Proposed Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan Heads to Public Review
A proposed plan that “aims to create approximately 4,600 new homes, including 1,440 permanently income-restricted affordable units, along with 2,800 permanent new jobs” has officially begun New York City’s approximately seven-months long public review process known as the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP). Developed by the city’s Department of Planning (DCP) and city council members Crystal Hudson and Chi Ossé the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-use Plan focuses on a 21-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue and neighboring blocks within the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. If the plan is approved, it will rezone the area that is primarily zoned for one-to-two story industrial buildings and storage into a mix of commercial, commercial, and manufacturing spaces. In addition, the plan includes traffic safety projects along Atlantic Avenue to improve pedestrian visibility and accessibility, as well as new planters and bike corrals along with investments in public spaces.