Rendering of the Columbia Street Waterfront District park
There’s a new $12 million riverside park coming to Carroll Gardens — provided the Department of Transportation vacates the two-acre lot where the park is planned and the city can raise money to build. The New York Post reported that the Regional Plan Association and the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative released renderings of the park planned to run along Columbia Street between DeGraw and Kane streets (see rendering above). [more]
Sales launch tomorrow at Columbia Commons, the 48-unit complex going up at 110 Warren Street, in Brooklyn’s Columbia Street Waterfront District. One-, two- and three-bedroom apartments are being offered, with prices ranging from $420,000 to $915,000. The project, a joint venture of Ron Moelis’ L&M Development Partners and Goldman Sachs, is slated for completion in the fall. [more]
The City Planning Commission today launched the public review for an 86-block rezoning in the Carroll Gardens and Columbia Street areas of Brooklyn, according to a press release from the planning commissioner’s office. Community members have criticized the existing zoning for allowing construction that is out-of-scale with the neighborhood’s existing buildings. The rezoning would set height limits of between 50 and 80 feet in various parts of the rezoning area. The proposed rezoning area is bounded in Carroll Gardens by Degraw Street, Warren Street and Douglass Street to the north; Hoyt Street, Bond Street and Smith Street to the east; 3rd, 4th and 5th streets, Centre Street and Hamilton Avenue to the south and Hicks Street to the west. The rezoning area also includes about 14 blocks of Columbia Street. The current zoning regulations put no height limits on buildings. The community board has 60 days to review the proposal. TRD [more]
Residents of
Carroll Gardens and the Columbia Street Waterfront District and City
Planning officials presented a plan to Community Board 6′s Land Use and
Landmarks Committee Thursday, which would prohibit the construction of
high-rise buildings in South Brooklyn. Neighborhood residents have been fighting for the rezoning for more than a year. At the
meeting, members of the
community claimed that the
high-rise buildings, which have been popping up in the community, are “out-of-scale” with neighboring buildings. The plan would create a
maximum building height of 50 to 70 feet on many blocks, and an 80-foot limit on Tiffany
Place.
Residents of
Carroll Gardens and the Columbia Street Waterfront District and City
Planning officials presented a plan to Community Board 6′s Land Use and
Landmarks Committee Thursday, which would prohibit the construction of
high-rise buildings in South Brooklyn. Neighborhood residents have been fighting for the rezoning for more than a year. At the
meeting, members of the
community claimed that the
high-rise buildings, which have been popping up in the community, are
“out-of-scale” with neighboring buildings. The plan would create a
maximum building height of 50 to 70 feet on many blocks, and an 80-foot
limit on Tiffany
Place. [more]
