Can the Watchtower sign be replaced? Decision coming soon
Buildings Department opposes new sign on Jehovah's Witnesses' old Brooklyn Heights headquarters
Will the city allow the new owner of the old Brooklyn Heights Watchtower headquarters to replace the letters on the property’s internationally famous sign?
We’ll find out on Nov. 8.
The city Board of Standards and Appeals is scheduled to render a decision that day in Columbia Heights Associates’ legal battle with the city Buildings Department over the replacement of the red electric “Watchtower” sign.
After gracing the rooftop of 30 Columbia Heights for nearly half a century, the iconic sign was removed last year, leaving a void in Brooklyn’s waterfront skyline.