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September 22, 2011
Brownstone Belt in Boerum Hill downzoned
NY Post
by Sally Goldenberg and Rich Calder
Now all of Brooklyn’s Brownstone Belt is protected from overzealous developers.
The City Council today approved a downzoning plan for a 31-sqaure-block section of Boerum Hill that will cap new development in much of the area at 50 feet.
The height restrictions are similar to ones already in place in other Brownstone neighborhoods like Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Park Slope, and Carroll Gardens.
Boerum Hill residents had pushed hard for tough zoning regulations to prevent large towers from rising in their neighborhood as is already planned in nearby Prospect Heights for the controversial Atlantic Yards project.
Posted by eric at September 22, 2011 11:11 AM