Council candidate threatens lawsuit over Greenpoint high-rises
How high is too high? When it comes to residential construction in Brooklyn, the answer depends on where the apartment house in being built.
Plans by developers to construct two 40-story luxury condo buildings on the waterfront in Greenpoint have come under fire from residents and civic activists in that community, who charged that the new high-rise structures, to be called Greenpoint Landing and 77 Commercial Street, will bring too many new residents to an already crowded neighborhood and strain the infrastructure and transportation system.
Stephen Pierson, a candidate in the Democratic primary for the City Council seat in the neighborhood, threatened to file a lawsuit to try to block the developments from moving forward. Pierson said he will push to have the building caped at 15 or 20 stories.