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    New residence OK’d on carriage house block

    Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

    414 Wavery Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

    Carriage-house style building approved after reducing size and visibility of fourth floor. On December 7, 2010, Landmarks approved a modified proposal to develop a new building on a vacant parking lot at 414 Waverly Avenue in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill Historic District. The owner proposed building a four-story two-family residence inspired by the 19th century carriage houses that bookend the lot. The building would be clad in brick and the fourth floor would be set back fifteen feet. At the project’s prior hearings in October and November 2010, Landmarks expressed concern about the size and visibility of the fourth floor. Brooklyn Community Board 2 supported the project.

    At the October hearing, the project’s architect, Jim Hill, said the new building would “keep the rhythm” of the neighboring two- story carriage houses. Hill pointed out that while the building would be taller than its immediate neighbors, it would be similar in size to other buildings on the block and shorter than permissible under the area’s R6B zoning. (read more…)

    Tags : 414 Waverly Ave., Brooklyn Community Board 2, Clinton Hill Historic District, Urban Pioneering Architecture
    Date:02/15/2011
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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