To meet the city's expectation of demolition by the end of January, Arwood Waste Inc. applied for a permit to take down Fire Station No. 5 in Brooklyn.
Arwood Waste applied Jan. 15 to demolish the 110-year-old station and remove the debris at 347 Riverside Ave. at a project cost of $42,500.
The two-story station comprises 6,984 square feet of interior space and 6,342 square feet of unenclosed area, according to the permit application.
Arwood Waste is a subcontractor of Warden Construction, which has the contract for the demolition.
The Downtown Investment Authority sought buyers to relocate the property with DIA assistance, but received no responses.
DIA CEO Lori Boyer said it would cost about $500,000 to move the station a few blocks, based on a mover's estimate.
A city spokesman said previously demolition would be completed by the end of January.
The fire station, which is not designated as historic, is in the path of the planned realignment of Forest Street across Riverside Avenue.
The realignment is designed to improve access to Sidney J. Gefen Riverwalk Park and to the riverfront headquarters to be built for Fidelity National Information Services Inc. at 323 Riverside Ave.
The station was used until 2008, when the city relocated the service to 234 Forest St.