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A commercial building at 9201 Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge had sat empty for six years, and the council member who weighed in knew the block firsthand. She had lived there and run a small business there, and she told the Land Use Committee on April 29 that the vacancy had become a blight, killing the foot traffic that once kept the storefronts alive. On Wednesday the committee voted to rezone it, clearing the way for roughly 97 apartments, 24 of them permanently affordable, plus ground floor commercial space.
The deal got reshaped on its way through. Residents had pushed back on a plan to put a supermarket on the ground floor, so the member said she met the developer that week and confirmed he will instead bring in multiple non supermarket commercial tenants. The committee also tightened the affordability terms on 9201 Fourth Avenue, limiting the project to MIH option one to force deeper affordability, the stated goal being that Bay Ridge residents themselves can actually rent the new apartments. She still argued the neighborhood needs a comprehensive community led planning effort, but called this a responsible step.
The bigger building of the day sat in Brooklyn too. The 46 Nelson Street rezoning, in Council District 38, will allow a mixed use residential building of about 108 units, 27 of them permanently affordable. The committee modified that application to remove MIH option two and add option three. The third item was lighter: the St. Francis Prep proposal in Queens, in Councilmember Lee's district, simply establishes a commercial overlay so an existing sign on the school's campus complies with signage rules.
The committee coupled all three and adopted them on a single roll call, 11 in the affirmative, zero against, no abstentions, with the chair thanking the zoning subcommittee chairs. Both Brooklyn rezonings now head to the City Planning Commission for the next step, and the affordability changes the committee wrote in will follow them there.
“establish a commercial overlay, which will bring an existing sign of the school's campus”
— Chair Riley
twenty-four would permanently be affordable. Our modification will be to remove MIH option two
“We did hear pushback from local residents who were concerned about the proposal to put a supermarket”
— Council Member (Bay Ridge, ASR 'Santos Wosso')
approximately ninety seven units, of which twenty-four would permanently be affordable
Approved by the committee with a companion resolution. This is the St. Francis Prep commercial overlay in Queens, bringing an existing campus sign into conformance with signage rules.
with 1 related matter · LU 0053-2026
Approved with modifications and referred to CPC. These cover the 9201 Fourth Avenue rezoning in Bay Ridge, about 97 units with 24 permanently affordable, modified to MIH option one for deeper affordability after residents objected to a ground floor supermarket.
with 1 related matter · LU 0055-2026
Approved with modifications and referred to CPC. The 46 Nelson Street rezoning in Brooklyn's Council District 38 clears the way for a mixed use building of about 108 units, 27 of them permanently affordable; the committee removed MIH option two and added option three.
Public testimony: 1 in favor
Council Member (Bay Ridge, ASR 'Santos Wosso') · William Martin · Susan Zhuang
Every parcel, owner, and applicant in this meeting, cross-referenced against Zonable’s NYC ownership, enforcement & legislative graph — the record behind the record.
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: 852 oath/ecb hearings across the 3 sites discussed.