HOUSING NOT HIGH-RISES: A SPECIAL FUNDRAISING EVENT

 

Fundraiser for Housing Not High-Rises

Tuesday, October 22nd

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

From Housing Not High-Rises:

Fundraiser At The Lonesome Club 

October 22 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Donation Suggested

Please join us at The Lonesome Club on Tuesday October 22 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm for a special Housing Not High-Rises fundraiser!

• Complimentary appetizers
• Cash bar with a variety of drinks available for purchase
• Insider updates from the team
• Great company and a chance to support a meaningful cause!

We’re excited to share some in-depth updates about the work we’ve been doing. This is a unique opportunity for our closest supporters to get an insider’s look at the impact you’re helping create.

We encourage you to join us and bring your questions—and your generosity—to help continue this vital work!

We kindly ask attendees to consider making a donation to Housing Not High-Rises to support our fight for contextual and affordable housing in our neighborhood. Don’t forget to bring your checkbook! Suggested contribution $100 – $500.

RSVP Now to housingnothighrises@gmail.com! Space is limited, so please let us know you’ll be joining.

We look forward to seeing you there and making a difference together!

The Lonesome Club
1674 10th Avenue (at Prospect Ave), Brooklyn
Tue, Oct 22, 6:00 pm

If you can’t attend but would still like to support our cause, you can make a donation online at housingnothighrises.org.

 

About Housing Not High-Rises 

"We are a group of South Slope and Windsor Terrace renters and homeowners who want housing, especially truly affordable housing, that preserves the scale of these historic neighborhoods.

We support changes to zoning policy through a comprehensive, considerate process – like City of Yes -not Arrow Linen’s one-off, development-rights cash grab.

That’s why we’re urging our neighbors and elected officials to support sustainable, contextual, affordable housing – not high rises.

We are available as a resource to other communities that find themselves in a position where they need to understand more about the rezoning process, how it impacts their neighborhoods, and how to organize effectively."

 

HPD IN YOUR DISTRICT: LEARN ABOUT HOUSING-RELATED ISSUES WITH NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (FREE)

 

HPD in Your District

Friday, September 20th

10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

From the Office of New York City Councilmember Shahana Hanif:

Our Office is co-hosting two HPD In Your District events in September with Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon and State Senator Andrew Gounardes.

 

These events will provide valuable information on applying for affordable housing, understanding your rights and responsibilities, filing a housing complaint, financing improvements and repairs, registering your building, addressing violations, and more.

• The first event is Tuesday, September 17th, from 10 AM to 5 PM outside our District Office at 197 Bond Street, 11217. See details here.

• The second event will be on Friday, September 20th, from 10 AM to 5 PM at our Kensington Satellite Office at 118 Beverly Road, 11218. See details here.

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HPD's Mission

 

Our mission is to promote quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods.

 

We do this by maintaining building and resident safety and health, creating opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability, and engaging New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

Because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

 

Location

Satellite Office of New York City Councilmember Shahana Hanif

118 Beverley Road

between McDonald Avenue and E. 2nd Street

Kensington, Brooklyn

PUBLIC HEARING ON ZOOM AND IN PERSON FOR THE ARROW LINEN SUPPLY REZONING REQUEST

 Public Hearing on the Arrow Linen Supply

Rezoning Request

Monday, September 9th

6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 12th

6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

A building that is as much as nineteen stories tall could replace the Arrow Linen Supply building, if Arrow's request for changes in zoning and land use is approved. (19 Stories? How Did That Happen?)

 

Prospect Avenue could look like this soon.

 

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From Community Board 7:

CB7 will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 9, 2024 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at Holy Name Church-Shepherd's Hall located at 245 Prospect Park West. [Enter via the parking lot.]

Agenda:

 

1. Presentation from Arrow Linen Supply Co., Inc., owner of 441 & 467 Prospect Avenue to request approval of the following actions:

 

(a) Zoning map amendment changing an R5B zoning district to an R7-1 zoning district on the midblock of Prospect Avenue between 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West,

 

(b) Zoning text amendment to zoning resolution to establish the rezoning area as a mandatory inclusionary housing,

 

(c) Zoning special permit pursuant for a waiver of required accessory off street parking spaces to facilitate affordable housing within the transit zone

 

You can view the ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) application for 441 & 467 Prospect Avenue at this link: https://zap.planning.nyc.gov/projects/2021K0375.

You can attend the public hearing in person or register to attend virtually on Zoom - https://bit.ly/3ykP7Dl

The public hearing will continue on Thursday, September 12  @ 6:30 p.m. virtually only on Zoom. Register to attend the 9/12 continuation of the public hearing - https://bit.ly/4drzZmM 

The public hearing will be livestreamed on the Brooklyn Community Board 7's YouTube Channel - https://bit.ly/3uQlAtq

 

The Community Board 7 Land Use/Landmarks Committee will discuss the rezoning application on Monday, September 16th, at 6:30 p.m. You can attend in person or virtually on Zoom. To attend on Zoom, register at https://bit.ly/3Xfx3mr. The meeting can also be viewed on Community Board 7's YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/3uQlAtq.

 

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Previous KARMABrooklyn blog posts about the rezoning:

 

ARROW ACTION/HOUSING NOT HIGH-RISES COMMUNITY MEETING

https://karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2023/11/arrow-action-community-meeting-housing.html

HOUSING NOT HIGH-RISES: AN URGENT COMMUNITY MEETING

https://karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2024/04/housing-not-high-rises-urgent-community.html 

HOUSING NOT HIGH-RISES: REPORTS ON THE APRIL COMMUNITY MEETING

https://karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2024/04/housing-not-high-rises-reports-on-april.html

 

HOUSING NOT HIGH-RISES: REPORTS ON THE APRIL COMMUNITY MEETING

Arrow Linen Supply Company is planning to shut down its operations in Windsor Terrace. Arrow has applied for rezoning for the land that it and several nearby houses sit on, a move that would increase the sale value of its property.

 

Rezoning would allow a developer to build thirteen-story high-rises on Prospect Avenue, between Prospect Park West and 8th Avenue, a block of mainly two- and three-story houses.

 

In response, a group of neighbors formed Housing Not High-Rises. The group is advocating for a five- to seven-story building with at least fifty percent of it affordable.

 

What Arrow is requesting appears to be spot zoning.

Spot zoning refers to the rezoning of a parcel of land to a use category different from the surrounding area, usually to benefit a single owner or a single development interest. Size of the parcel is relevant, but not determinative. Illegal spot zoning occurs whenever “the change is
other than part of a well-considered and comprehensive plan calculated to serve the general welfare of the community."

https://dos.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/01/zoning-and-the-comprehensive-plan.pdf 

 

Housing Not High-Rises held its most recent community meeting on April 16th at Holy Name Church and has posted a summary of the meeting, the slide presentation made at the meeting, and suggestions for follow-up steps that neighbors can take, such as contacting elected representatives.

 

Additional reading from "Brownstoner" and "Brick Underground":

"A Brooklyn group says yes to affordable housing but no to 13-story towers" https://www.brickunderground.com/live/arrow-linen-rezoning-housing-not-high-rises-windsor-terrace-brooklyn

 

"Windsor Terrace Locals Want a Shorter, More Affordable Arrow Linen Project" https://www.brownstoner.com/development/windsor-terrace-arrow-linen-rezoning-467-prospect-avenue-height/

HOUSING NOT HIGH-RISES: AN URGENT COMMUNITY MEETING

From Housing Not High-rises:

Urgent Community Meeting April 16, 2024

Our next meeting is Tuesday, April 16. We need you to come, to demonstrate to our elected officials that we care about housing and keeping it consistent with our neighborhood.

Our elected officials have been invited.  Shahana Hanif’s office has confirmed their attendance, and her support is pivotal in this issue.

The only way our elected officials can help us get what we want is for us to let them know what we want. Your attendance is important to deliver this message.

Please join us on April 16 at 7:00pm at Shepherd’s Hall in the Holy Name of Jesus Church (enter by way of the parking lot at 245 Prospect Park West, near Windsor Place).

Agenda:

• Welcome and thanks to our community
• Background on Housing Not High-Rises (formerly Arrow Action)
• Updates on city-wide zoning efforts via the City of Yes initiative
• Reports from subcommittees, including recent meetings with our representatives
• Neighborhood outreach and request for more signatures on our petition
• Q&A
• Post-meeting committee sign-up

We are looking forward to seeing you on April 16!

Thanks,

  – Chris, Jack, Jay, Julia, Kate, Marty, Phil and Steph

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Housing Not High-rises is a community-based group. We live in Windsor Terrace, South Slope, and Kensington. We came together a couple of months ago when we learned that Arrow Linen Supply Company on Prospect Avenue, between Prospect Park West and 8th Avenue, wants to develop massive 13-story mid-block luxury towers.

Arrow Linen has applied to the city to rezone the block––allowing it to sell its property to a developer for maximum profit and then leave.

This drawing is copied from Arrow Linen’s proposal. 

If Arrow Linen gets permission to build these towers, greedy developers will do the same everywhere we live.

We have better ideas. We want AFFORDABLE HOUSING. We do NOT want high-priced high-rises.

Arrow Linen has hired lobbyists and lawyers…. We are organizing.

We are meeting with our elected officials to share feedback from our neighbors and make our goals clear. We would like to see a housing plan that creates community-based housing that works with our neighborhood, not luxury towers.

Please join us. Go to https://housingnothighrises.org to sign our petition, join our mailing list, and get meeting updates. See our ideas, city planning information, and Arrow’s proposal. Come to our next community meeting at Holy Name of Jesus, Shepherd's Hall, listed above.

 Please contact our City Councilmember, Shahana Hanif. She is central to what is actually built. See our website for suggested messages. Contact her at 718-499-1090 / district39@council.nyc.gov / #ShahanaFromBK.

Let Councilmember Hanif know that we want housing that supports our neighborhood, not high-rises that enrich landowners.

 

ARROW ACTION/HOUSING NOT HIGH-RISES COMMUNITY MEETING

 Arrow Action/Housing Not High-rises Community Meeting

Tuesday, November 14th, 7:00 p.m.

 

Holy Name of Jesus Church,

Shepherd’s Hall

enter via the parking lot

at 245 Prospect Park West

(near Windsor Place)

 

Arrow Action/Housing Not High-rises is a community-based group. We live in Windsor Terrace, South Slope, and Kensington. We came together a couple of months ago when we learned that Arrow Linen Supply Company on Prospect Avenue, between Prospect Park West and 8th Avenue, wants to develop massive 13-story mid-block luxury towers.

 

Arrow Linen has applied to the city to rezone the block––allowing it to sell its property to a developer for maximum profit and then leave.

 

This drawing is copied from Arrow Linen’s proposal. 

If Arrow Linen gets permission to build these towers, greedy developers will do the same everywhere we live.

 

We have better ideas. We want AFFORDABLE HOUSING. We do NOT want high-priced high-rises.

 

Arrow Linen has hired lobbyists and lawyers…. We are organizing.

 

We are meeting with our elected officials to share feedback from our neighbors and make our goals clear. We would like to see a housing plan that creates community-based housing that works with our neighborhood, not luxury towers.

 

Please join us. Go to https://housingnothighrises.org/ to sign our petition, join our mailing list, and get meeting updates. See our ideas, city planning information, and Arrow’s proposal. Come to our next community meeting at Holy Name of Jesus, Shepherd's Hall, listed above.

 

Please contact our City Councilmember, Shahana Hanif. She is central to what is actually built. See our website for suggested messages. Contact her at 718-499-1090 / district39@council.nyc.gov / #ShahanaFromBK.

 

Let Councilmember Hanif know that we want housing that supports our neighborhood, not high-rises that enrich landowners.

 

APPLY FOR AFFORDABLE CONDOS ON 37TH STREET IN BROOKLYN

(original posted at

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdf/Owners/culver-el-project-phase-1.pdf)

Applications are now available for first-time homeowners interested in buying an affordable condo on 37th Street in Brooklyn, between 12th and 13th avenues (map).

The thirty-six newly-built condos each have either three or four bedrooms. Some units have a den, and some have a balcony.

A chart here indicates--based on the number of members in a household--the minimum and maximum allowable annual income range, the estimated prices of the units, and the estimated monthly housing expenses.

Download the application in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Haitian, and Korean here. Or get an application in the mail by writing to SBCO c/o Culver Housing Developments, LLC, 4006 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218 and including a self-addressed envelope.

Applications have to be postmarked by Tuesday, September 25, 2018, in order to be entered in the housing lottery.

Neither an application fee nor a broker's fee is being charged.

Free informational sessions about purchasing a condo will be held in Brooklyn on Tuesday, August 28th, at 7:00 p.m. at West End Gardens Community Center, 1002 44th Street, near 10th Avenue, and on Tuesday, September 11th, at 7:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Center, 411 46th Street, near 4th Avenue.

This offer marks the end of Phase 1 of the Culver Affordable Housing Project. Thirty-two more condos will be built on 37th Street, between 13th and 14th avenues, during Phase 2. In total, seventeen four-story buildings will contain a total of sixty-eight condos, one on each floor.

Condo owners are required to live in the condo they purchase, and the condo must be their primary residence.

Eligibility is based on income as well as other criteria. New York City residents get preference.

A percentage of units is set aside for people with disabilities (5% for mobility, 2% for vision/hearing), residents of Brooklyn Community Boards 7, 12, and 14 (50%), and municipal employees (5%).

More information is available at www.sbcony.org/culver.
 

The F and G subway station at Church Avenue (map) and the B35 and B16 buses are nearby.

These buildings are being constructed through the New Foundations Project of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development.