The effort to “downzone” Boerum Hill is moving forward the Brooklyn Paper reports:
Brooklyn Paper: The Department of City Planning plan would cap new building heights in a 29-block area generally bounded by Atlantic Avenue, Warren Street, Court Street and Third Avenue, preventing large structures in a quiet enclave of Greek revival and Italianate brownstones.
New buildings on side streets would be capped at 50 feet, while buildings on commercial strips such as Court and Smith streets, and Third Avenue, could rise 70 feet.
The plan would also allow building upgrades and limited “appropriate development,” according to the agency.
The rezoning has already glided through the initial stages, and is supported by lawmakers, Community Board 2, and the Boerum Hill Association, which first requested the change.
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