Judge partially halts construction of Pierhouse project in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Save the View Now initiates lawsuit; BBP calls group’s claims ‘spurious’
The preservationist group Save the View Now announced on Thursday that a Brooklyn judge has issued a partial Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on the Pierhouse development at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, pending the outcome of a lawsuit the group filed on Tuesday.
Steven Guterman, who heads the group, said the TRO issued by state Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Knipel temporarily halts work on the penthouse section of the shorter residential building known as Parcel B, at 130 Furman St.
Save the View Now says in its complaint that both sections of the hotel/residential project are taller than originally promised, partially blocking the view of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Promenade.
The height limits were negotiated by the Brooklyn Heights Association and preservationist Otis Pearsall, among others, in 2005.