Sunset Park Waterfront and Industry City Rezoning July 23, 2018 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Sunset Park Waterfront and Industry City Rezoning July 23, 2018 7/23/2018 1

Agenda 6:30-6:45 • Fast Facts 6:45-7:00 • Issues • Waterfront Planning – CB7’s 197a Plan • Current Initiatives in the District • Discussion Groups 7:00-7:30 • Report-out on Issues 7:30-8:00 • Next Steps 7/23/2018 2

Fast Facts 1. What are three great things about the waterfront? 2. What are three things we need to improve? 7/23/2018 3

Issues Waterfront Activities • South Brooklyn Marine Terminal • Brooklyn Army Terminal • Made in NY Campus • Hamilton Ave Marine Transfer Station • Bush Terminal Park • 23 rd St Concrete Plant • 65 th St Car Float/Rail Yard Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel • Bklyn Wholesale Meat Market • Metropolitan Detention Center • SIMS Recycling Center • Pier 4 – Boricua Festival/Party Boats 7/23/2018 4

Issues Transportation • BQX Streetcar • Gowanus Expressway Reconstruction • NYC Ferry • MTA 4 th Ave Tunnel Reconstruction • Protected Bike Lanes • Bklyn Qns Greenway • Upland Connectors • 4 th Ave Streetscape • Truck Routes 7/23/2018 5

Issues Community • Affordable Housing/ Displacement • M-1 Hotel Zoning • Homeless facilities • SCA School Sites • Contextual Rezoning (2012) • Sunset Park Historic District • Sunset Park Rehabilitation • NYU Langone Community Health Study • Immigration • Sustainability 7/23/2018 6

Issues Industry City Rezoning • Redevelop and retenant existing warehouse and industrial complex • 16 loft warehouse buildings, 6.5M sf • Mixed use project - commercial, manufacturing, and community uses - “Innovation Economy Hub” • Change in zoning map and text, special permit to modify bulk, use, parking and public access area requirements, special permit for hotel use, demap 40 th Street. • Allow retail, academic and hotel uses not permitted under existing zoning, and increase overall density of Project Area 7/23/2018 7

Issues Industry City Rezoning • Application for Rezoning to be issued Fall 2018. • Draft Scope of Work published in September 2017 • Environmental Impact Report being written now. • After Application is certified by Department of City Planning, Application reviewed per the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) • CB7 will receive it first, opportunity for community to define issues and points of interest 7/23/2018 8

CB7’s 197a Plan Community started planning – 1996 City Planning review - 2005 Adopted by City Council - 2009 Sunset Park waterfront in 1989 7/23/2018 9

CB7’s 197a Plan • To promote in e industrial rial red edev evelo elopmen ent an and jo job cr creat eatio ion in Sunset Park while retaining existing industrial jobs. • To max axim imiz ize e wat aterfr erfront acces access and open space opportunities in combination with industrial and waterfront redevelopment. • To pres eserv erve ex e exis istin ing in industrial, rial, co commer ercial an cial and res esid iden ential u ial uses es and fabric in the area east of First Avenue. • To encourage development that places a min inim imal al env nvironm nment ntal bur burde den n on adjacent residential communities. • To preserve and celeb celebrat rate e Sunset et Park ark’s rich rich marit aritim ime an e and in industrial h rial herit eritag age. e. 7/23/2018 10

CB7’s 197a Plan Economic Development • Pursue job-intensive, high performance, state of the art maritime, industrial and related transportation uses • Preserve affordable manufacturing and industrial space Transportation • Improve access to and from the Gowanus Expressway • Implement a comprehensive road repair program • Ensure truck route improvements alleviate congestion • Expand ferry service and access to waterfront Environment and Public Health • Environmentally sustainable industrial development • Consider health and environmental justice concerns for new heavy industrial and municipal uses in district • Minimize adverse impacts from Hamilton Ave MTS, SBMT and Comprehensive Waste Mgt Plan • Best management practices for stormwater, utilities, brownfields 7/23/2018 11

CB7’s 197a Plan Open Space and Waterfront Access • New waterfront park and other public open spaces • Develop “greenway/blueway,” ped corridors from upland areas Housing • Rehab existing housing stock, contextual rezoning • Support, preserve and develop affordable housing Community Facilities/Quality of Life • Monitor need for additional primary and high school seats • New indoor recreation and sports facilities, daycare, community/cultural facilities • Limit expansion of adult entertainment uses Historic Preservation • Designate landmark buildings and historic districts, preserve historic maritime and industrial infrastructure • Create waterfront museum celebrating local history and contributions of immigrant community 7/23/2018 12

Current Initiatives on the Waterfront 7/23/2018 13

South Brooklyn Marine Terminal • 64.5 acres for maritime activity and waterfront industry • Potential of 250 jobs • Red Hook Container Terminal and Industry City operators - under long-term lease to 2054 • Waste paper recycling and export lumber imports, salt and aggregate material • Reduces truck traffic in region • Only location on Long Island for deep-draft cargo vessels • Potential hub for offshore wind energy assembly/maintenance 7/23/2018 14

Brooklyn Army Terminal • 2018 – 100 year anniversary • 500,000 sf of new and renovated industrial space housing over 1000 new jobs • Micromanufacturing Hub cluster, Food Manufacturing Hub, new landscaped public space, food retail, community solar garden on rooftop • City dedicating $200M to renovations • Workforce development and innovation training center • Freight NYC initiative – 500,000 sf distribution center, potential for 500 jobs 7/23/2018 15

Made in NY Campus/Bush Terminal • 36 acre site • Renovate existing warehouses to open by 2020 • 160,000 sf garment manufacturing hub • New 100,000 sf facility for film and TV production • New pedestrian streetscape and plaza, access to Bush Term Park • $136M NYC investment • Affordable, best-in-class industrial facilities for garment manufacturing, film and media production and related services and industries 7/23/2018 16

Other Waterfront Developments • Sunset Industrial Park at 20 th St/3 rd • Possible extended rail line along 1 st Ave to 29 th St up to 24 th St Ave to be developed as an e- commerce hub • Select Bus Service line studied on 39 th • Sunset Yards at 39 th St/bet 3 rd and St to East Brooklyn 4 th Ave - rehab of 10 story 200,000 • RPA proposed Triboro subway line sf loft building to offices along rail right of way from 65 th St Yard • Whale Square at 53 rd St/1 st Ave – • Brooklyn Greenway Initiative raised rehab of 7 story 500,000 sf loft flood barrier along waterfront building to offices • Significant population growth • Sanitation Garage at 51st St/1 st Ave. projected over next 10 years • NYS Power Plant at 24 th St/3 rd Ave • New Charter School sites • Regional grease recovery facility at • New housing developments 44 th St/Bush Terminal Park • Lack of infrastructure improvements • Ferrara Bros Cement Plant at 24 rd St/3 rd Ave. • New Sunset Park High School at IC 7/23/2018 17

Discussion Two Questions: 1. How can these future developments benefit the neighborhood? 2. What concerns do these developments raise that we need to be aware of? 7/23/2018 17

Report-Out 7/23/2018 18

Next Steps August 13 Town Hall - Jobs and Economic Development September 17 Town Hall - Transportation and the Environment October 1 Town Hall - Economic Effects on the Community Mid-October – DCP Issues Industry City Rezoning Application Mid-October - Issue Industry City Rezoning Application Mid-November - Land Use Committee Public Hearing Late-November - Community Board 7 Review 7/23/2018 19

Group 1 Ben enefit efits: Co Conc ncerns: ns: Recycling plant benefit Retail defeats industrial zoning Can benefit transportation to/from waterfront More housing displacement Expansion of educational opps Impact on existing businesses Quality job generation, skills, wage Quality of life (party boats) More parkland Local retail displaced by corporate retail Great city investments Parking, motor vehicle traffic (trucks) Sewage from increased development Too much industry not enough agriculture land use 7/23/2018 20

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