Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, October 8, 2024

The one where a developer buys air over live train tracks to build 14 walk-ups for Bay Ridge

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Two rezonings cruise through the zoning subcommittee, but the marquee item is Brooklyn Yards: 14 small 'classic Brooklyn walk-up' buildings, ~270 units (up to 81 permanently affordable), built on a platform over an existing railroad right-of-way the developer controls as a fee above a plane. Cozen O'Connor's Ken Fisher and Studio V's Jay Valgora field pointed questions from Bay Ridge CM Susan Zhuang on parking, traffic, sanitation, senior housing and ADA access. The 135th Street rezoning sails by with CM Abreu's full-throated support; the Brooklyn Yards vote is held open while sergeants hunt f

From the room

“zoning map amendment to change an existing manufacturing M1-1 district to an R7-2 residential district with a C two-4 commercial”
— Kevin C. Riley

“because for many years people thought that the only way you could build over these uh uh railroad uh tracks was by putting up towers”
— Ken Fisher

“there are there are two things I think that we can offer um to meet the the community's needs. One would be to create an event space”
— Ken Fisher

“We have three different zoning lots, so that means one special permit for each zoning lot just to build the platform over the rail itself”
— Rachel Schull

The decisions

01LU 0149-2024C 230206 ZMMZoning MapApproved

701 West 135th Street

Approved the rezoning, flipping an M1-1 manufacturing block just south of Riverbank State Park to R7-2 residential with a C2-4 commercial overlay to clear the way for the 135th Street development. The roughly 60-unit project will set aside 15 to 18 units as permanently affordable under MIH.

The deal

Site

701 West 135th Street

Conditions

developer commits to building a public bathroom maintained by building staff in high-traffic cyclist/pedestrian area along the greenway
negotiated additional amenities, flood mitigation, and specific structural choices; office will engage in ongoing monitoring

Land-use review

Subcommittee action

David M. Carr Kamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Properties701 West 135th Street

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0150-2024N 230207 ZRMZoning TextApproved

135th Street Rezoning

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Subcommittee action

David M. Carr Kamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0151-2024C 230208 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

135th Street Rezoning

Subcommittee action

David M. Carr Kamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0152-2024C 230209 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

135th Street Rezoning

Subcommittee action

David M. Carr Kamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

05LU 0153-2024C 240244 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

343 West 47th Street

Approved the special permit for the demolition at 343 West 47th Street, where the work had already been halted for proceeding without the required demolition permits.

The deal

Site

343 West 47th Street

District

District 3

Subcommittee action

David M. Carr Kamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Properties343 West 47th Street

Legislation →ULURP case →

06LU 0164-2024C 230182 ZMKZoning MapLaid over

Borough Park

with 8 related matters · LU 0165-2024 · LU 0166-2024 · LU 0167-2024 · LU 0168-2024 · LU 0169-2024 · LU 0170-2024 · LU 0171-2024 · LU 0172-2024

Approved the Borough Park rezoning to allow roughly 270 residential units and commercial space across a series of buildings, most of them built over a railroad cut still used as a freight line. The site straddles the districts of Council Members Yeager and Zwang.

The deal

Site

Borough Park

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Option 1

Conditions

special permit to reduce number of parking spaces; originally 40 spaces, increased to 80 at the request of both community boards

Land-use review

PropertiesBorough Park

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

The people

On the dais · 1

Francisco P. Moya

Public testimony: 2 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Ken Fisher · Jay Valgora · Rachel Schull · Solomon Lebovitz · Susan Zhuang

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

Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.

Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, October 8, 2024

The one where a developer buys air over live train tracks to build 14 walk-ups for Bay Ridge

Contents & search

items

approved

laid over

land-use items

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From the room

“zoning map amendment to change an existing manufacturing M1-1 district to an R7-2 residential district with a C two-4 commercial”
— Kevin C. Riley

“because for many years people thought that the only way you could build over these uh uh railroad uh tracks was by putting up towers”
— Ken Fisher

“there are there are two things I think that we can offer um to meet the the community's needs. One would be to create an event space”
— Ken Fisher

“We have three different zoning lots, so that means one special permit for each zoning lot just to build the platform over the rail itself”
— Rachel Schull

The decisions

01LU 0149-2024C 230206 ZMMZoning MapApproved

701 West 135th Street

The deal

Site

701 West 135th Street

Conditions

developer commits to building a public bathroom maintained by building staff in high-traffic cyclist/pedestrian area along the greenway
negotiated additional amenities, flood mitigation, and specific structural choices; office will engage in ongoing monitoring

Land-use review

Subcommittee action

David M. Carr Kamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Properties701 West 135th Street

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0150-2024N 230207 ZRMZoning TextApproved

135th Street Rezoning

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

Subcommittee action

David M. Carr Kamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0151-2024C 230208 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

135th Street Rezoning

Subcommittee action

David M. Carr Kamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

04LU 0152-2024C 230209 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

135th Street Rezoning

Subcommittee action

David M. Carr Kamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

05LU 0153-2024C 240244 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

343 West 47th Street

Approved the special permit for the demolition at 343 West 47th Street, where the work had already been halted for proceeding without the required demolition permits.

The deal

Site

343 West 47th Street

District

District 3

Subcommittee action

David M. Carr Kamillah Hanks Kevin C. Riley Lynn C. Schulman Shaun Abreu Yusef Salaam

Properties343 West 47th Street

Legislation →ULURP case →

06LU 0164-2024C 230182 ZMKZoning MapLaid over

Borough Park

with 8 related matters · LU 0165-2024 · LU 0166-2024 · LU 0167-2024 · LU 0168-2024 · LU 0169-2024 · LU 0170-2024 · LU 0171-2024 · LU 0172-2024

The deal

Site

Borough Park

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Option 1

Conditions

special permit to reduce number of parking spaces; originally 40 spaces, increased to 80 at the request of both community boards

Land-use review

PropertiesBorough Park

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

The people

On the dais · 1

Francisco P. Moya

Public testimony: 2 in favor

Practitioners & applicants

Ken Fisher · Jay Valgora · Rachel Schull · Solomon Lebovitz · Susan Zhuang

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

Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.