Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, January 23, 2024

A Flushing developer drops commercial use for housing as Brooklyn manufacturing blocks pivot to mixed use

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Took up a slate of rezonings and a special permit spanning Queens and Brooklyn. In Flushing, the Whitestone Lanes application drew attention for the applicant agreeing to eliminate the site's existing commercial use entirely. In Brooklyn, the 962 Pacific Street rezoning sought to convert a manufacturing block into mixed-use development in Council Member Hudson's district, while 230 Kent Avenue shifted a long-vacant M1-4 buffer lot to an M1-4/R7X pairing enabling roughly 40 residential units with 12 MIH-affordable. Testimony also touched on the Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan announced in April

From the room

“restricted by a community benefits agreement, which has already been partially negotiated negotiated and would be entered into titles to the property”
— Richard Lobel

“We would then hear a proposal for another residential project in Flushing Queens, followed by a proposal for a life science development project in East Harlem.”
— Kevin C. Riley

“I'd like to 'cause I I know thirty two B J is important as are the just organized labor in general. Um so like to see those agreements signed”
— council member (S5)

“this project would not only give us a great avenue of educating our children at the early stages of their life, but also um providing affordable housing”
— Bishop Robert Butler

The decisions

01LU 0001-2024C 230091 ZMQZoning MapLaid over

Whitestone Lanes Rezoning

with 1 related matter · LU 0002-2024

The Whitestone Lanes rezoning was presented with a notable concession: after years of community discussion, the applicant agreed to eliminate the site's existing commercial use entirely.

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Option 1113 affordable

113 affordable

Conditions

no traffic-generating (commercial) component, as condition of community board support
provide open space per environmental assessment statement requirement
school-seat capacity analysis to accommodate future students
Ground floor layout and plaza memorialized in the restrictive declaration
R7A approved only on strict condition of residential-only development with no community facility
Restrictive declaration term A: eliminate community facility use

+4 more conditions

Land-use review

CB Community Board 7 (Queens) Approve

CB Community Planning Board 7 (Queens) Approve

CB Queens CB7

Where it standsCB Community Board 7 (Queens) ✓→Committee→Full Council

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0004-2024N 230345 ZRMZoning TextLaid over

2226 Third Avenue

with 2 related matters · LU 0003-2024 · LU 0005-2024

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

commitment to use 32BJ union workers
potential reduction of rezoning action to only applicant-controlled sites; applicant agnostic and defers to council; would not need greater height/density

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0006-2024C 230157 ZMKZoning MapLaid over

962 Pacific Street

with 2 related matters · LU 0007-2024 · LU 0008-2024

The 962 Pacific Street rezoning came before the committee for Council Member Hudson's Brooklyn district, seeking to convert a manufacturing block into mixed-use development.

The deal

Site

962 Pacific Street

Stories

9 fl

District

District 35

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

Early childhood community center provided — novel vs. prior R7A rezonings; M-Crown job-generating uses included

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Properties962 Pacific Street

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0010-2024N 230263 ZRQZoning TextLaid over

166-11 91st Avenue Special Permit

with 1 related matter · LU 0009-2024

Mandatory inclusionary housing

8 affordable

Conditions

green roof painted white and electrified building per Borough President's request

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Legislation →ULURP case →

05LU 0011-2024N 230288 ZRKZoning TextLaid over

230 KENT AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0012-2024

The 230 Kent Avenue rezoning shifts a decade-vacant M1-4 buffer lot to an M1-4/R7X pairing, enabling roughly 40 residential units with 12 MIH-affordable at FAR 6 and no density increase, while keeping manufacturing as-of-right on the Con Ed/MX portion. The applicant argued the pure buffer zone had no viable development use as-is.

The deal

Site

230 KENT AVENUE

Units

Affordable

District

District 33

Mandatory inclusionary housing

12 affordable

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Properties230 KENT AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

The deal

Units

Affordable

113

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Option 1113 affordable

Conditions

Restrictive declaration locking ground-floor layout and plaza

Land-use review

CB Queens CB7

Where it standsCB Queens CB7 ✓→Committee→Full Council

The people

Public testimony: 14 in favor · 1 opposed

Practitioners & applicants

Bishop Robert Butler · Bishop Eric Figueroa · David M. Carr · Kevin Williams · Stephen Fabian · Marco

The intelligence

Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.

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Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat. For this meeting: 137 oath/ecb hearings across the 2 sites discussed.

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Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, January 23, 2024

A Flushing developer drops commercial use for housing as Brooklyn manufacturing blocks pivot to mixed use

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From the room

“restricted by a community benefits agreement, which has already been partially negotiated negotiated and would be entered into titles to the property”
— Richard Lobel

“We would then hear a proposal for another residential project in Flushing Queens, followed by a proposal for a life science development project in East Harlem.”
— Kevin C. Riley

“I'd like to 'cause I I know thirty two B J is important as are the just organized labor in general. Um so like to see those agreements signed”
— council member (S5)

“this project would not only give us a great avenue of educating our children at the early stages of their life, but also um providing affordable housing”
— Bishop Robert Butler

The decisions

01LU 0001-2024C 230091 ZMQZoning MapLaid over

Whitestone Lanes Rezoning

with 1 related matter · LU 0002-2024

The Whitestone Lanes rezoning was presented with a notable concession: after years of community discussion, the applicant agreed to eliminate the site's existing commercial use entirely.

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Option 1113 affordable

113 affordable

Conditions

no traffic-generating (commercial) component, as condition of community board support
provide open space per environmental assessment statement requirement
school-seat capacity analysis to accommodate future students
Ground floor layout and plaza memorialized in the restrictive declaration
R7A approved only on strict condition of residential-only development with no community facility
Restrictive declaration term A: eliminate community facility use

+4 more conditions

Land-use review

CB Community Board 7 (Queens) Approve

CB Community Planning Board 7 (Queens) Approve

CB Queens CB7

Where it standsCB Community Board 7 (Queens) ✓→Committee→Full Council

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0004-2024N 230345 ZRMZoning TextLaid over

2226 Third Avenue

with 2 related matters · LU 0003-2024 · LU 0005-2024

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

commitment to use 32BJ union workers
potential reduction of rezoning action to only applicant-controlled sites; applicant agnostic and defers to council; would not need greater height/density

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0006-2024C 230157 ZMKZoning MapLaid over

962 Pacific Street

with 2 related matters · LU 0007-2024 · LU 0008-2024

The 962 Pacific Street rezoning came before the committee for Council Member Hudson's Brooklyn district, seeking to convert a manufacturing block into mixed-use development.

The deal

Site

962 Pacific Street

Stories

9 fl

District

District 35

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Conditions

Early childhood community center provided — novel vs. prior R7A rezonings; M-Crown job-generating uses included

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Properties962 Pacific Street

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0010-2024N 230263 ZRQZoning TextLaid over

166-11 91st Avenue Special Permit

with 1 related matter · LU 0009-2024

Mandatory inclusionary housing

8 affordable

Conditions

green roof painted white and electrified building per Borough President's request

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Legislation →ULURP case →

05LU 0011-2024N 230288 ZRKZoning TextLaid over

230 KENT AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0012-2024

The deal

Site

230 KENT AVENUE

Units

Affordable

District

District 33

Mandatory inclusionary housing

12 affordable

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Properties230 KENT AVENUE

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

The deal

Units

Affordable

113

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Option 1113 affordable

Conditions

Restrictive declaration locking ground-floor layout and plaza

Land-use review

CB Queens CB7

Where it standsCB Queens CB7 ✓→Committee→Full Council

The people

Public testimony: 14 in favor · 1 opposed

Practitioners & applicants

Bishop Robert Butler · Bishop Eric Figueroa · David M. Carr · Kevin Williams · Stephen Fabian · Marco

The intelligence

Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.

Sign in for the full graph

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