Advocacy group says survey shows Pierhouse project juts into protected view plane
Brooklyn Bridge Park: All is legal
A group working to protect the scenic view from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade says a new land survey has discovered that a 20-foot section of the penthouse apartment atop the Pierhouse project in Brooklyn Bridge Park juts into a protected view plane and has to come down.
State Sen. Daniel Squadron and Councilmember Stephen Levin delivered the survey, carried out by Arek Surveying PC in Valley Stream and commissioned by the advocacy group Save The View Now (STVN), to the commissioner of the Department of Buildings (DOB) on Friday.
STVN says the survey shows that “the Penthouse apartment on the top of the building on Parcel B in the Pier 1 development site in Brooklyn Bridge Park extends almost 20 feet into the Scenic View Plane. This significant intrusion into the SV-1 protected area is an egregious violation by Toll Brothers and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp.”