Information on Increased Density
This is the beginning of a series of Educational formats
This first one is on density, because the request submitted to City Planning by Community Board 9, (without the community that lives on the boarder of Empire Blvd. knowing about it) is to “…increase Density on Empire Blvd. to create affordable housing.”
Please find above the photo taken from the Census Tract of 2010.
The darker the color the more dense the population.
You will see that Prospect Lefferts Garden and Crown Heights near the park, is one of the densest populated area in Brooklyn. In fact Prospect Lefferts Garden is the densest according to the Census 2010 Tract.
Second, According to the Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy
(This is a well known and respected organization that City Planners, developers and others used to understand the market trends and development happening in NYC.)
http://furmancenter.org/research/sonychan
Click on the link and scroll down to Brooklyn and a pdf file will be open and you can find out more.
- We rank #2 in the amount of rent stabilized Units in Brooklyn NYC
- We had in 2012 (28) building permits issued for New construction
And in 2013 it was (169) a 600% increase.
- We ranked in 2000 (55) in the # of building permits issued and in 2013 we ranked 13.
- We currently have 14 known new Luxury buildings that are being built in Prospect Lefferts garden, (see below for those addresses), most with tax breaks from the City 421a program.
Thus we are being over developed in terms of Luxury development, with the aid of City Tax breaks.
Third, the Mayor himself has recognized that housing markets that are strong (the above data proves our strength) are creating affordable rental units to become unaffordable.
Please read the Mayor’s Five Borough – Ten Year Plan, http://www.nyc.gov/html/housing/assets/downloads/pdf/housing_plan.pdf page 54.
Inside of this book he has also promised to help support community that are being destabilized,
by working with them. Page 50
- The New York City Rent Guidelines Board has noted
that the number one reason (71%) apartment units become un-stabilized is due to rising rents.
http://www.nycrgb.org/downloads/research/pdf_reports/changes2013.pdf
- The New York Times has stated that the luxury units
that are being build is causing an increase in rates within our community.
So the question has to be asked why is Community Board 9, our Borough President and the Mayor’s office advocating to increase density in the densest and one of the most affordable communities, knowing that the luxury component of the housing package will escalate the decrease of an already diminishing supply of affordable units, and push people primarily of color out, if truly the goal is to “Preserve over 200,000 affordable units in NYC”.
Well the answer is simple. Greed! The developers want the park views and they have been paying everyone and their mother off in this community to get it!
And now the members of Community Board 9 want us to believe that they care about our elderly population. When they can’t even sit at the table with us and let us be heard, without telling us to be quiet and shut up!
Current luxury construction within Prospect Lefferts Garden/Flatbush:
*33 Lincoln Rd..
*329 Sterling St..
*393 Lefferts Ave
*651 New York Ave.
*271 Lenox Rd..
*226 Linden Blvd.
*50-54 Clarkson Ave (three housing being converted)
*626 Flatbush
155 Ocean Ave
59 Hawthorne St..
111 Clarkson Ave.
1295 Nostrand Ave.
123 Parkside Ave
329 Lincoln Rd..
2217 Caton Rd..
*Construction not completed
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