City Planning is moving forward with a zoning amendment to a 13-block chunk of Williamsburg that was left out of the area’s 2005 rezoning. The amendment will change Grand Street’s zoning between Berry and the BQE from R6 (sky’s the limit) to R6B (max height=50 feet). The city’s been working on the tweak for a while now, and Curbed’s been reporting on how developers have been trying to “beat the downzone by planning high-rises. The proposal still needs to be OK’d by CB1, the Planning Commission and the City Council.
Grand Street Rezoning [nyc.gov]
City Planning Approves Williamsburg Zoning Amendment [Brooklyn Eagle]
New Williamsburg Tall Building Smackdown Coming [Curbed]
Map from nyc.gov.