Columbia Waterfront Getting In On Rezoning Action
The Columbia Waterfront District will get to tag-along with Carroll Gardens as the larger neighbor to the east gets its long-awaited rezoning treatment from City Planning. (This should happen as soon as this June.) “We have been notified that Amanda Burden, Director of City Planning, has supported our request and that the Columbia Waterfront neighborhood…
The Columbia Waterfront District will get to tag-along with Carroll Gardens as the larger neighbor to the east gets its long-awaited rezoning treatment from City Planning. (This should happen as soon as this June.) “We have been notified that Amanda Burden, Director of City Planning, has supported our request and that the Columbia Waterfront neighborhood will be included in the Carroll Gardens re-zoning process as it progresses,” reports the Columbia Waterfront District’s blog. “We are very pleased and thankful that City Planning has recognized our hard work and sincerely listened to the opinions and desires of the residents of our neighborhood.” In broad strokes, this means that much of the small neighborhood fronting on piers 7 to 12 will likely be rezoned from R6 to R6B, a shift that would result in lower, more contextual new development.
Columbia Waterfront District Re-Zoning Request Approved [COWNA via WOCS]
Photo by Kevin Seymour
Slick have you seen how many unfinished building projects there are in that neighborhood? Or how many building projects that have come to a complete halt due to the financial credit freeze? Thereare tens if not hundreds of unsold appartments which will have to go on the market soon. Notat unrealistic prices like the others they sold I am hoping.
ok, how does downzoning make a neighborhood more affordable?
All of this zoning stuff is starting to bother me. Presuming Columbia is part of the downzoning, it is a street where taller buildings make a lot of sense. NY is a town of tall buildings, but there will soon be no place left to build them.
I really like this neighborhood…too bad it is far from the train, but that is also what I like it’s small and out of the way.
That is nice to hear. Maybe working middle class people will once again be able to afford to live in this part of Brooklyn.
That is nice to hear. Maybe working middle class people will once again be able to afford to live in this part of Brooklyn.