But the approval came with some trepidation about the finances of the project and the relationship between the church and the crooked, twisting residential building rising next to it.
The building, already under construction, will stand next to the St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, which is an individual landmark.
Less than a year after the opening of its titular park, the second building on the Domino mega-project site developing along the Williamsburg waterfront is quickly rising.
Brooklynites who fled Williamsburg and Bushwick to avoid the 15-month L-train closure are enraged over Cuomo’s last-minute decision to call off the plan that many say forced them to uproot their whole lives, Brownstoner sister pub Brooklyn Paper writes.
This duplex condo has windows galore in the living room and two bedrooms, with stairs leading up to the second bedroom with a terrace and a roof deck.
Designed by Fogarty Finger Architects, the mixed-use building at 277 South 5th Street will sit behind and shadow the long-standing bank.
She has owned the property -- in one of Williamsburg's most iconic loft conversions -- for only a few months.
Tall doors and white oak floors maximize the natural light, while thermally treated casement windows minimize the cold winter drafts.
In just two months, designer Jae Joo helped the new owners of a onetime industrial loft in Williamsburg pull together relaxed decor with a bohemian edge.
The new seven-story building on Borinquen Place will have parking and retail.
