Two days after the 26-section Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Toll Brothers’ Gowanus development was released, the City Planning Department has approved certified the developer’s application to rezone the area, according to the Brooklyn Eagle. The three-acre project would transform the formerly industrial area into “residential and other uses and a publicly-accessible waterfront open space. The proposed project would be a privately sponsored redevelopment project on the Gowanus Canal waterfront,” they report, with “577 units of housing — 447 of them market rate and 130 of them (20 percent) affordable — plus 2,000 square feet of retail, 2,000 square feet of community space and 260 underground parking spaces.” Finally, those images of hipsters strolling along the murky green water of the Canal will be realized. That is, if all goes well with the ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Process). The first public hearing should occur at the September 26th CB6 meeting. Anybody planning to attend, and, if so, what will you have to say about the project?
Toll Bros. Gowanus Plan OK’d by DCP [Brooklyn Eagle]
The Next Unveiling of Toll Brothers’ Gowanus [Brownstoner]