s new 91^st Street location down the road.

“There seems to be a little buzz there,” he said, noting that he and his team are just taking things day by day. “It’s a great location that’s been doing really well, and the vibes have been good overall. We’re going to have to figure some things out, but we still have every intent to move back to that corner.”

The multi-million dollar development – which would also encompass the space next door to Pipin’s, a long vacant site that once was occupied by J.T.’s Restaurant – would be overseen by Bensonhurst-based developer Adam Friedman of Interboro Management, and Staten Island architect Tony Sayad.

“We were offered a good amount of money to leave,” Oliver told this paper last summer, “but my family agreed that Pipin’s should stay there, and that we want to keep it on that corner.”

The development would also include outdoor parking for two cars and an eight-car garage underground, YIMBY reported, as well as a roof deck and rear yard for residents.

Pipin’s is currently operating out of a pop-up location at 9023 Third Avenue.