Rendering of 58 Nixon Court under the alternative R7A rezoning plan. Image Credit: CPC/Caliendo Architects.

The applicants are seeking an alternative rezoning after pushback from the community board. On February 1, 2023, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing for a mixed-use development at 58 Nixon Court in Gravesend, Brooklyn. The current site consists of four vacant lots between Nixon Court and Shore Parkway. Coney Island Hospital is located across Ocean Parkway from the proposed site. The applicants are represented by Erik Palatnik. (more…)

Rendering of 2300 Cropsey Avenue, currently under construction. Image Credit: NYC CPC.

The densely residential area lacks many commercial spaces, including supermarkets. On March 16, 2022, the City Planning Commission heard an application that would allow for a supermarket to be added to a new 23-story tower currently under construction at 2300 Cropsey Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn. (more…)

Thor Equities’ proposed 214,000 sq ft Gravesend Bay retail complex would feature BJ’s wholesale store as anchor tenant. On July 13, 2011, the City Planning Commission heard testimony on Thor Equities LLC’s proposal to construct a 214,000 sq.ft. two-story retail building on a vacant lot at 1752 Shore Parkway in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn. The project site sits on a peninsula that protrudes into Gravesend Bay, adjacent to the Belt Parkway. The site is currently used as a school bus parking facility. The development would also include a threestory 690-space parking garage and a 103,000 sq.ft. publicly accessible waterfront esplanade. Thor Equities requested special permits and a rezoning to facilitate the development.

The project site is within an industrial and commercial waterfront corridor that is separated from the residential neighborhood of Bensonhurst by the Belt Parkway. The corridor is mapped as an M3-1 manufacturing zoning district. Nearby commercial uses, including the Caesar’s Bay Shopping Center, operate pursuant to BSA variances.  (more…)