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Brownsville Neighborhood Construction Program: Rezoning, UDAA Designation & Disposition of City‑Owned Lots

  • When: 2025/04/09
  • Address: 425 Mother Gaston Boulevard; 546 Thomas S. Boyland Street; 1733-1735 Saint Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
  • City: New York
  • State: NY
  • Category: City Properties
  • Subcategory: Land Sale
  • Asset Class: Multifamily
  • Property Type: Affordable Housing
  • Size: Up to 74 dwelling units plus one superintendent’s unit

The Council approved ULURP application C 250036 HAK, submitted by HPD, for the designation of three vacant, city‑owned lots in Brownsville (Block 3743, Lot 12; Block 3518, Lot 63; Block 1455, Lots 65, 66, 79) as an Urban Development Action Area and the associated Urban Development Action Area Project. The action includes the disposition of the lots to a developer selected by HPD at a nominal price of $1 per lot plus an enforceable land debt repayable from resale profits over at least thirty years. In conjunction, the Council approved related rezoning C 250037 ZMK, changing the zoning map from M1‑1 to R7A/C2‑4, and the text amendment N 250038 ZRK, establishing a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area. The approvals facilitate three new mixed‑use buildings (four, six, and nine stories) containing up to 74 rent‑stabilized residential units affordable to households at 30–80% AMI, plus one superintendent’s unit, and ground‑floor commercial/community facility space. The project is subject to a Negative Declaration (CEQR No. 22HPD065K) with (E)‑736 designations for hazardous materials, air quality, and noise.

Source

Applicant - NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development


Ownership - City of New York


Developer - Fifth Avenue Committee


City Representative - Amhara Hernandez


Density: Base FAR 3.44, up to 4.6 under MIH Option 3