When the City Council signed off on the rezoning of Clinton Hill and Fort Greene last week, the most high-profile project that was halted for not having its foundation complete was 163 Washington Avenue. At the time, two other sites of greatest concern were 122 Adelphi Street (top) and 97 Grand Avenue (bottom), both of which had received approval for 11-story towers. We went by this week to check them out there were certainly not any Stop Work Orders posted—nor are there any listed on line. The Greenpoint Star, which actually called up DOB and got a list of which projects in the area vested and which are going to have to play by the new rules, confirmed that both towers are able to proceed. By far the most worrisome of the two is 122 Adelphi, which will tower over the low-rise block and dwarf the beautiful mid-19th-century woodframe house next door. Particularly frustrating was the fact that DOB gave the developer a special permit to work over the weekend right before the rezoning vote, allowing him to slip under the wire. “It’s offensive that an agency could be so insensitive to the sentiments of the community,” said Enid Braun, a resident who’s been trying to fight the project since it was first announced back in 2004. Offensive indeed.

120 Adelphi Street: GMAP P*Shark DOB
97 Grand Avenue: GMAP P*Shark DOB
163 Washington Misses Zoning Cut-Off [Brownstoner]
Council OKs Three Rezonings and One Landmarking [Brownstoner]
The Very Vest of Ft. Greene/Clinton HIll [Ledger Star]
The Very Vest of Ft. Greene/Clinton HIll [Greenpoint Star]