Stop the Finger Building... Yet Again.
STOP THE FINGER BUILDING
One More Time!
One More Time!
Public Hearing
Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA)
Tuesday, November 18th
10:00 AM
Join Your Neighbors And Speak Out!
(It's probably your last chance since the case might close)
Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA)
Tuesday, November 18th
10:00 AM
Join Your Neighbors And Speak Out!
(It's probably your last chance since the case might close)
Ask the BSA, “Protect our community and order the Department of Buildings to enforce the zoning laws rather than working to ensure a windfall for a developer operating in bad faith.”
Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG), the People's Firehouse, and several community residents are appealing the Dept of Building's (DoB) decision regarding the validity of the permit for the "Finger Building” (located at 144 North 8th St between N 7th and N 8th and Bedford and Berry).
Although the building is 10 stories tall right now, the DoB has NOT revoked the permit that allows the developer to more than double the current height!!
The Brooklyn DoB Commissioner wrote that the permit is valid because the architect, Robert Scarano, and the developer, Mendel Brach, "BELIEVED" they could use the neighboring roofs for the required "open space". Yet every related legal document (easements, etc.) expressly disallows the use of those rooftops.
The bottom line is that the DOB should insure that the building complies with zoning laws rather than the beliefs of self-interested developers.
40 Rector St., 6th Floor: Hearing Room E
(Take the #1/ W/R train to Rector St. or the 4/5 trains to Wall St in Manhattan)
Call NAG at (718) 384-2248 for more information.
Labels: finger building
posted by mike at
12:56 PM
2 Comments:
I don't really get it. Why fight it. Would you rather it just sit there being the disgusting mess it is forever? I just want it finished. I don't care how big or small it is!!!
Trust me, we want it finished too. If they want to comply with the new zoning, they can apply for a permit and do so now. There is also a very important point to be made that developers need to comply with the letter of the law and not evade it based on what they "believe to be true".
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