100 Clark Street 'Creaking' and Rocking?

The half-demolished 100 Clark Street in Brooklyn Heights is a building crying out in pain.

A caller to the Department of Building on Thursday said:

"CALLER STATES BUILDING IS MAKING A CREEKING [sic] NOISE AND HALF OF THE BUILDING HAS ALREADY COME DOWN/CALLER THINKS THE REST OF THE BUILDING IS GOING TO FALL/THERE IS MOVEMENT IN THE WALLS OF THE BUILDING"

An inspector came for a look, and said that no violation was warranted at the time of inspection. The inspector also noted that there is a "sidewalk shed and fence in place," which we take to mean that even if the building does fall down, the sidewalk shed and fence will protect us, right?

Maybe wrong. On Saturday, someone called the Dept. of Building with this complaint:

"CALLER STATES THE SCAFFOLD AT ABOVE ADDRESS IS DEFECTIVE NOT HANGING PROPERLY, PLEASE INVESTIGATE"

No inspection of the scaffolding has been noted yet on the DOB website.

On Thursday, the demolition came to an abrupt halt after the owner, Penson Corp., went to court to force the city to stop the wrecking ball.

As reported here earlier, the landmarked 1852 building was found by inspectors to be so unsafe that the building was evacuated and a wrecking crew was sent in last Sunday to bring it down.

- Owner Goes to Court to Stop 100 Clark St. Demo, Brooklyn Heights
- 100 Clark Street -- It's All Coming Down, Workers Say
- 100 Clark Street Demolition Update -- How Far Will the Heights Let This Go?
- Knocking Down 'Derelict' 100 Clark Street -- Brooklyn Heights

Photo by MK Metz