2017-280-BZ CEQR No. 18-BSA-043K APPLICANT – Fox Rothschild LLP, for TF Cornerstone, owner; CPFC Op Co LLC, lessee. SUBJECT – Application October 17, 2017 – Special Permit (§73-36) to permit a physical culture establishment (Chelsea Piers) to be located on the cellar and first floor levels of a new building contrary to ZR §32-10. C6-4 Special Downtown Brooklyn purpose district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 33 Bond Street, Block 166, Lot 1, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #2BK ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Sheta and Commissioner Scibetta .................................................5 Negative: ......................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, the decision of the Department of Buildings (“DOB”), dated October 12, 2017, acting on New Building Application No. 320916041, reads in pertinent part: “Proposed physical culture establishment [(“PCE”)] is not permitted as of right . . . as per ZR 32-10”; and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR §§ 73-36 and 73-03 to permit, in a C6-4 zoning district and the Special Downtown Brooklyn District, the operation of a physical culture establishment on the first floor and in the cellar of the subject building, contrary to ZR § 32-10; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on March 27, 2018 after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on March 27, 2018; and WHEREAS, Community Board 2, Brooklyn, waives its recommendation for this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the east side of Bond Street, between Livingston Street and Schermerhorn Street, in a C6-4 zoning district and the Special Downtown Brooklyn District, in Brooklyn; and WHEREAS, the subject site has approximately 172 feet of frontage along Bond Street, 201 feet of frontage along Livingston Street, 298 feet of frontage along Schermerhorn Street, 50,025 square feet of lot area and is occupied by a twenty-five story, with cellar, mixed-use commercial and residential building; and WHEREAS, ZR § 73-36(a) provides that in C1- 8X, C1-9, C2, C4, C5, C6, C8, M1, M2 or M3 Districts, and in certain special districts as specified in the provisions of such special district, the Board may permit physical culture or health establishments as defined in Section 12-10 for a term not to exceed ten years, provided that the following findings are made: (1) that such use is so located as not to 2017-280-BZ CEQR No. 18-BSA-043K further that such conditions and safeguards shall be incorporated in the building permit and certificate of occupancy of the subject building, and that failure to comply with such conditions or restrictions shall constitute a violation of the Zoning Resolution and may constitute the basis for denial or revocation of a building permit or certificate of occupancy and for all other applicable remedies; and WHEREAS, as a threshold matter, the Board notes that the site is within the boundaries of a designated area in which the subject special permit is available; and WHEREAS, the subject PCE will occupy 43,192 square feet of floor space as follows: 16,022 square feet of floor area on the first floor, including an entry lobby, management office, sales area, social area, café, play room, open workout area, cardiovascular-fitness area, pool, hot tub, lavatory, mechanical room and filter room, and 27,170 square feet of floor space in the cellar, including group fitness, a cycling room, locker rooms, steam rooms, saunas, a Pilates room, yoga room, open fitness area and a weight-lifting area; and WHEREAS, the PCE will operate as Chelsea Piers, with the following hours of operation: 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Friday; and 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; and WHEREAS, the applicant represents that the PCE use is consistent with the vibrant

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