01LU 0626-2020C 840260 ZMMZoning MapLaid over
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Wednesday, March 11, 2020
The one where a DUMBO landlord's chocolate-factory-to-office conversion gets pulled into the BQE-corridor fight
Contents & search
items
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laid over
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approved
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land-use items
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affordable
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CEQR: Other
Try
Three rezonings, three very different temperatures. A Woodside small-business renovation (LU 0645-2020) hit a wall when the local land-use chair asked the applicant to come back with a revised pedestrian-walkway plan. A Levin-backed 29-story conversion sailed through 6-0. But the marquee fight was 50 Old Fulton Street: owner Thomas Lieberman pitched converting a former chocolate factory into boutique DUMBO office, bringing tenants who praised his hands-on care , while Community Board 2 had voted to disapprove and the Coalition for the BQE Transformation warned that rezoning these parcels befor
From the room
“I would recommend to the applicant uh that you take the community board's uh testimony and request here uh seriously and commit to attending their next schedule”
— Francisco P. Moya
“a zoning map amendment to change an M21 to an M one five district to facilitate the construction of a five-story commercial office building”
— Francisco P. Moya
“the mayor signed an executive order based on his his expert panel's conclusion that immediate repairs are needed to the existing BQE infrastructure”
— Rachel Scall
“in deference to the community board who brought up issue, the Sidewalk Cafe will willingly close, uh actually open, not open, until eleven a in the morning”
— Pete Janisek
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The decisions
802LU 0628-2020C 190256 ZMKZoning MapLaid over
Grand Avenue and Pacific Street Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0629-2020
03LU 0641-2020C 180154 ZMQZoning MapApproved
52nd Street Rezoning
Subcommittee action
6
Antonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina Rivera Francisco P. MoyaRory I. LancmanStephen T. Levin
04LU 0642-2020N 180155 ZRQZoning TextApproved
52nd Street Rezoning
Subcommittee action
6
Antonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina Rivera Francisco P. MoyaRory I. LancmanStephen T. Levin
05LU 0643-2020C 200059 ZMKZoning MapApproved
90 Sands Street Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0644-2020
Subcommittee action
12
Antonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina Rivera Francisco P. MoyaRory I. LancmanStephen T. LevinAntonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina Rivera Francisco P. MoyaRory I. LancmanStephen T. Levin
06LU 0645-2020Laid over
6002 Woodside Avenue
Sean O. G. Enterprises LLC came before the committee seeking to renew its revocable consent for an unenclosed sidewalk cafe.
The deal
Site
6002 Woodside Avenue
Conditions
- applicant return to community board land use committee to make area pedestrian-friendly
Land-use review
CB Community Board (Queens)
Properties6002 Woodside Avenue
Where it standsCB Community Board (Queens) ✓→Committee→Full Council
07LU 0658-2020C 190011 ZMKZoning MapLaid over
50 OLD FULTON STREET
Took up the 50 Old Fulton Street rezoning as a pre-considered land use item under ULURP C 190011 ZMK.
The deal
Site
50 OLD FULTON STREET
Stories
5 fl
District
Land-use review
CB Brooklyn Borough President Disapprove
CB Brooklyn Community Board 2 Disapprove
Properties50 OLD FULTON STREET
Where it standsCB Brooklyn Borough President ✓→Committee→Full Council
08LU 0657-2020C 200149 ZMMZoning MapLaid over
blockfront of 6th Avenue between Washington Place and Waverly Place
The pre-considered 364 Avenue of the Americas rezoning was heard, a map amendment switching the existing C1-5 district to C2-5 in Council Member Chin's Manhattan district to clear the way for a BSA special permit allowing a Physical Culture Establishment in the existing building.
The deal
Site
blockfront of 6th Avenue between Washington Place and Waverly Place
District
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
CB Manhattan Community Board 2 Other
CB Manhattan Borough President Approve
Where it standsCB Manhattan Community Board 2 ✓→Committee→Full Council
Also in the record
Records not linked to a specific agenda item
Questions & answers
Q: Whether a scenario without the office component was considered and why office use was chosen
Q: Whether being in a historic district would have changed the building's design
Procedure
- Clerk restates the recorded vote 6-0-0 (six affirmative, zero negative, no abstentions); today's items are approved and referred to the full Land Use Committee — Stephen T. Levin
- Chair concludes the meeting, thanking members of the public, colleagues, and Council/Land Use staff — Francisco P. Moya
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The people
On the dais · 1
Donovan J. Richards
Public testimony: 23 in favor
Practitioners & applicants
Pete Janisek · Rachel Scall · Amanda Van Doren · Candace Clemens
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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: 690 oath/ecb hearings across the 2 sites discussed.