Neighbors Concerned About Gowanus Development
Tonight the Lightstone Development Group will present to Community Board Six’s Land Use Committee with an application to renew a special permit (previously acquired by the Toll Brothers) to build along the Gowanus Canal. They are seeking to increase the residential units from 447 condo units, under the Toll project, to 700 rental units. In…
Tonight the Lightstone Development Group will present to Community Board Six’s Land Use Committee with an application to renew a special permit (previously acquired by the Toll Brothers) to build along the Gowanus Canal. They are seeking to increase the residential units from 447 condo units, under the Toll project, to 700 rental units. In response to the development plans, residents formed a new community initiative called Save Gowanus. They are asking the City Planning Department for a new Environmental Impact Study to determine whether construction is appropriate beside the Gowanus Canal, a federal Superfund site. They are also concerned the high-density development will threaten the character of Carroll Gardens and Gowanus. (Read the full list of concerns here.) Save Gowanus members have distributed flyers about their initiative and the details of the project and are aiming for a sizable turnout at tonight’s Community Board Six meeting. If you are interested in attending, it’ll be at the PS 32 auditorium, 317 Hoyt Street, at 6:45 pm.
All the Details on Lightstone’s Gowanus Development [Brownstoner]
New Developer Eyes Toll Brothers’ Old Gowanus Site [Brownstoner]
of course you’re on cb6, bklnarch. you wouldn’t be on it if you weren’t completely pro-development. amiright?
see you tonite!
of course you’re on cb6, bklnarch. you wouldn’t be on it if you weren’t completely pro-development. amiright?
see you tonite!
For you Gowanus-haters out there, i’d say this development is really more in Carroll Gardens than in Gowanus. Since when is Bond Street Gowanus?
sure, bklnarch, just keep saying that. if you’re lucky it will make some folks give up. but the rest of us aren’t that dumb and can see when a developer is trying to pull a fast one. I know they’re trying to cover their asses, but their asses are still on display.
haha! an increase from 447 units to 700 a “minor modification”? not to mention the fact that this whole spot-rezoning is of questionable legality. courtesy, shmurtesy. city planning and lightstone are trying to pull a fast one on the neighborhood, and we’re not going to allow it to happen.
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Nope; an entirely DIFFERENT project was approved 3 years ago, before the canal was even declared a Superfund site (I seem to remember back then the claim was that the canal was “safe.” goes to show you the credibility of some of these “overseeing agencies.”)
it ain’t over till the fat lady sings, bklynarch. and that hasn’t happened yet.
Nope; an entirely DIFFERENT project was approved 3 years ago, before the canal was even declared a Superfund site (I seem to remember back then the claim was that the canal was “safe.” goes to show you the credibility of some of these “overseeing agencies.”)
it ain’t over till the fat lady sings, bklynarch. and that hasn’t happened yet.