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    Rezoning Application Will Map First MIH Area in Brooklyn Community District 15

    City Planning Commission  •  ULURP  •  Homecrest, Brooklyn

    Rezoning area and project site. Image credit: CPC.

    New development will include both residential and commercial uses. On August 8, 2018, the City Planning Commission approved a rezoning application by Quentin Plaza LLC for 1881-1883 McDonald Avenue in the Homecrest neighborhood of Brooklyn. The proposed zoning map and zoning text amendment will facilitate a new mixed-use building. The rezoning area is bounded by Avenue P to the north, East 2nd Street to the east, Woodside Avenue to the south, and McDonald Avenue to the west. (more…)

    Tags : homecrest, mcdonald avenue, MIH, mized use building, Rezoning, ULURP
    Date: 08/27/2018
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    Rezoning Application Will Add Housing to Brooklyn Neighborhood

    City Planning Commission  •  Rezoning  •  Sunset Park and Borough Park, Brooklyn

    Rendering of 3901 9th Avenue. Image credit: CPC/Sheldon Lobel P.C.

    Rezoning application will allow new residential building and bring non-conforming buildings to conformity. On August 22, 2018, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on the 3901 9th Avenue Rezoning application submitted by 39 Group Inc. and represented by Matthew Schommer of Sheldon Lobel P.C. The applicants are proposing to a new building at the corner of 9th Avenue and 39th Street on the Sunset Park and Borough Park border in Brooklyn. (more…)

    Tags : Borough Park, Brooklyn, CPC, FAR, MIH, Rezoning, Sunset Park
    Date: 08/24/2018
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    Blocked Brooklyn Bridge View Claim Defeated

    Department Of Buildings  •  Height Limitations

    2 Furman Street in Brooklyn seen from the Brooklyn Promenade. Image credit: CityLaw.

    Development corporation constructed buildings in Brooklyn Bridge Park that blocked view of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn Promenade. In 2005 Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation and Empire State Development Corporation adopted a general project plan for Brooklyn Bridge Park that included the development of a hotel, restaurant, and residential units upland of Brooklyn’s Pier 1. Community members demanded during the initial environmental review that the new buildings not block the view of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn Promenade.  The final environmental impact statement limited the northern building to a height of 100 feet and the southern building to a height of 55 feet.  (more…)

    Tags : bridge, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Promenade, Hurrican Sandy
    Date: 07/10/2018
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    City Invests $40 Million In Brooklyn Navy Yards Project

    Mayor  •  Development  •  Brooklyn Navy Yard

    Rendering of 399 Sands Street. Image credit: Steiner NYC.

    Addition of manufacturing and creative space supports City goals to provide more middle-class jobs. On June 13, 2018, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Alicia Glen, together with the Brooklyn Navy Yards and Steiner NYC, announced the beginning of construction at 399 Sands Street. The project will add manufacturing and creative office space at the 300-acre Brooklyn Navy Yard, an urban manufacturing center, and is expected to bring manufacturing jobs to the area. The project is also part of Steiner’s Admirals Row Development, a six-acre site at the southwest corner of the Navy Yard being developed for commercial and industrial use. (more…)

    Tags : Admirals Row, Alicia Glen, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Creative space, Industrial, Manufacturing, New York Works, Steiner NYC
    Date: 06/15/2018
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    Brooklyn Daycare Center Approved Despite C of O

    Department Of Buildings  •  DayCare Center  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant

    Licensed family daycare center operated in dwelling with residential C of O. Diversity Learning Center, located on the first floor of a three-story building at 193 Sumpter Street in Brooklyn, has operated for 10 years providing day care and educational services. On December 9, 2014, a Buildings officer determined that the operation of Diversity Learning Center conflicted, the certificate of occupancy for the premises. The officer issued a summons charging the owner, Moses Otote, with violating the New York City Administration Code Section 28-119.3.2, which prohibits any change in occupancy or use inconsistent with that allowed by the issued certification of occupancy. (more…)

    Date: 02/19/2018
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