Heights Residents Want Precinct Housing After All?

Despite reports last month that the owner of the former police precinct house at 72 Poplar Street in Brooklyn Heights was abandoning plans to convert the building to residential use amidst resistance from the city and community, a large crew of locals turned up at last nights Community Board 2 Land Use meeting to advocate for the idea. After the presentation of a petition with 104 signatures, a motion was cobbled together that the community board support development of the property for residential use, ncluding support for the legal intervention needed to get the rear yard requirement waived. Even BHA head Judy Stanton joined in the 9-0 vote in favor. In all likelihood, the motion will go to the full board at its January 9 meeting. We're scratching our heads over this one: Perhaps it was a lesser-of-two-evils decision. After all, the last thing Heights residents want is some high-traffic community-use project in their backyard.
Former Heights Precinct Will Not Go Condo [Brownstoner] GMAP
Developer Abandons Conversion Plans For 86th Precinct [Brooklyn Eagle]

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will there be an affordable housing component. or will it all be luxe apts for the 250K+/year club.

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 10:12 AM

What do you mean by "affordable"? Affordable housing projects benefits a very small minority while the other 98% of housing goes up due to scarcity and pice controls. Its a double edge sword...

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 10:24 AM

I think it will not be residential.
Looks like it will be an institution of some kind for disabled people.
Nothing wrong with that.

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 11:02 AM

middle class type "affordable", >100K and <200K, the people who are being squeezed out brownstone Brooklyn and downtown. either you get in to these developments through the top (market rate) or someone cut an opportunity for you at the bottom (low income) affordable. I need want to create "scarcity" but from where I stand the bowl is pretty much empty.

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 11:33 AM

If this building is turned into residential, I don't think folks making only 250,000 a year will be able to afford it. Those apartments would be for people making at least a million dollars a year or who have a great deal of wealth, inherited or otherwise.

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 11:36 AM

Developers dont make money on "Affordable Housing". Sad fact of economics - If there is no financial incentive it will not get done. Unless of course, the government gets involved, which people are all too welcoming of. Then sir(Madam), we invite the USSA (United Socialist States of America) to get even closer to a reality.

I am in that income range and just bought a lovely 3 bedroom in a very decent neighbrhood. You can too - Just not in every negihborhood you may want too.

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 11:49 AM

Are those (gasp!) white windows on that building?

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 12:03 PM

USSA? Give me a break! But I do agree that people who make what I do (less than 100k) need to look in other neighborhoods. Living in Fort Greene or Park Slope isn't a right.

Posted by: Putnamdenizen at December 20, 2007 12:12 PM

Are those (gasp!) white windows on that building?

Nowhere near
they are dove-grey

White windows would look hideous on this building. Don't be silly.

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 12:12 PM

The League Treatment Center, which is losing its space in Dumbo
( c/o Walentas and Bloomberg) is the front-runner for this space, as mentioned in the Eagle.

This would have been a nice space for the middle school currently dangled like a carrot by the Dock Street development cronies.

Not only will Walentas will get rid of the Treatment Center, he'll eventually build his monstrosity hugging the bridge.

Why doesn't Walentas off the League Treatment facility to the new middle school, since he's such a humantarian?

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 12:34 PM

Sorry, I meant 'offer the league Treatment Center space'...

happy holidays!

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 12:40 PM

I would guess the owners of this money pit just want to start to see some revenue start to come in from it.

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 12:52 PM

The developer paid upwards of $400/square foot and has carried the property without income for more than three years. Factor in construction costs and then do the math yourself...I think that answers the question whether there will be any affordable housing here.

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 12:53 PM

Yes?

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 5:27 PM

If it goes residential the people living there will be making at least 200k. If not they have inherited weath.

Posted by: guest at December 20, 2007 6:18 PM

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