Remember that oyster bar that restaurant entrepreneur Jim Mamary wanted to open on Hoyt Street and that neighbors bitterly protested? Community Board 6 approved the application for the liquor license, as part of a fight that became exceptionally bitter and personal. The Hoyt Street Alliance kept fighting the decision. Work started on the bar, but the Department of Buildings stepped in and slapped a Stop Work Order on the site finally deciding that it violated zoning. (At one point, the owners suggested they’d use the building to house chickens if things didn’t go their way.) Things have stood this way for a while, and yesterday, local blogger PMFA walked by and determined the oyster bar is finished. The property is back on the market. She writes:

I am happy to report that no chickens were sighted as of yesterday, but the space is now being marketed for rent by the Carroll Gardens Realty. If the zoning is Use Group 4, only Community Facility usage is allowed. This would include educational, recreational, religious, health or other essential services for the community it serves. No bars, no restaurants….

And so goes the Hoyt Street Oyster Bar Dream.