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Landmarks OKs window replacement at 111 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights
Summary
The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved replacement of deteriorated windows on the top two floors of 111 Hicks Street, an Emery Roth apartment hotel, finding the work would be minimally perceptible from the street and improved performance and safety justified the change.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on Jan. 28 approved an application to replace windows on the top two floors of 111 Hicks Street, an Emery Roth–designed apartment hotel built in 1930 in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.
The commission voted 7–0 to grant a certificate of appropriateness for LPC 25-05588 after hearing the applicant say the top floors had formerly served as mechanical space and were being converted for habitable use. Jack Ingers, who identified himself as a prospective resident, said the existing steel windows were damaged and in some cases had been filled with plexiglass. “We’re essentially doing something to make the space inhabitable and both for…
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