Jeff Smilow testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA
Board granted the variance over community opposition. On May 19, 2015 the Board of Standards and Appeals granted a variance to Bond Street Owner LLC for constructing a new thirteen-story hotel at 51-63 Bond Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The development site is partially within a C6-1 zoning district and partially within an R6B district. The Department of Buildings originally denied the permit on August 7, 2014 because the proposed hotel exceeded the maximum floor area ratio for the site. On August 15, 2014 the applicant filed for a variance.
