Map showing the four proposed buildings. Click for larger image. Image Credit: CPC.

On September 7, 2022, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing for the 280 Bergen Street Rezoning project, an application that would enable the construction of a four-building mixed use development in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn. The applicant seeks to rezone the majority of the block surrounded by Bergen Street to the north, Wyckoff Street to the south, Nevins Street to the west and Third Avenue to the east.  (more…)

Rendering of 98 3rd Avenue. Image Credit: NYC CPC.

On April 13, 2022, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing for a proposed mixed-use residential and commercial building at 98 3rd Avenue in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The proposed rezoning area is bordered by Bergen Street to the north, Wyckoff Street to the south, 3rd Avenue to the east, and goes into the block westerly approximately 100-120 feet. The proposed project site is currently a Shell gas station.  (more…)

Neighborhood group supported 31-block rezoning plan, but one property owner requested relief for site. On July 13, 2011, the City Planning Commission heard testimony on the Department of City Planning’s contextual rezoning plan for Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The approximately 31-block study area is generally bounded by Atlantic Avenue to the north, Warren and Wyckoff Streets to the south, 4th Avenue to the east, and Court Street to the west. The proposal seeks to preserve the neighborhood’s low-rise residential character while reinforcing the commercial character of certain mixed-use corridors.

The majority of the area is currently zoned R6 and characterized by three- and four-story brown stone and rowhouse buildings. An R7B zoning district is mapped on portions of five blocks between 3rd and 4th Avenues. These blocks were part of a larger area that was rezoned in 1991 as part of the Park Slope North rezoning. There are no established building height limits under R6 zoning regulations and the maximum FAR for residential uses is 2.43 while community facility uses are permitted to build to a maximum of 4.8 FAR. As a result, the area has recently experienced outof- scale development.  (more…)

Map of proposed project site for the Bronx jail at 745 East 141st Street. Image Credit: NYC CPC

The four jails are set to replace Rikers island by 2027. On March 25, 2019, the City Planning Commission certified the City’s application for four borough-based jails as a part of the City’s plan to shut down Rikers Island. The four jails – in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn – will have a total of 5,748 beds and a capacity of 5,000 inmates. The additional 748 beds will be used to account for taking occupied cells out of service for repairs, separating inmates based on gender or sentenced versus non-sentenced or other space needs. (more…)

Proposal encompasses more than 400 businesses. On January 5, 2011, the City Planning Commission approved the Department of Small Business Services’ plan to create the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District for 738 tax lots and more than 400 commercial businesses in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill neighborhoods. The BID would extend along Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the east and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the west, and extend along the side streets one block to the north and south of Atlantic Avenue. Properties along the north side of Atlantic Avenue between Court and Smith Streets would be excluded because they are part of the Court- Livingston-Schermerhorn BID.

The proposed BID covers a section of Atlantic Avenue featuring a mix of national retail chains, two- to four-story residential buildings with ground floor commercial uses, and large residential condominiums. The BID would allow for an annual assessment on businesses and residents in order to provide marketing and promotion services, sanitation services, and improved business advocacy. The BID would have a projected $240,000 first-year budget. Commercial properties with Atlantic Avenue frontages would be assessed at a rate not to exceed $20 per linear front foot, with commercial properties on corner lots being assessed at the commercial rate and 50 percent of the assessment for the frontage on the side streets. Residential properties would pay an annual $1 assessment, and government uses, non-profit, and religious organizations would be exempt. (more…)