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Atlantic Avenue rezoning clears its first community board vote
Community Board 8 voted 27 to 9 to recommend the plan, and the application now moves to the Brooklyn Borough President.
Crown Heights · 4 h ago · Based on 3 documents
AreaCrown Heights
Key facts
Board vote: 27 to 9
22 blocks in the area
Floor area limit up 80%
Affordable option not chosen
Brooklyn Community Board 8 voted 27 to 9 on Wednesday, October 28, to recommend the Atlantic Avenue rezoning, with 3 members abstaining. The resolution records the motion as carried, with 69% of the 39 members present voting in favor. The resolution is dated October 28 and is addressed to the Department of City Planning.
The land use application covers 22 blocks along Atlantic Avenue in Crown Heights. It proposes a maximum residential floor area ratio of 7.2 on those blocks, up from 4.0 today. That is 80% more residential floor area than the current limit allows.
80%
Rise in the maximum residential floor area ratio, from 4.0 to 7.2
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