Boerum Hill Looks to Downzone
In the wake of the rezoning of Carroll Gardens, which was finalized in 2009 and encouraged new buildings to stay in the range of 30 to 40 feet, Boerum Hill is now looking to protect its blocks against any incoming high rises. The Brooklyn Eagle reports on the proposal to downzone the neighborhood to a…
In the wake of the rezoning of Carroll Gardens, which was finalized in 2009 and encouraged new buildings to stay in the range of 30 to 40 feet, Boerum Hill is now looking to protect its blocks against any incoming high rises. The Brooklyn Eagle reports on the proposal to downzone the neighborhood to a 50 foot limit after residents realized “Boerum Hill was the last brownstone area that was not more fully protected. The Boerum Hill Association has been working with the Department of City Planning, where the only point of contention is the rezoning of the 3rd and 4th Avenue corridor. Currently, the blocks between 3rd and 4th are zoned at a maximum of 75 feet, and the DCP says the area has “more mixed character” than the rest of the neighborhood and should remain zoned as is. Regardless, the downzoning request is expected to reach City Council by June at the earliest.
50-Foot Limits Help Keep Brownstone Neighborhoods in Scale [Brooklyn Eagle]
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1. R6B does not change the rear yard requirements.
2. Housing prices result from so many factors beyond supply and demand that perhaps the armchair economists might want to call it a day. Or not; knock yourselves out.
3. I think WBer summed it all up at 11:46 AM.
I think I recall that Boerum Hill has had really good experience with the rezoning. Moses tried to level much the entire neighborhood to expand Atlantic Avenue into a highway before the community stopped it, and the Landmarking has been some protection since then. Also, doesn’t the R6B zoning provide some protections from the big extensions people are building into the back yards?
I think I recall that Boerum Hill has had really good experience with the rezoning. Moses tried to level much the entire neighborhood to expand Atlantic Avenue into a highway before the community stopped it, and the Landmarking has been some protection since then. Also, doesn’t the R6B zoning provide some protections from the big extensions people are building into the back yards?
No one said an increase in zoning density would make an area more affordable – however an increase in housing units will make housing more affordable – or more affordable than it otherwise would be.
No, I’m just pointing out the facts. The increase in zoning density didn’t make Williamsburg and Downtown more affordable. It also drove up retail rents as well.
NY7Guy – “new housing” was not the only factor in housing prices in those neighborhoods.
Obviously if new housing comes and as a consequence or concurrently the neighborhood becomes more desirable (more amenities for example) than housing prices may rise despite the new housing – also if the market itself goes up that will be reflected as well.
All you are doing is saying well from year 1 to year 10 they built new housing and in the same period housing went up so therefore new housing=higher prices.
Please look up the differences between causation and correlation.
fsrq, pot, kettle! All that new housing in Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn has only driven prices up in those neighborhoods. Boerum Hill isn’t expensive because there isn’t enough housing, it’s expensive because of it’s proximity to Manhattan and neighborhood amenities.
NYGUY7 “Maybe so but no extra housing is going to make it more affordable to live here. It’s only going to make it more expensive.”
your musings are amusing in their ignorance
You sound like a right-wing presidential candidate denying evolution – hell “supply and demand” isnt even a “theory” its a “law”
“I think you’d be very surprised to find out how many of those “rich folks” would move right back to a “less hip” Boreum Hill if they could afford it.”
Maybe so but no extra housing is going to make it more affordable to live here. It’s only going to make it more expensive.