Rendering of the proposed Redhook Green project (Courtesy Jay Amato / RHG)

Red Hook Green gets a red light from the NYC Department of Buildings.  Brooklyn’s touted “brownstone of the future” is up against the ropes after a zoning decision ruled the mixed-use building cannot proceed as planned.  Jay Amato’s ultra-sustainable, shipping-container chic Red Hook Green was denied its proposed accessory residential use on industrially zoned land, officially throwing the entire project into limbo.

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