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27-Story Tower Proposed for 144 St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn

Renderings have been revealed for a proposed 27-story residential tower at 144 St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by FXCollaborative and ADP Architects and developed by Stretke, the structure is slated to yield 240 units, with 60 permanently dedicated to affordable housing. Plans call for the incorporation of the landmarked Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church into the base of the tower, which would also include ground-floor retail space and a community facility. The property is located at the corner of Felix Street and Hanson Place, within the Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District.

The above and below diagrams detail how the building will rise above the nave of the former church and directly abut the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower to the west. The structure features a multifaceted massing of conjoined rectangular volumes, and will be clad in red brick to match the exterior of the church. Based on the comparison with its 512-foot-tall neighbor, the tower will stand approximately 300 feet tall.

The project site is located directly south of 130 St. Felix Street, the site of a stale proposal also designed by FXCollaborative, pictured below. Currently used as an open-air parking lot, plans for this separate property were initially approved by the City Council and Landmarks Preservation Commission four years ago. However, the project as an affordable condominium development and a space for the Brooklyn Music School never came to fruition.

A vote by Community Board 2’s Land Use Committee will take place on Wednesday November 19 before the design proposal heads to the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

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24-story rental tower above historic Fort Greene church approved by Landmarks

After revising their original proposal, developers won Landmarks Preservation Commission approval Tuesday to build an apartment building on top of a historic Fort Greene church. Developer Stretke, along with architects FXCollaborative and ADP Architects, got the green light for the project at 144 St. Felix Street, which will restore the facade of the landmarked Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church and construct a 24-story tower above it. The developers were asked to address concerns about the building’s height and massing, which the local community board and residents called “inappropriate” for the site and the surrounding Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District. The revised proposal lowered the height by about 30 feet, from 27 stories to 24 stories.

The historic church sits directly next to the landmarked Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower. Designed by Halsey, McCormack and Helmer, the bank was converted into the One Hanson Place condominium in 2006, as 6sqft previously reported.

Constructed in 1931, the Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church was designed in the Neo-Gothic style by the same architectural firm. While the church sits within the BAM Historic District, it is not individually landmarked. Vacant since 2019, the building shows signs of exterior wear and more significant interior deterioration from water damage.

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