Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Thursday, June 25, 2026 · 30m

The one where the Monitor Point deal closed moments before the vote and Brewer called $200,000 for the park 'nickeling a

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Lincoln Restler arrived with a deal struck 'just, moments ago': Monitor Point, the publicly owned Greenpoint waterfront site, will bring 1,150 units, 50% of the affordable units deeply affordable, a senior making $34,600 renting a one-bedroom for $911, plus a fully accessible Nassau Avenue G station and progress on the 27-acre park promised in the 2005 rezoning. Across the river, Gale Brewer supported the DeWitt Clinton Park North rezoning as modified but blasted the owners for offering only $200,000 for park improvements, 'nickeling and diming', after pushing affordability to 30% total. Chair

From the room

“increase the share of permanently affordable housing from about 25% of the units to 50% of the units”
— Lincoln Restler

“the only way that we build affordable housing is to actually build it. If you wanna put in subsidy, fine.”
— Gale Brewer

“for majority affordable housing development known as Monitor Point at 40 Quay Street in Greenpoint.”
— Lincoln Restler

“M three Dash 1 zoning district to a residential r six and r eight district with a c two dash four commercial overlay.”
— Farah Louis

The decisions

01C 260013 ZMMZoning Map

West Side of Manhattan

The map amendment covers two separate development sites rather than one, and it moved through the calendar as a bundle, six land use items, 72 through 77, taken together instead of site-by-site.

The deal

Site

West Side of Manhattan

Conditions

The $200,000 DeWitt Clinton Park contribution is paid out over a few years, triggered by the Certificate of Occupancy / Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (ASR: 'CFO'/'temporary CFO')
The ~12-14 union workforce-housing units must become ACTUAL rent-stabilized units (not 'equivalent' rent stabilization) once the abatement ends and a family moves out; written into law

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

CB Manhattan Community Board 4

PropertiesWest Side of Manhattan

Where it standsCB Manhattan Community Board 4 ✓→Committee→Full Council

Legislation →ULURP case →

02C 260105 ZMKZoning Map

Greenpoint

Greenpoint's mixed-use rezoning rests on largely MTA-controlled public land, which is what lets the applicant pair a market-rate 'West Building' carrying permanently affordable MIH units with a 100% affordable 'East Building' and a museum on the same site.

The deal

Site

Greenpoint

Affordable

662

District

District 33

Mandatory inclusionary housing

662 affordable

Opposition & support

Many neighbors will be disappointed in the negotiated outcome; the member acknowledges it while supporting the project as ultimately positive

Park advocates ('some for this project, some against') who have been the most committed to the park for 20 years; the member hopes they will see net benefit

Conditions

Developer contributes $300,000 annually for the ~99-year term of the agreement to maintain and operate Bushwick Inlet Park; dedicated funds routed to the North Brooklyn Parks Alliance conservancy
Two new public bathrooms in the East Building for park users and neighbors
MTA is responsible for demolishing its building at Box Street Park and paving over the land to make way for the final section of the promised park
The Nassau Avenue G station will be made fully accessible with a new elevator — an approximately $60,000,000 project executed in the current MTA capital plan
Project will use union labor — partnering with the Laborers on construction and with 32BJ SEIU for building service once the buildings are built

Land-use review

PropertiesGreenpoint

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Option 1

460 affordable

avg 40% AMI

Conditions

Council modification removing the street wall location waiver that CPC granted for the 11th Avenue site, to provide a more consistent streetscape along 11th Avenue
Council modification reducing the 12th Avenue site building height from the CPC-approved 550 feet to a maximum of 520 feet
The ~12-13 additional workforce-housing units are PERMANENTLY affordable (not limited to the tax-abatement term)
Affordable units must mirror and track the market units' unit mix and size - the applicant cannot build all studios; the affordable mix must be consistent with the studios/1BR/2BR/3BR distribution of the rest of the building
Affordable units cannot be concentrated on the ground floor - they must be distributed through the buildings and track the same unit sizes as the market units (anti-poor-door / anti-clustering)
Modify the LSGD special permit drawings to convert previously proposed commercial space to residential space, increasing affordable apartments

+5 more conditions

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

CB Manhattan Community Board 4 Negative / Conditional

Citations & precedent

New York City Council Rule 11.6(b) · Farah Louis

Procedure

Silence electronic devices; no one may approach the dais (ASR 'Adeis') — Unidentified Committee Staff (Sergeant-at-Arms)
Chair places subcommittee at ease before proceeding — Farah Louis
Three proposals scheduled for vote today — Farah Louis
Chair announces the second vote of the meeting, on the Monitor Point rezoning items in Council Member Restler's district (Greenpoint, Brooklyn).

Where it standsCB Manhattan Community Board 4 ✓→Committee→Full Council

The people

Practitioners & applicants

Gale Brewer · Sergeant-at-Arms / Committee Staff (unnamed) · Lincoln Restler · Committee Clerk (unnamed in 22548)

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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: an owner of a discussed site controls a 9-parcel portfolio.

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Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Thursday, June 25, 2026 · 30m

The one where the Monitor Point deal closed moments before the vote and Brewer called $200,000 for the park 'nickeling a

Contents & search

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affordable

1,122

avg AMI

40%

CEQR: Other

Try

From the room

“increase the share of permanently affordable housing from about 25% of the units to 50% of the units”
— Lincoln Restler

“the only way that we build affordable housing is to actually build it. If you wanna put in subsidy, fine.”
— Gale Brewer

“for majority affordable housing development known as Monitor Point at 40 Quay Street in Greenpoint.”
— Lincoln Restler

“M three Dash 1 zoning district to a residential r six and r eight district with a c two dash four commercial overlay.”
— Farah Louis

The decisions

01C 260013 ZMMZoning Map

West Side of Manhattan

The map amendment covers two separate development sites rather than one, and it moved through the calendar as a bundle, six land use items, 72 through 77, taken together instead of site-by-site.

The deal

Site

West Side of Manhattan

Conditions

The $200,000 DeWitt Clinton Park contribution is paid out over a few years, triggered by the Certificate of Occupancy / Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (ASR: 'CFO'/'temporary CFO')
The ~12-14 union workforce-housing units must become ACTUAL rent-stabilized units (not 'equivalent' rent stabilization) once the abatement ends and a family moves out; written into law

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

CB Manhattan Community Board 4

PropertiesWest Side of Manhattan

Where it standsCB Manhattan Community Board 4 ✓→Committee→Full Council

Legislation →ULURP case →

02C 260105 ZMKZoning Map

Greenpoint

The deal

Site

Greenpoint

Affordable

662

District

District 33

Mandatory inclusionary housing

662 affordable

Opposition & support

Many neighbors will be disappointed in the negotiated outcome; the member acknowledges it while supporting the project as ultimately positive

Park advocates ('some for this project, some against') who have been the most committed to the park for 20 years; the member hopes they will see net benefit

Conditions

Developer contributes $300,000 annually for the ~99-year term of the agreement to maintain and operate Bushwick Inlet Park; dedicated funds routed to the North Brooklyn Parks Alliance conservancy
Two new public bathrooms in the East Building for park users and neighbors
MTA is responsible for demolishing its building at Box Street Park and paving over the land to make way for the final section of the promised park
The Nassau Avenue G station will be made fully accessible with a new elevator — an approximately $60,000,000 project executed in the current MTA capital plan
Project will use union labor — partnering with the Laborers on construction and with 32BJ SEIU for building service once the buildings are built

Land-use review

PropertiesGreenpoint

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Option 1

460 affordable

avg 40% AMI

Conditions

Council modification removing the street wall location waiver that CPC granted for the 11th Avenue site, to provide a more consistent streetscape along 11th Avenue
Council modification reducing the 12th Avenue site building height from the CPC-approved 550 feet to a maximum of 520 feet
The ~12-13 additional workforce-housing units are PERMANENTLY affordable (not limited to the tax-abatement term)
Affordable units must mirror and track the market units' unit mix and size - the applicant cannot build all studios; the affordable mix must be consistent with the studios/1BR/2BR/3BR distribution of the rest of the building
Affordable units cannot be concentrated on the ground floor - they must be distributed through the buildings and track the same unit sizes as the market units (anti-poor-door / anti-clustering)
Modify the LSGD special permit drawings to convert previously proposed commercial space to residential space, increasing affordable apartments

+5 more conditions

Land-use review

CEQR: Other

CB Manhattan Community Board 4 Negative / Conditional

Citations & precedent

New York City Council Rule 11.6(b) · Farah Louis

Procedure

Silence electronic devices; no one may approach the dais (ASR 'Adeis') — Unidentified Committee Staff (Sergeant-at-Arms)
Chair places subcommittee at ease before proceeding — Farah Louis
Three proposals scheduled for vote today — Farah Louis
Chair announces the second vote of the meeting, on the Monitor Point rezoning items in Council Member Restler's district (Greenpoint, Brooklyn).

Where it standsCB Manhattan Community Board 4 ✓→Committee→Full Council

The people

Practitioners & applicants

Gale Brewer · Sergeant-at-Arms / Committee Staff (unnamed) · Lincoln Restler · Committee Clerk (unnamed in 22548)

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

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