Update on the Boerum Hill Rezoning

Last fall, the Boerum Hill Association formally expressed interest in getting a piece of the downzoning action that so many neighborhoods in Brownstone Brooklyn have been in on in recent years. According to The Brooklyn Paper, the Department of City Planning just briefed the Boerum Hill Association on how such a rezoning might look: New buildings on side streets in the 29-block area (which would be bounded by Atlantic Avenue, Warren Street, Court Street and Third Avenue) would be capped at 50 feet while those on commercial stretches like Court Street and Smith Street would be limited to 70 feet. Community Board 2 and local public officials have already expressed support for the plan, though City Planning still needs to finalize the boundaries and other specifics before it can come up for review by the City Council and Mayor’s office.