They’ll see the city in court! Opponents of the Gowanus rezoning plan to sue the city Friday, alleging the Department of City Planning’s virtual Zoom hearings don’t allow for enough public review for the neighborhood-wide land use changes. “When you’re dealing with a massive project of this scale that is going to impact so many people’s lives, the community must have its voice heard; that is simply not possible with virtual public hearings,” said attorney Jason Zakai on behalf of the plaintiffs, anti-rezoning group Voice of Gowanus, in a Jan. 15 statement. …
Gowanus rezoning will reduce sewage and stormwater overflows into the canal: City
The proposed Gowanus rezoning that figures to bring dozens of new developments and some 20,000 new residents to the neighborhood could actually reduce the amount of sewer and rainwater overflows that flush into the noxious canal, city officials claim. Citywide rule changes to stormwater management will require developers of new buildings to construct infrastructure that retains stormwater during heavy rain — effectively cutting some 5 million gallons of combined sewage and runoff that would otherwise flow annually into the canal…
See it: Drive-by shooter unleashes barrage of bullets on Gowanus street
The NYPD released a video of a drive-by gunman firing multiple shots from the passenger seat of a vehicle in Gowanus, hitting one victim multiple times on Aug. 11. The shooter leaned out of the side window of the moving white sedan on Baltic Street near Third Avenue at 12:50 am, pulling the trigger at least three times, the video shows. The 50-year-old victim was riding a bicycle through a nearby courtyard when he was struck in the shoulder and upper back, before the shooter’s car sped off along Third Avenue. Emergency medical personnel rushed the victim to Methodist Hospital in stable condition. Police have not yet made any…
Gowanus locals release renderings for proposed park, countering city’s affordable housing plan
They want to put the green in Gowanus Green! A group of Gowanus open space advocates are pushing to halt the city’s plans to build a mixed-use affordable housing development on a polluted brownfield site next to the noxious canal, saying city builders should turn the six-acre lot into a park instead. “I think there’s a big push to densify and I think, if we’ve learned anything from COVID, we need to think about how we build our cities and how we focus on …
The best cheap things to do this weekend, body song edition
Indulge yourself, feel the romance, go back to the beginning, have a brass band blowout, and more ways to get rhythm this weekend.
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Four-Story Hotel Coming to Baltic Street in Boerum Hill
The developer of the Union Hotel in Gowanus, Alec Shtromandel, is planning a four-story hotel at 489 Baltic Street between… Read More… Read More