Committee on Land Use · Thursday, June 25, 2026 · 8m

The one where the Council bought 202 more affordable apartments to get to yes on Monitor Point, and nobody said a word

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Kevin Riley's Land Use Committee rewrote both waterfront megaprojects on its plate before approving them. On Monitor Point, mostly MTA-controlled land in Lincoln Restler's Greenpoint district, the Council's modification adds 202 permanently affordable apartments, lifting the total from the applicant's 460 to 662, while keeping over an acre of open space and a museum building for the USS Monitor. One of the five original actions, a loading-requirements special permit, was withdrawn and filed: the modifications made it unnecessary. On the two Manhattan sites in Gale Brewer's district, the Counci

From the room

“The council's modifications will maintain the inclusion of over one acre of open space on-site”
— Kevin Riley

“which involves two separate development sites in council member Brewer's District in Manhattan.”
— Kevin Riley

“The majority of the development site consists of publicly owned land controlled by the MTA”
— Kevin Riley

related to the monitor point proposal in council member Restler's district in Brooklyn.

The decisions

01LU 0072-2026C 260013 ZMMZoning MapApproved

Dewitt Clinton Park North (801 Eleventh Avenue

with 2 related matters · LU 0074-2026 · LU 0073-2026

Two separate development sites in Council Member Brewer's Manhattan district would be built out using floor area transferred under the Special Hudson River Park District. Each site carries its own three-part package: a zoning map amendment, a zoning text amendment, and a special permit.

Mandatory inclusionary housing

125 affordableavg 26% AMI

Land-use review

Conditions

Remove the street wall waiver applicable to the 801 Eleventh Avenue site to provide a more consistent streetscape frontage.

Committee vote

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0077-2026C 260061 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

Dewitt Clinton Park North (629 West 54th Street

with 2 related matters · LU 0075-2026 · LU 0076-2026

Mandatory inclusionary housing

162 affordableavg 26% AMI

Conditions

Reduce the building height of the 629 West 54th Street site from the 550 feet approved by the CPC to 520 feet.

Committee vote

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0067-2026C 260105 ZMKZoning MapApproved

Monitor Point

with 4 related matters · LU 0071-2026 · LU 0069-2026 · LU 0070-2026 · LU 0068-2026

The action clears the way for a waterfront mixed-use development on predominantly MTA-owned land, a museum building for the USS Monitor, a market-rate building carrying MIH affordable housing, and a separate 100% affordable housing building, wrapped around more than an acre of new open space.

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Land-use review

Conditions

Council modification requires an additional 202 permanently affordable apartments, bringing the total to 662 affordable units.
The council's modifications maintain the inclusion of over one acre of open space on-site.
The council's modifications maintain the creation of a museum facility for the USS Monitor.
Change the large scale special permit approval drawings to facilitate the increase in affordable units.
Modify the waiver associated with the required waterfront public access area to maximize the public open space on the site.

Committee vote

Chi A. Ossé Chris Banks David M. Carr Elsie Encarnación Farah N. Louis Justin E. Sanchez Kevin C. Riley Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shanel Thomas-Henry Shaun Abreu Tiffany L. Cabán Yusef Salaam Chi A. Ossé Chris Banks David M. Carr Elsie Encarnación Farah N. Louis Justin E. Sanchez Kevin C. Riley Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shanel Thomas-Henry Shaun Abreu Tiffany L. Cabán Yusef Salaam Chi A. Ossé Chris Banks David M. Carr Elsie Encarnación Farah N. Louis Justin E. Sanchez Kevin C. Riley Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shanel Thomas-Henry Shaun Abreu Tiffany L. Cabán Yusef Salaam Chi A. Ossé Chris Banks David M. Carr Elsie Encarnación Farah N. Louis Justin E. Sanchez Kevin C. Riley Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shanel Thomas-Henry Shaun Abreu Tiffany L. Cabán Yusef Salaam Chi A. Ossé Chris Banks David M. Carr Elsie Encarnación Farah N. Louis Justin E. Sanchez Kevin C. Riley Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shanel Thomas-Henry Shaun Abreu Tiffany L. Cabán Yusef Salaam

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Conditions

Council modification: reduce the building height of the West 54th Street site (629 West 54th Street) from the 550 feet approved by the City Planning Commission to 520 feet, to provide a transition in building height from 11th to 12th Avenue and create less of a barrier along the waterfront.

The people

On the dais · 13

Chi A. Ossé Chris Banks David M. Carr Elsie Encarnación Farah N. Louis Justin E. Sanchez Kevin C. Riley Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Shanel Thomas-Henry Shaun Abreu Susan Zhuang Tiffany L. Cabán Yusef Salaam

Practitioners & applicants

William Martin

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.

Committee on Land Use · Thursday, June 25, 2026 · 8m

The one where the Council bought 202 more affordable apartments to get to yes on Monitor Point, and nobody said a word

Contents & search

items

approved

land-use items

affordable

287

avg AMI

26%

Try

From the room

“The council's modifications will maintain the inclusion of over one acre of open space on-site”
— Kevin Riley

“which involves two separate development sites in council member Brewer's District in Manhattan.”
— Kevin Riley

“The majority of the development site consists of publicly owned land controlled by the MTA”
— Kevin Riley

related to the monitor point proposal in council member Restler's district in Brooklyn.

The decisions

01LU 0072-2026C 260013 ZMMZoning MapApproved

Dewitt Clinton Park North (801 Eleventh Avenue

with 2 related matters · LU 0074-2026 · LU 0073-2026

Mandatory inclusionary housing

125 affordableavg 26% AMI

Land-use review

Conditions

Remove the street wall waiver applicable to the 801 Eleventh Avenue site to provide a more consistent streetscape frontage.

Committee vote

Legislation →ULURP case →

02LU 0077-2026C 260061 ZSMSpecial PermitApproved

Dewitt Clinton Park North (629 West 54th Street

with 2 related matters · LU 0075-2026 · LU 0076-2026

Mandatory inclusionary housing

162 affordableavg 26% AMI

Conditions

Reduce the building height of the 629 West 54th Street site from the 550 feet approved by the CPC to 520 feet.

Committee vote

Legislation →ULURP case →

03LU 0067-2026C 260105 ZMKZoning MapApproved

Monitor Point

with 4 related matters · LU 0071-2026 · LU 0069-2026 · LU 0070-2026 · LU 0068-2026

Mandatory inclusionary housing

Land-use review

Conditions

Council modification requires an additional 202 permanently affordable apartments, bringing the total to 662 affordable units.
The council's modifications maintain the inclusion of over one acre of open space on-site.
The council's modifications maintain the creation of a museum facility for the USS Monitor.
Change the large scale special permit approval drawings to facilitate the increase in affordable units.
Modify the waiver associated with the required waterfront public access area to maximize the public open space on the site.

Committee vote

Legislation →ULURP case →

Also in the record

Records not linked to a specific agenda item

Conditions

Council modification: reduce the building height of the West 54th Street site (629 West 54th Street) from the 550 feet approved by the City Planning Commission to 520 feet, to provide a transition in building height from 11th to 12th Avenue and create less of a barrier along the waterfront.

The people

On the dais · 13

Practitioners & applicants

William Martin

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

Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat.