01LU 0207-2025N 250101 HIMApproved
Jacob Day Residence
Committee vote
9
Amanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
Committee on Land Use · Wednesday, February 12, 2025
The one where a Windsor Terrace fight cut two towers to 250 units at 40% affordable — then the committee swept nine proj
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Windsor Terrace's 441/467 Prospect Avenue rezoning headlines a packed Land Use Committee referral session. Hanif details how community groups (Housing Not High Rises, CB7) pushed the applicant from two 13-story buildings at the MIH minimum to two 10-story buildings keeping all 250 units but with 100 affordable , 40% affordable, 'well beyond MIH,' plus a green roof, subsidized space for South Asian survivors org SACE, and a community-benefits agreement. Salamanca's modification removed MIH option two and warned the as-of-right alternative would be 'luxury with zero affordable.' Powers' Spark Ki
From the room
“Fifth Avenue Committee is a trusted community institution that has worked on the implementation of several successful CBAs”
— Shahana K. Hanif
“I'd like to specifically thank Housing Not High Rises, Community Board Seven, and of course the entire Windsor Terrace community”
— Shahana K. Hanif
“a prominent African-American businessman and civil rights leader, and hosted trailblazers like Sarah Smith Tompkins Garnett”
— Carlina Rivera
“The project replaced the dilapidated Brookdale campus with new community facilities, a new high school, public health infrastructure”
— Keith Powers
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The decisions
902LU 0212-2025C 240280 ZMKZoning MapApproved
441 & 467 Prospect Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0213-2025
Committee vote
18
Amanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
03LU 0214-2025C 240342 ZMMZoning MapApproved
455 First Avenue
with 2 related matters · LU 0215-2025 · LU 0216-2025
Committee vote
27
Amanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
04LU 0217-2025C 240369 ZMMZoning MapApproved
SPARC Kips Bay
with 6 related matters · LU 0218-2025 · LU 0219-2025 · LU 0220-2025 · LU 0221-2025 · LU 0223-2025 · LU 0224-2025
Committee vote
63
Amanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
05LU 0222-2025C 240309 MMMCity MapApproved
SPARC Pedestrian Bridge City Map Change
Committee vote
9
Amanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
06LU 0229-2025C 240311 ZMQZoning MapApproved
122-03 14th Avenue Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0230-2025
Committee vote
18
Amanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAmanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
07LU 0231-2025C 220305 MMQCity MapApproved
49-39 Van Dam Street Demapping
Committee vote
9
Amanda C. FaríasCarlina Rivera Crystal HudsonFrancisco P. MoyaKevin C. RileyPierina Ana SanchezRafael Salamanca, Jr.Selvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun Abreu
08LU 207
50 West 13th Street
Approved a landmark designation for the Jacob Day residence at 50 West 13th Street in Greenwich Village, a site tied to landmark Black history including the founding of the Abyssinian Baptist Church and the equal-suffrage movement.
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09LU 231
49-39 VAN DAM STREET
Approved the 49-39 Van Dam Street demapping proposal.
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49-39 VAN DAM STREET
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Properties49-39 VAN DAM STREET
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Mandatory inclusionary housing
100 affordable
28 affordable
Land-use review
CB Brooklyn Community Board 7
CB Manhattan Community Board 6
Conditions
- CBA includes subsidized community space for SACE (South Asian survivors of domestic violence) and a child care center run by a local provider
- CBA between applicant and CBA administrative partner Fifth Avenue Committee
- without rezoning the site would become as-of-right luxury development with zero affordable units; rezoning enables 100 affordable units
- building contains multi-purpose community space for workforce/science programs; free meeting space for Community Board 6 and local civic organizations
- public realm improvements on 27th Street Pedestrian Walkway and Mount Carmel Place; developer to seek a community-serving retail tenant on First Avenue
- new pre-K seats to be added to serve local families
Procedure
- Full committee voting on items referred out by the two subcommittees (chaired by Riley and Hanks) — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- Chair thanks Hanif and congratulates her, transitions to next item — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- Chair calls for vote: approve LUs 207, 214-216, 217-224, 229-230; approve modifications LUs 212-213; DISAPPROVE LU 231 — Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- Committee clerk DeStefano begins roll-call vote; all items coupled; begins with Brooks and Powers — Matthew DeStefano
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Where it standsCB Brooklyn Community Board 7 ✓→Committee→Full Council
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Keith Powers · Matthew DeStefano
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