BY BEN VERDE
The City Council’s Land
Use sub-committee voted
unanimously to approve the
controversial 312 Coney Island
Avenue rezoning in Windsor
Terrace after the area’s Councilman,
Brad Lander, voiced
support for the project during
the Dec. 7 hearing.
Lander acknowledged that
he thought the proposal —
which will allow for a 13-story
mixed-use development containing
rental apartments,
space for a church, and retail
— was not perfect, but was better
than what could be built
under the existing zoning.
“With the lot already up for
development, having been essentially
put on the market,
if we leave the current underlying
zoning in place, what I
think we’ll get is a CubeSmart
or a self storage facility like the
one next door, which is 11 stories
tall,” he said.
Indeed representatives for
the developer said at several
points during the public input
process that if the zoning
change were not granted, they
would erect a large hotel as
of right, a fate Lander said he
wanted to avoid.
Lander said he negotiated
with developer JEMB Realty to
secure a number of conditions,
including reducing the height
of the building along Ocean
Parkway and Park Circle from
13 stories to 11, and solidifying
that the quarter of the units
designated as “affordable” under
the city’s Mandatory Inclusionary
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Housing program will
be under the most affordable
option available.
Out of 278 units, 70 will be
income-targeted, with rents
ranging between $856 a month
for a studio and $1,504 for a
three-bedroom.
The rezoning has sparked
fi erce debate in the sleepy
park-side neighborhood over
the implications such a development
will have on the neighborhood’s
character and affordability.
While some attack
the project as a harbinger of
gentrifi cation and displacement
and push for a completely
low and middle income development,
others appear to be
welcoming the new units as a
necessary increase to the limited
housing supply — a divide
Lander acknowledged when
voicing his support.
“I know a lot of people want
something better of us,” he
said. “This is a neighborhood
that just a few years ago was
a real working class, diverse,
low-rise place, and people don’t
like seeing it transformed by
big development.”
Opponents of the project
who rallied against it at Park
Circle on Dec. 6 slammed Lander’s
decision, labeling it the result
of backroom deals and a
lack of community dialogue.
“Brad Lander is a phony,”
said Linda Trujilla, a member
of the neighborhood group Respect
Brooklyn. “He denounces
Trump but undermines democracy
himself by shutting out
public testimony while raking
in contributions from a greedy
bigoted development team.”
Locals have criticized the
progressive council member
The proposed development at the southwest corner of Prospect Park the
rezoning will allow. FXcollaborative
and comptroller candidate for
accepting campaign contributions
from lobbyists associated
with the developer behind
the project. When confronted
about it on Twitter, Lander
said his campaign was in the
process of returning the cash.
Community groups have
also criticized the project for
its association with the International
Baptist Church,
who own the land, and whose
clergy have been known to
make right-wing political posts
on social media, including support
for the National Rifl e Association
and President Donald
Trump, which critics labeled
as at-odds with the largely leftwing
neighborhood.
Lander’s support of the proposal
means the project will almost
certainly be approved by
the full council due to the unoffi
cial practice of member deference,
wherein members follow
the lead of the elected whose
district is directly affected by
the land use change.
Council moves to approve
Windsor Terrace rezoning
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