17-Story Apartment Tower In Bed-Stuy Heads To City Planning

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN —A 17-story apartment tower planned for Atlantic Avenue will face another public hearing this week, this time with the City Planning Commission.

The development, which has so far won the conditional support of the community board, will face the commission during its meeting on Wednesday, which kicks off at 10 a.m.

The 1045 Atlantic Ave. project proposes changes zoning at the site to make way for 426 apartments, 126 of which would be designated as affordable, and a mix of retail and office space.

It would be the first all-electric development in Bed-Stuy in an effort to improve equitable access to reliable energy, according to Totem, the developers.

It will include one, two and three-bedroom apartments, small retailers on the first floor and a publicly-accessible bike parking hub from Brooklyn company Oonee. The 126 affordable apartments will go to those making 40 to 100 percent of the area median income, or between $42,960 and $107,400 for a family of three, according to Totem.

So far, the project has been largely well received by local officials, though some concerns have surfaced about its position in a section of Brooklyn known as M-CROWN and down the street from another potential development at 840 Atlantic Ave.

In their vote to support the project, Community Board 3 suggested developers at 1045 Atlantic Ave. change zoning to what is known as R8A rather than their current plan to use R9A. R8A would reduce the height and density allowed for the building.

The idea might get the support of city planners, who asked that the developers investigate the R8A zoning option before their Wednesday hearing. Commissioner Anna Hayes Levin said the zoning change might help ease concerns she has about the building.

"I'm very concerned about this amount of density at this location," she said during a pre-hearing meeting on Monday.

The City Planning Commission hearing will be live-streamed through the department's YouTube page. The Atlantic Avenue project is one of several on the agenda for Wednesday.