If the rezoning is approved, 1,146 apartments will rise on this controversial site
Plans to bring more 1,100 apartments to the Broadway Triangle area in Brooklyn are now moving into the city's public review process, potentially setting up months of contentious debate over this neighborhood-altering development.
The Rabsky Group has officially started the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) to rezone a two-block site at 200 Harrison Avenue, DNAinfo reports. If the developer's plans are approved, 1,146 apartments will be spread out over eight new buildings in the Broadway Triangle area, located at the intersection of Williamsburg, Bed-Stuy, and Bushwick.
A previous iteration of this plan set aside 344 units for affordable housing as part of the overall development, but that number has now come down to 287, according to DNAinfo. However, these apartments will be more affordable in that they will be offered to New Yorkers earning in a lower income bracket than what was previously proposed. One hundred and fifteen of the affordable apartments will be open to families making $38,000 per year, and 172 will be offered to families of four making $57,000.
The rezoning of Broadway Triangle for housing has been the subject of lawsuits and contentious debates for several years now. The Latino and black residents of the area have argued that a 2009 rezoning unfairly favors the Hasidic community, and construction on projects in the area has not moved forward as a result of a lawsuit.
Housing advocates and the City Councilman representing the area, Antonio Reynoso, have urged the city to resolve the lawsuit and create an overall plan for the Broadway Triangle area before moving forward on any individual rezoning proposals, according to DNAinfo.
For now, though, the Rabsky Group is determined to move forward, and as the first step in the ULURP, the local community board will have to host a public meeting on the project within the next two months.
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