Borough President Melinda Katz has joined forces with the 28 members of Community Board 5 who voted in favor of rezoning a portion of Ridgewood from manufacturing to residential at last month’s meeting.
The plan includes rezoning sections of Woodward and Onderdonk avenues and Troutman and Starr streets as R5B and R6B zones instead of the M1-1 zone they are now to allow for apartment buildings to be constructed at 176 Woodward Ave. and 1901 Starr St.
The motion passed CB 5 on April 9 by a 28-11 vote after multiple residents and board members voiced their opinions for and against the issue and Katz lent her voice to the majority on Friday.
However, she didn’t recommend the project without conditions.
Katz advised mandating a number of apartments be made available at a rate comparable to those in nearby residential buildings, as she expressed a concern over some units being too expensive.
Akerman LLP, the firm representing the owner of the lots, said the monthly rents would range between $1,000 and $1,800 depending on the size of the unit.
“The applicant has proposed rent stabilized housing as part of the project,” Katz said. “However, even at rent stabilized rates, some of this housing will still be out of reach for current local residents of that part of Ridgewood.”
7 comments:
And the overdevelopment of NYC continues. Why do we need 9 million people again?
Another concession to generation gentrification by the Queens Steamer.
these affordable apartments are only going to those dinks who can't afford to live in the brooklyn axis of douche(Williamsburgh,greenpoint,and bushwick)
will this irresponsible rezoning ever stop?
Can the 'affordable' crap already. Everyone knows its a red-herring for the stupid.
Why do we need 9 million people again?
So that piece of sh*t in office in your district and move their wife and kids to Virginia with campaign donations.
Can't expect them to do it with a real job can we?
Great-- more shit coming down on Ridgewood.
I do storage locker auctions, buy and restore things and thought about Ridgewood being a perfect area for a mid to high end 2nd hand retail and junk store.
I can not find a single place or storefront to open up a business without some fu_king foreigner slumlord asking $6000+ a month rent for some dump needing $50,000 work. Now add the pure HOSTILITY and bullshit being placed on small business owners by both the government and the city.
No friggan way !!
Question: How are all these new "affordable housing" people supposed to work and pay rent when there are no more private businesses to put them to work?
Do these politician asshats expect then have lottery's for shit jobs at McDonalds, Pizza Hut, some bank or become Wall street sharks, rocket scientists and commute to Grumman Long Island when everything is re-zoned residential ??
I thought Community Boards were supposed to have ~50 members? Of course Ms. Katz saw fit to get rid of a few on CB5 Queens fairly recently. Good for her.
Why do we need 9 million people again?
To let developers take over our communities with campaign funds used to reelect our electeds because they are doing such a fantastic job and deserve to stay in office until senility takes over.
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