Update, Monday, December 7th: At today's remote hearing, the City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises unanimously voted in favor of the rezoning application. The Land Use Committee will vote on Wednesday, December 9th.
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Update, Friday, December 4th: The rally has been scheduled for noon on Sunday, December 6th, because of the possibility of rain on Saturday, December 5th.
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Rally to Stop Overdevelopment by Park Circle
Saturday, December 5th, noon
Rain Date: Sunday, December 6th, noon
Protest the rezoning of 312 Coney Island Avenue from a C8-2 District to an R8A District and establishing within the proposed R8A District a C2-4 District. This change would allow the building of thirteen-story luxury towers on the present site
of the International Baptist Church (Ocean Parkway, Caton Place, and
Coney Island Avenue at Machate Circle-Park Circle).
From the Stable Brooklyn community group:
This rally is in response to a ULURP [Uniform Land Use Review Procedure] filed by the developer, JEMB, which has a rental agreement with the International Baptist Church.Our little part of Windsor Terrace/Kensington has been subject to spot zoning, resulting in the development of luxury housing in a once thriving, integrated working class neighborhood. Many of us have been priced out of other neighborhoods. The children we raised can no longer afford to live here.57 Caton Avenue (next door to 312 Coney Island Avenue) has recently been rezoned and will be developed soon, adding even more luxury housing to the neighborhood.Some of us who live near the site have been testifying: at an initial Community Board 7 meeting, the Borough President’s hearing, the City Planning Commission hearing, and the City Council Land Use Committee. We have gotten to know each other and banded together because all of us agree:
- The development is out of context with our neighborhood.
- It can only make matters worse for traffic at Park Circle.
- The sheer wall will act as an echo chamber for our neighbors in the apartments at 10, 20, and 30 Ocean Parkway who already suffer from rush-hour horns and heavy traffic from Park Circle.
- It will cast a shadow on the Ocean Parkway bike path entry to Prospect Park.
- It could be an environmental nightmare for Prospect Park animals and plant life (noise and light pollution, shadows).
- It does nothing to solve the housing crisis in our city.
- It monetizes views of Prospect Park.
The rally will be held at 10 Ocean Parkway. (map)
For additional information, see the Windsor Terrace-Kensington Community Voice page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/184348329485099.
Previous blog posts:
OCEAN PARKWAY GREEN SPACE UPGRADE; REZONING IN EAST WINDSOR TERRACE January 22, 2019