Brooklyn Heights

Co-Op Building Being Advertised as Development Site at 161 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights

1:00 pm on April 30, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The co-op board comprising 20 units representing the seven-story, 20,000 square-foot building at 159-161 Remsen Street, in Brooklyn Heights, has placed the property on the market for $30 million. Per The Real Deal, the building is being advertised as a development site, and demolishing the existing structure would allow a new 45,000 square foot structure. The building was converted to residential use in 1982.

Pier 1 development, project in question on the right

Work Set to Resume at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 Building After Minor Height Adjustment

6:45 am on February 20, 2015 By Stephen Smith

Late last month, we reported that work was halted at the southern building at the Pier 1 site at Brooklyn Bridge Park, over concerns that the project’s 55-foot height infringed on the Brooklyn Heights Scenic…

Construction Update: 172 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights

6:00 am on February 12, 2015 By Stephen Smith

Through a combination of history and privilege, Brooklyn Heights has ensconced itself in a near complete NIMBY shield. The bulk of the neighborhood, the residential part, became one of the city’s first historic districts in 1965, just…

Revealed: 153 Remsen Street, 19-Story Residential Tower Coming to Brooklyn Heights

6:30 am on February 3, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

The first permits for 153 Remsen Street were filed with the DOB last May, and now YIMBY has the reveal for the 19-story residential tower, designed by S9/Perkins Eastman, and located in Brooklyn Heights. Filings for the…

46 Old Fulton Street, image from Dumbo NYC

Apartments at 46 Old Fulton Street Legalized in Dumbo

3:00 pm on February 2, 2015 By Stephen Smith

In late 2013, the owner of a four-story building at 46 Old Fulton Street, technically on the Brooklyn Heights side of the street but with Dumbo-esque view of the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, put the…

Work Halted at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 Over Height Questions

7:00 am on January 28, 2015 By Stephen Smith

Early in Bloomberg’s term as mayor, a deal was struck to give Brooklyn Heights a new park. Rather than fund it out of the general budget – which might have been seen as unfair to…

Landmarks Approves New Commercial Building at 20 Old Fulton Street, in Brooklyn

6:30 am on November 26, 2014 By Evan Bindelglass

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That has to be your motto when you go before the Landmarks Preservation Commission, which Tuesday approved a new building for 20 Old Fulton Street, which…

Asymptote Architecture's rendering for the new Brooklyn Bridge Park tower

YIMBY Today: More LIC Rezoning, Journal Square Residential Development, More

1:00 pm on August 8, 2014 By Reid Wilson

5 Atlantic Avenue [DNAinfo New York]: Developer Brooklyn Bridge Park has received 14 unique proposals for their planned towers — roughly 31 and 15 stories — located at 5 Atlantic Avenue on Pier 6, in Brooklyn Heights….

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