The Very Vest of Ft. Greene/Clinton HIll

When do you consider a building well on its way to being done? Once the walls start to rise? Immediately following the ceremonial topping-off? Its first mention on Curbed? Well, if you have the same criteria as DOB, a building is nearly complete once the foundation is fully poured.

That's why the rezoning that was passed by the City Council last week for 99 blocks in the Clinton Hill/Fort Greene area can be a bit misleading. While the downzoning will go a long way toward protecting the low-rise character of many of the neighborhoods' blocks, some of the out-of-scale development that spurred the rezoning in the first place will still be allowed to go forward despite the fact they are little more than holes in the ground.

In this week's Ledger/Star, we take a look at some of the bigger projects, as well as some another high-profile one that was stopped (see rendering) by DOB almost as soon as the last vote was cast in the Council. Unfortunately, a list of all of the buildings that were vested (DOB's terminology for projects that will be allowed to proceed under the old zoning) came after the paper went to press, so here is a list of all sites currently under construction and their new status:

VESTED
93 HALL STREET
75 GRAND AVENUE
73 GRAND AVENUE
72 STEUBEN STREET
56 CAMBRIDGE PLACE
174 CLERMONT AVENUE
268 CUMBERLAND STREET
122 ADELPHI STREET
97 GRAND AVENUE

NOT VESTED
163 WASHINGTON AVENUE
415 CLERMONT AVENUE
404 VANDERBILT AVENUE
447 CLINTON AVENUE
398 CLASSON AVENUE
420 CLASSON AVENUE
1057 FULTON STREET
478 GRAND AVENUE
457 GRAND AVENUE
4 LEFFERTS PLACE
66 CLERMONT AVENUE
163 WASHINGTON PARK
161 ADELPHI STREET
266 CUMBERLAND STREET
290 CARLTON AVENUE
120 SOUTH ELLIOTT PLACE

According to DOB, all non-vested properties have been issued stop work orders.