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# Court Dismisses Community Group’s Case Against Pierhouse Development
- URL: https://bklyner.com/court-dismisses-community-groups-case-pierhouse-development/
- Published: 2018-01-02T17:53:05.000Z
- Updated: 2018-01-02T17:53:05.000Z
- Author: Pamela Wong
- Tags: Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Real Estate, 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Heights, Joanne Witty, PIerhouse, Save the View Now, Toll Brothers, #wp

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The New York State of Appeals Court dismissed [Save the View Now](https://www.facebook.com/savetheviewnow/)‘s case against the developers of the Pierhouse complex on Wednesday, December 27.

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1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)

The community group, fighting to preserve views of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, filed a lawsuit against the Park and Toll Brothers, the developers of the Pierhouse development, according to [Brownstoner](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/brooklyn-bridge-park-pierhouse-appeal-case-dismissed/?ref=bklyner.com). The development located at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 includes the [“eco-luxury” 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge (60 Furman Street) and the Pierhouse condos (90 Furman Street)](/members-soho-house-joins-high-end-hotel-condos-dumbo/).

Problems arose when the Pier 1 project was almost done, according to [Joanne Witty](/a-dying-waterfront-transformed-digging-into-the-history-of-brooklyn-bridge-park/), who has worked on the development of Brooklyn Bridge Park for nearly two decades and penned [*Brooklyn Bridge Park: A Dying Waterfront Transformed*](https://www.amazon.com/Brooklyn-Bridge-Park-Waterfront-Transformed/dp/0823273571/?ref=bklyner.com). Due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy along the waterfront park, bulkheads containing the mechanicals and generators for 1 Hotel had to be placed up on the building’s roof—exceeding by 30 feet a 100 feet height cap agreed upon years earlier between the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation and the Brooklyn Heights community in an effort[ to preserve views of the Bridge from the Promenade](https://nyti.ms/1yTEUGe?ref=bklyner.com).

Save the View Now filed a lawsuit against the developers in April 2015 over the increased height of the hotel, arguing that the 30 additional feet partially obstruct views of the Brooklyn Bridge, [The Real Deal](https://therealdeal.com/2017/12/29/appeals-court-rules-against-group-opposed-to-pierhouse-hotel/?ref=bklyner.com) reports. In June 2015, the NYS Supreme Court dismissed the case, ruling that the group missed the four-month statue of limitations in filing its lawsuit, according to [Brooklyn Daily Eagle](http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/12/28/heights-group-fighting-save-view-brooklyn-bridge-loses-its-appeal?ref=bklyner.com).

Save the View Now filed an appeal in October 2017, according to the Eagle, which the NYS Appeals Court ruled against last week.