Community Board 12 voted tonight to approve the rezoning application for Culver Estates, shown in gray in the map above. Two board members voted against approving the application. Three other board members recused themselves from voting "because they have an interest" in the project.The rezoning application includes a request for a zoning variance that would allow the seventeen four-story apartment buildings to be taller than existing residential buildings in the area. Current residences are typically one- and two-family detached or semi-detached homes of two or three stories. The area also has groups of row houses.
Another zoning variance that has been requested would exempt the project from the city's requirement for backyards.
Three parking lots with a total of forty-eight parking spaces would be built for the use of existing neighborhood community facilities.
The next step in the application review process is a hearing at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Thursday, July 8th.
For background information on this project, please read "Culver Estates: Timeline for Public Review."