City Planning Certifies Domino Sugar Factory for ULURP
[nggallery id=”39816″ template=galleryview] Yesterday the New York City Department of City Planning certified the development plan for the former Domino Sugar Factory, kicking off the seven-month ULURP process. Known as New Domino, the project is slated to bring 660 units of affordable housing (breakdown by income category on the jump) and 1,540 units of market-rate…
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Yesterday the New York City Department of City Planning certified the development plan for the former Domino Sugar Factory, kicking off the seven-month ULURP process. Known as New Domino, the project is slated to bring 660 units of affordable housing (breakdown by income category on the jump) and 1,540 units of market-rate housing to the Williamsburg waterfront; there will also be 128,000 square feet of retail, 98,000 square feet of commercial office, and 147,000 square feet of community facility space. The ambitious undertaking, which has been in the planning stages now for almost five years now and includes the preservation of the existing landmarked refinery building and the creation of 11 acres of public space, is being developed by the Community Preservation Corporation and designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects and Beyer Blinder Belle. “This is an important moment for us, the community and the city; acres of parks, views of three bridges and affordable housing for hundreds of families,” said Michael Lappin, President and CEO of the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) and CPC Resources, Inc. “We look forward to full community participation as we enter the formal public review process. According to the blog Brooklyn 11211, which had an extensive post on the topic yesterday, the presentation to Community Board 1—the first step in the land review process—could happen as early as next week with a full board vote coming by the second week in February.
Big Plans for Old Sugar Refinery Face Review [NY Times]
City Begins Review of $1.2B Domino Project [Brooklyn Paper]
City Planning Certifies Domino Sugar Waterfront Development [Brooklyn Eagle]
City Planning Certifies Waterfront Project [Courier Life]
New Landscape Renderings on ‘New Domino’ Site [Brownstoner]
Inside the LPC Meeting About Domino: New Plan OK’d [Brownstoner]
LPC Still Not Buying Domino Plan [Brownstoner]
New Domino Plans Falter at LPC Hearing [Brownstoner]
More Domino Plans [Brownstoner]
Domino Sugar Factory Proposed Addition Revealed [Brownstoner]
BREAKING! LPC Approves Historic Designation for Domino [Brownstoner]
CPC Shows and Tells Its Plans for Domino [Brownstoner] GMAP
Plans for ‘New Domino’ Released by City Planning [Brownstoner]
Just went to the site…there are some listed that take singles: 2 I clicked on so far
1. Atlantic Terrace Coops – 212 S. Oxford Street in Fort Greene
You can get a 1br with a minimum income of $35,194 up to $79820
2. The Gates Coop – 566 Gates Avenue in Bed Stuy
You can get a one bedroom with a minimum income of $50,000 up to $58,910
yeah almost all of those studios for single people do have ridiculously low income.. like maybe a 17K a year cap.. but then they have the nerve to charge 900 dollars a month in rent anyway, so i mean… uh… can someone making 17K a year really afford 900 dollars a month? i dont think that’s all that affordable. plus, you can probably find a studio for 900 bux in a safer area than a lot of these kinds of buildings actually are constructed. for singles they always seem to make the apts market rate. but the more children involved, the less and less market rate it is, which in and of itself is rather unfair.
but i have to let getting angry about these kinds of things go. i dont think it does my any good, and im not homeless (knock on wood) so maybe i shouldnt begrudge peoples opportunities like i do!
*rob*
“family of four earning $23,040”
That’s the Kindergarten tuition at the Berkely Carroll School.
I have seen some developments in the past that accommodated single people. The only catch was that the income was so damned low and they limited you to super tiny studio apartments – like 350 sq. ft. If you can live in an apartment that size, then there are buildings that will take you. But I also imagine that the list for applications is quite long for said single person apartments.
Well, then that needs to change, rob and tybur. Seriously. If you want this to stop, people need to organize in some way and get loud and get action. As a childless single myself, I would be mad as hell being denied access to a program I wanted to participate in, solely on the basis of marital status, or childlessness. My tax dollars also go to these programs. My ability or desire to find a suitable mate, or have children, should not deny me the access to a tax funded program, if all other conditions for eligibility have been fulfilled.
i check the nyc gov all the time for programs about these kinds of housing. it’s a very big interest of mine as i like to know where my tax dollars go. they are almost all geared toward families of 2 or more, and the usually the only ones available for single people without children are for the mentally ill or physically incapacitated and i dont really have a problem with that aspect really because that would just be absurd and mean.. it’s just all these big developers getting mad tax breaks out the a$$ and housing that only goes to a certain segment of society while the rest of us shouldar the bill.
but perhaps i should listen to the folks who just say “just get a second job loser!” lol
*rob*
Montrose — I’ve looked at A LOT of the affordable housing options that are out there. The income restrictions ONLY work for families. For single people, you are basically *forced* to live in an untenable situation. The mortgage payment to income ratio is just ridiculous for singles. You need the ‘economy of scale’ of a family to make it work… as you add spouses and kids, your marginal expenses are less than the increase in income limits.
Textpert, I thought the same thing. I’m kind of underwhelmed here.
I was being facetious, Joe! Skilled office jobs and low-paying, no-benefit retail jobs are not the answer to the incredible loss of good-paying, high-benefit manufacturing jobs. (And there are still plenty of the latter, they are just getting pushed to NJ, LIC and southern Brooklyn – places not accessible to local workers.)
Rob – the income guidelines are shown for a family of four, but are adjusted based on family size. The housing subsidies are not restricted to just families of four (or even just families). However, the distribution of apartment sizes might be.