The entryway cover of the new tower being built at 172 Montague Street has some residents concerned that it might be jutting out too far onto the sidewalk. Current construction staging looks to be creating an illusion of a larger structure than the renderings (photo) suggest.
Brooklyn Eagle: Replacing the Eamon Doran buildings–a pair of formerly-adjacent two-story structures that housed a bar and a gift cards store–the new development does not fall within either of the area’s landmarked districts, and even received additional air rights from the contiguous Remsen Street properties behind it, giving it the green light to shoot up into the sky. But protruding into the public sidewalk at its forefront is another matter, potentially blocking the flow of pedestrians in a crowded area…
…A local zoning map appears to list the property as falling under the Special Downtown Brooklyn District, which establishes special height and setback regulations that would presumably forbid the property from protruding as it now does. Those regulations include a requirement that many (but not all) properties be set back “10 feet from a ‘wide street’ line and at least 15 feet from a ‘narrow street’ line.”
