Fort Greene community group sues Landmarks Preservation Commission
Objects to plans for new 24-story building
Preserve BAMs Historic District (PBHD) attorney Michael Gruen recently filed a petition in New York State Supreme Court on behalf of 52 plaintiffs against the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The issue, according to PBHD, was the decision by the LPC to permit the construction of a 24-story skyscraper on a street comprised of mostly three- and four-story 19th century rowhouses.
The site in question, at 130 St. Felix St., is within the BAM Historic District, which was established in 1978. “The commission’s own Designation Report stresses that the essential character of the district rests on its mid-19th century modest row housing,” a statement by PBHD says.