Landmarks Approves Demolition Of 200 Montague Street

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved updated designs for 200 Montague Street on Tuesday after previously telling the project architects to revise their plans.

LPC Commissioners instructed the architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle to design “more of a statement building,” at the initial presentation in March, Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported.

Back in February, the Brooklyn Community Board 2 Executive Committee unanimously approved development firm Midtown Equities‘ plan to demolish 200 Montague Street—the former site of an HSBC branch—and construct a new 20-story, 121 unit, market-rate rental building with ground-floor retail.

Built in 1960, the four-story building is part of the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District. The modern building had two stories added in 1968 and the curtain-wall facade added in 2006 by HSBC, according to the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Beyer Blinder Belle’s revised design features darker façade materials including polished black granite, dark grey aluminum window frames, perforated bronze-tinted details, and light grey aluminum concealing the bulkhead mechanicals on the roof, according to New York YIMBY.

The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 7 in favor, 2 opposed on the updated plan. See Beyer Blinder Belle’s updated 200 Montague Street presentation to LPC here.