Sunset Park One Step Closer to Rezoning
At a community forum hosted by Mayor Bloomberg and attended by seven community boards on Tuesday night, Amanda Burden announced that the City Planning Commission was committed to completing a zoning study for Sunset Park by the end of the year. This news follows closely on the heels of the news that the tower planned…
At a community forum hosted by Mayor Bloomberg and attended by seven community boards on Tuesday night, Amanda Burden announced that the City Planning Commission was committed to completing a zoning study for Sunset Park by the end of the year. This news follows closely on the heels of the news that the tower planned for 420 42nd Street would be trimmed from 12 stories to six after much protest from the neighborhood and intervention by councilwoman Gonzalez. As we learned from an email from CB 7’s Randy Peers, the campaign to attract City Planning’s attention to the area dates back to 2005. The straw that broke the camel’s back may have been the long list of out-of-scale developments that rezoning proponents submitted to Burden’s office.
420 42nd Street Building Gets Cut in Half [Brownstoner]
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Photo by isabelespinal
Eryximachus, well, then I guess that would be 1/2 the Board then. Got a whole new brunch of youngin’s in now. Please do come up to the Executive Committee and introduce yourself next time you are there. They can point me out.
I’m the “crazy looking one.”
(And I actually don’t believe you have EVER attended a meeting, if I am wrong, name one topic other than zoning that has been discussed in the past 3 months…there’s been a ton, if you need a hint, let me know)
Funny thing is, 1/3 (if not more) of the Board is of Latino, Chinese or African American decent…not just a bunch of white folks, so your diversity comments are again worthless.
But what’s new?
If you read the article I posted, it is minorities who are disproportionately hurt by restrictive zoning.
Density restrictions are the #1 way communities restrict the influx of minorities. What if we decided to mandate minimum 1/4 acre lots in Sunset Park? You’d see very few minorities ever be able to move to the neighborhood.
These kinds of zoning laws only HELP the rich white owners of brownstones and apartments because it keeps prices high. They don’t want anyone to compete with them.
If we leveled all of sunset park and constructed 20-story apartment buildings, every minority in Brooklyn could afford a decent apartment, cheap.
It really is that simple folks.
Oh, and lostinbrooklyn – the only people i’ve seen in community board meetings in their 30s look like they should be in an asylum.
i bet there is not one Latino/Puerto Rican/Mexican person commenting about this…the majority or people that live and work and enjoy Sunset Park. but i guess that doesn’t matter since everyone wants them out to building “affordable white housing”.
i agree with Eryxi. where are people gonna build and live? in the suburbs and tear down more forest and farm land?
you gotta put density some where, might as well be in a city. thats what cities are for density.
Oh, Eryxi, my buddy…I did not know folks in their mid-thirties are considered “elderly.”
Perhaps “foolish,” sometimes…but never about protecting and representing their communities.
Sorry folks to glomm my post from curbed yesterday, but since erixy boy-o basically spewed the same shit, I might as well do a repeat performance. Perhaps I’ll add more later to the frey…and away we go:
Eryximachus, thank you for being as eloquent as always. I love the way you are able to spew total BS and make it sound credible.
“quality of the housing there is inferior”
Are you referring to the brownstones, limestones or brick structures? Perhaps the Finnish Coops? Or the historic coordoor along the park? SSP has as unique a building style(s) as major parts of “brownstone” Brooklyn like the North/Central Slope and Brooklyn Heights.
Sure, there is some sub-par frame stock, but nothing a bit of TLC can help (I speak from experience, but you and I have sparred on this before). Re-use is key here.
As far as higher density, that is why it is called a “REZONING.” CPC is always looking for areas to allow higher density, while preserving areas of lower density housing. And heck, there’s going to be a percentage of the SSP population who wants/needs higher density.
That’s where SPAN and other community groups come in and assist City Council, CB7 and CPC in making sure EVERYONE’S needs are addressed.
Seems pretty reasonable to me and about time!
Sorry folks to glomm my post from curbed yesterday, but since erixy boy-o basically spewed the same shit, I might as well do a repeat performance. Perhaps I’ll add more later to the frey…and away we go:
Eryximachus, thank you for being as eloquent as always. I love the way you are able to spew total BS and make it sound credible.
“quality of the housing there is inferior”
Are you refering to the brownstones, limestones or brick structures? Perhaps the Finnish Coops? Or the historic coordoor along the park? SSP has as unique a building style(s) as major parts of “brownstone” Brooklyn like the North/Central Slope and Brooklyn Heights.
Sure, there is some sub-par frame stock, but nothing a bit of TLC can help (I speak from experience, but you and I have sparred on this before). Re-use is key here.
As far as higher density, that is why it is called a “REZONING.” CPC is always looking for areas to allow higher density, while preserving areas of lower density housing. And heck, there’s going to be a percentage of the SSP population who wants/needs higher density.
That’s where SPAN and other community groups come in and assist City Council, CB7 and CPC in making sure EVERYONE’S needs are addressed.
Seems pretty reasonable to me and about time!
Erixy — why so much hate? Honestly, you seem unhinged.
thank you lord of the trolls