Brooklyner residents riled over launch party

This week’s rooftop opening party for the Brooklyner, a luxury rental tower at 111 Lawrence Street in Downtown Brooklyn, drew many guests — unfortunately, none of them were tenants, according to Curbed. Residents at the Brooklyner, the tallest building in the borough, say they’ve never even been allowed onto the building’s 51st-floor roof deck, where the building hosted its event, which was open to the media, project consultants and special invitees. While the building is 60 percent leased, residents say they’ve been given no estimate on when the rooftop might open to tenants and that this week’s elevated celebration was salt in the wound. For its part, developer Clarett Group said that it’s “in the process of completing the space, and it will soon be open to residents.” [Curbed]