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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is looking into the outcry over the height of the Pierhouse hotel, aka 1Hotel, at 60 Furman Street in Brooklyn Bridge Park. (The building, as we were the first to report, has a 30-foot bulkhead on the roof that violates a 2005 community agreement on height and is blocking part of the view of the Brooklyn Bridge that agreement sought to protect. Just to clarify, the building is not blocking the special legally protected Brooklyn Heights Scenic View.) Earlier this month he sent a letter to Brooklyn Bridge Park President Regina Myer requesting more information about some technical points related to the height of the building.

“We are pleased that after extensive review, the Borough President’s office has joined with our other local elected officials in questioning why the Pierhouse has been allowed to grow well beyond the height limits originally agreed to with the public,” Save The View Now founder Steven Guterman told us in an email. “At this time we want Mayor de Blasio to take corrective action so the iconic views of the Brooklyn Bridge are restored.”

Adams and three other local elected officials have seats on the park board. So does Mayor de Blasio. In fact, he has the controlling vote with 13 seats, Guterman said.

One other interesting development: Save The View Now says that the building is actually 144 feet tall at its tallest point (including all bulkheads, etc.), not 130, and certainly not the circa-100 feet of the old Cold Storage Warehouse that used to occupy the site.

Above, 90 Furman and 60 Furman under construction in late January. (The hotel is the portion of the development closest to the bridge.) Please click through to read the letter.

We have reached out to a Brooklyn Bridge Park spokesperson for comment, and will update here when we hear back.

Pierhouse Coverage [Brownstoner]

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  1. LOL – Eric Adams! Yeah, I’m sure his ‘looking into it’ is going to make a HUGE difference. In any event, I agree with miserable1971, just let it go already! You cant preserve every view in New York City! What is the big deal? We have SO MANY big issues in this City that get ignored… Now politicos are going to glob onto this mess?

  2. Upon review of the agreement to preserve the view of the Brooklyn Bridge, they’ll probably discover that it did not include recent building code changes particularly to construction along the water front. Just let it go. If you want to see the bridge..just walk closer. To prevent things like this from happening in the future, the community group should assign a special ar architect to oversee the plans and day to day construction.