17-Story Bed-Stuy Apartment Tower Gets Yes Vote In City Council

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — A 17-story apartment tower planned for Atlantic Avenue has gotten its first approvals in City Council, the final step in its review process.

The development, which has won support from the City Planning Commission and conditional support of the community board, was approved by City Council's Zoning and Franchises subcommittee and the Land Use Committee on Wednesday.

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.

The project was 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.

The Bed-Stuy building is one of several in a string of developments proposed for the corridor. Others, including two most recently proposed in Crown Heights, have faced more pushback given community officials' view that city planners should create a concrete plan for the rapidly-changing area before considering more individual projects.