After watching portions of their neighborhood get ruined by low-end developers with no stake in the community, Community Board 3 and other Bedford Stuyvesant-based groups are finally uniting around a rezoning plan that would preserve the neighborhood’s stunning architecture while increasing the incentives for the creation of affordable housing. The plan, which the Department of City Planning was expected to begin reviewing yesterday, would presumably follow a similar pattern to the rezoning that have happened (or are in the process of happening) in Park Slope, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. In all three cases, historic brownstone blocks have gained added protection while restrictions on height and density have been eased on major avenues to encourage affordable housing. “We want the new properties to fit in with existing properties,” said Joyce Turner, president of the Bedford Stuyvesant Real Estate Board Inc., a local non-profit that’s been active for nearly 70 years. “There has to be consistency…We need to put some controls on this. Bravo. The sooner this happens the better. Anyone have any more detail on the plan?
Bed-Stuy Zoning Plan Begins Public Review [Metro]
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