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Commission hears mixed testimony on proposal behind State Street garage facade; public hearing closed
Summary
A long-running proposal to keep the 1939 garage facade at 38 State Street while building new multifamily condominiums behind it drew mixed testimony at an LPC public hearing; the hearing was closed and commissioners asked the applicant to refine details and the relationship between the historic facade and the new building.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission on June 17 held a public hearing on an application to demolish most of a two‑story garage behind its 1939 street-facing facade at 38 State Street in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District and to construct a new five-story residential building behind that preserved screen wall.
Bridal Coburn and the project team described a design that retains the existing brick garage facade and sets a new building back 10 feet behind it, creating a planted forecourt and individual ground‑floor entrances to five maisonette-style units. The new building would be clad in brick with a…
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