On Monday, the Department of City Planning “certified” the proposal to rezone parts of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. As we discussed last month, the contextual rezoning plan increases the amount that may be built along the neighborhoods’ major East-West thoroughfares (boosting FAR to 3.45 or 4.6 with an affordable housing bonues) while decreasing development potential in the internal brownstone blocks (reducing FAR to 2.0). In addition, ten blocks in the area between Park and Flushing would be downzoned to a 1.35 FAR. While this was an important step in the process, it’ll probably be another six or seven months before all the bureaucratic boxes have been checked and the rezoning is official. In the meantime, be prepared for a rush of applications for rear and rooftop extensions in the brownstone blocks.
Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Rezoning Begins [Myrtle Minutes]
Clinton Hill/Fort Greene Downzoning Deets Released [Brownstoner]
Fort Greene / Clinton Hill Rezoning Project [City Planning]