CB6 committee approves controversial NY Methodist expansion, but adds conditions
Goes to full board Wednesday night
After New York Methodist Hospital further tweaked its design plans, Community Board 6’s Landmarks/Land Use Committee on Monday voted to conditionally approve zoning variances for the construction of a large ambulatory care facility in Park Slope.
The committee voted 10-5, with one abstaining, to approve the variances, but built in a number of contingencies. The same committee had sent the proposal back to the drawing board on November 21.
NY Methodist spokesperson Lyn Hill described the most recent changes, which encompass two different zones. In the R7B zone, Hill said that NY Methodist “reduced the size of the top; deleted the seventh floor; stepped the Fifth Street façade down, adjacent to neighboring homes; and aligned the street wall with existing buildings.”
In the R6B zone, the hospital increased the setback above the fourh floor by 25 feet, Hill said. In addition, the new plans “reduced total garage parking spaces by 189.”