The one where five Brooklyn rezonings sailed through 4-0, and the Council quietly shrank one to fit the block

699 LEXINGTON AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0425-2025

Deepened affordability on the 699-703 Lexington Avenue rezoning, stripping MIH Option 2 and adding the more affordable Option 3, then sent it forward. The site is slated for transitional housing for women and gender-nonconformant individuals, and district Councilmember Ossé supported it with the modification.

Special Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan Follow-Up Action

Members narrowed a tax-style incentive in the Special Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan, a follow-up to the AIM Up rezoning approved earlier in the year, before advancing the text amendment. As originally drafted the incentive covered any non-residential use, including chains like Walgreens and doctors' offices; the fix targets it to genuine industrial, art-related, and community uses, with Councilmember Hudson in support.

464 OVINGTON AVENUE

with 1 related matter · LU 0408-2025

The 464 Ovington Avenue rezoning in Bay Ridge moved forward to full Land Use with the subcommittee's recommendation. Local Councilmember Brannan supported it as proposed.

SHORE PARKWAY

with 1 related matter · LU 0406-2025

Advanced the 58 Nixon Court Rezoning II in Gravesend, Brooklyn, to full Land Use. Councilmember Brannan, whose district includes the site, backed the application.

1098 EAST 56TH STREET

with 1 related matter · LU 0410-2025

Members scaled back the 5502 Flatlands Avenue rezoning in Bergen Beach before advancing it, downzoning the City Planning Commission's R6A district to R6B while keeping the commercial overlay. The R6B was chosen for a gentler transition to the surrounding low-density blocks, and the MIH map was reworked to add Option 3 and drop Option 1; the change lets the applicant build the commercial-only project it pitched. The seat belongs to Councilmember Narcisse's district.