The New York City Council - File #: Res 1799-2021

• File #: Res 1799-2021
• Version: *
• Name: LU 859 - Zoning, 270 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn (C 20210151 ZMK)
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Committee: Committee on Land Use
• On agenda: 11/10/2021
• Title: Resolution approving with modifications the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 210151 ZMK, a Zoning Map amendment (L.U. No. 859).
• Sponsors: Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Francisco P. Moya
• Council Member Sponsors: 2

Date	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Action By	Action	Result
11/10/2021	*	Rafael Salamanca, Jr.	City Council	Approved, by Council	Pass
10/21/2021	*	Rafael Salamanca, Jr.	Committee on Land Use	Approved by Committee with Modifications and Referred to CPC

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1799

Resolution approving with modifications the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 210151 ZMK, a Zoning Map amendment (L.U. No. 859).

By Council Members Salamanca and Moya

                     WHEREAS, BRP East Brooklyn Development, LLC, filed an application pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter for an amendment of the Zoning Map, Section No. 17a, changing from an existing R7A District to an R8A District and establishing within a proposed R8A District a C2-4 District, which in conjunction with the related action would facilitate the development of a new 14-story mixed-use building with approximately 487 dwelling units, 144 of which would be permanently affordable, along with ground floor commercial and community facility uses at 270 Nostrand Avenue (Block 1788, Lots 55 and p/o 49) in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, Community District 3 (ULURP No. C 210151 ZMK) (the "Application");

WHEREAS the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on September 10, 2021 its decision dated September 1, 2021 (the "Decision") on the Application;

WHEREAS, the Application is related to application N 210152 ZRK (L.U. No. 860), a zoning text amendment to designate a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) area;

WHEREAS, the Decision is subject to review and action by the Council pursuant to Section 197-d of the City Charter;

WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Decision and Application on September 24, 2021;

WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use and other policy issues relating to the Decision and Application; and

WHEREAS, the Council has considered the relevant environmental issues, including the Revised Negative Declaration issued August 27^th, 2021, which supersedes the Negative Declaration issued April 5^th, 2021, and Revised Environmental Assessment Statement issued August 27^th, 2021 (CEQR No. 21DCP043K) which include an (E) designation to avoid the potential for significant adverse impacts related to air quality and noise (E-606) (the “Revised Negative Declaration”).

RESOLVED: 

The Council finds that the action described herein will have no significant impact on the environment as set forth in the (E) Designation (E-606) and Revised Negative Declaration.

Pursuant to Sections 197-d and 200 of the City Charter and on the basis of the Decision and Application, and based on the environmental determination and consideration described in the report, C 210151 ZMK, incorporated by reference herein, and the record before the Council, the Council approves the Decision of the City Planning Commission with the following modifications:

Matter double struck out is old, deleted by the City Council;

Matter double-underlined is new, added by the City Council

The Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, effective as of December 15, 1961, and as subsequently amended, is further amended by changing the Zoning Map, Section No. 17a:

1.                     changing from an R7A District to an R7D District property bounded by a line midway between DeKalb Avenue and Kosciusko Street, a line 100 feet westerly of Nostrand Avenue, Kosciusko Street, and a line 240 feet westerly of Nostrand Avenue;

2.                     changing from an R7A District to an R7X District property bounded by DeKalb Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Kosciuszko Street, a line 100 feet westerly of Nostrand Avenue, a line midway between DeKalb Avenue and Kosciuszko Street, and a line 240 feet westerly of Nostrand Avenue; and

3.                     establishing within the proposed R7X District a C2-4 District bounded by DeKalb Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Kosciuszko Street, a line 100 feet westerly of Nostrand Avenue, a line midway between DeKalb Avenue and Kosciuszko Street, and a line 240 feet westerly of Nostrand Avenue;

1.                     changing from an R7A District to an R8A District property bounded by Dekalb Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Kosciuszko Street, and a line 240 feet westerly of Nostrand Avenue; and

2.                     establishing within the proposed R8A District a C2-4 District bounded by Dekalb Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Kosciuszko Street, a line 100 feet westerly of Nostrand Avenue, a line midway between Dekalb Avenue and Kosciusko Street, and a line 240 feet westerly of Nostrand Avenue;

as shown on a diagram (for illustrative purposes only) dated April 5, 2021, and subject to the conditions of City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) Declaration E-606, Borough of Brooklyn, Community District 3.

Adopted.

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The City of New York,  } ss.:

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a Resolution passed by The Council of The City of New York on November 10, 2021, on file in this office.

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City Clerk, Clerk of The Council