Yet Another Apartment Tower Proposed In North Crown Heights: Records

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A proposed rezoning that would make way for an apartment tower on Pacific Street is set to begin the city's review process — and likely a debate about ongoing mass development in the area.

Developers have submitted plans to turn an empty lot at 962 Pacific St., near Grand Avenue, into a nine-story building with 150 residential units, a portion of which would be designated as affordable under the city's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program, records show.

The proposal, submitted late last year, will likely be the latest fuel in an ongoing debate about the future of a stretch of northern Prospect and Crown Heights that the city most recently agreed to study given a flurry of new developments.

Neighbors have been pushing city planners for years to come up with a comprehensive plan for the area given rampant displacement and an influx of new residents to the neighborhoods.

Most recently, Councilmember Crystal Hudson got the city to sign onto a study of Atlantic Avenue, which sits a block from the 962 Pacific St. lot and has been the site of many of the incoming projects.

Hudson's deal was part of negotiations to bring more — and cheaper — affordable apartments to the latest complexes proposed at 870 and 1034 Atlantic Ave., which won City Council support just last week. Apartment towers are also set to rise at 1045 and 840 Atlantic Avenue, along with ongoing construction on the massive Pacific Park development project several blocks away.

For the recently-submitted Pacific Street building, developers HSN Realty Corp are looking to build 154,000 total square feet, including the 150 apartments, 8,500 square feet of community space and 9,000 square feet of commercial space, records show.

An environmental assessment of the proposal can be found on the city planning portal. The clock on the city's review process for the project will start when it is certified by the City Planning Commission, who as of Thursday had not yet released agendas for their upcoming meetings.

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