Proposed rezoning for Crown Heights now under review
A formal public review of a proposal to rezone 55-blocks of the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn is now underway following the Department of City Planning’s certification of the plan on March 18.
The goals of the Crown Heights West Rezoning proposal include: maintaining the existing scale and character of the neighborhood by establishing height limits for new development; creating incentives for affordable housing; and matching the commercial zoning to the retail character along the commercial corridors.
The proposed rezoning plan covers an area roughly bounded by Atlantic Avenue, Pacific, Dean, and Bergen Streets on the north; Nostrand Avenue to the east; Eastern Parkway to the south; and Washington and Grand Avenues to the west.
Within the proposed rezoning district there are two Inclusionary Housing areas where developers would be allowed to build larger structures if 20 percent of the units are set aside for renters earning at or below 80 percent of the area’s median income and these units remain affordable permanently.