Eric Adams wants the height of towers in this megadevelopment to be restricted to 600 feet
Following the overwhelming rejection by Brooklyn Community Board 2 last month, the mixed-use project planned for 80 Flatbush Avenue has met with similar disapproval from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams this week.
Instead Adams has offered up several suggestions on how the project can move forward. For one, he wants to reduce the maximum height on the towers planned as part of the project. One of the towers planned by Alloy Development is slated to rise to 986 feet—Adams wants to cap the height at 600 feet.
The proposal calls for the creation of 900 apartments, of which 200 would be affordable units. Adams wants to ensure that there are a mix of bedroom types that will accommodate families with children, and that apartments will be set aside for very low-income seniors, including the formerly homeless.
Other suggestions include adding a new subway entrance at the Atlantic Avenue/Barclays Center complex that would reduce congestion on stairways, and that the current residents of NYCHA's Wyckoff Gardens and Gowanus Houses be included as part of the community preferences aspect of the affordable housing units.
The Borough President's recommendations follow a City Planning Commission hearing for the development, which also includes multiple schools, office, retail, and cultural space. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that a majority of the public speakers at the meeting spoke in favor of the development. The Planning Commission still has to issue its verdict, and then the final decision will lay in the hands of the City Council.
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