Demolition looms at a Schermerhorn Street site where hotel construction is planned
A ‘sliver building’ will likely replace a Downtown Brooklyn townhouse
The owner of a four-story Downtown Brooklyn townhouse plans to start demolishing it soon as a prelude to high-rise hotel construction.
“The Department of Buildings has approved a permit for the demolition of the existing building,” a spokesperson for AWH Partners, the owner of 88 Schermerhorn St., told the Brooklyn Eagle. “We are finalizing details and hope to begin that work in the coming weeks.”
The lot at 88 Schermerhorn St. is just 33 feet wide, and the property’s zoning allows a 26-story building to be constructed on it. That means AWH Partners could construct a sliver building, so called because it’s tall and skinny.