### Author:  [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/21 "2021-03-05T18:40:46Z")
I’m pretty sure the folks who can’t afford the internet are busier with other things to do to attend even a normal review process. Silly ruling.
> **[Temporary Restraining Order Halts Public Review Process at Spice Factory Site...](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/crown-heights-brooklyn-spice-factory-960-franklin-avenue-restraining-order-ulurp-virtual-hearings/)**
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> A recent virtual public meeting about the controversial development was capped at only 100 participants although 50,000 people signed a petition opposing the towers.
> Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Katherine Levine sided with petitioners on Tuesday who argued that the virtual adaptation of the city’s intensive land use review process, known as ULURP, conducted due to the pandemic, excludes those without access to the Internet.
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> “The virtual hearing process is for people who have access to Wi-Fi,” said local activist Alicia Boyd, a plaintiff in the suit. “Our community is a low- to moderate-income community, and there are so many people that I meet that don’t even have email addresses, they don’t have computers, they don’t have Wi-Fi access, so they’re excluded.”
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### Author:  [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/23 "2022-06-21T05:04:56Z")
And, you were right. The development has been sliced down from 30 stories to 6 stories:
> **[With Light-Blocking Tower Plan Dead, Spice Factory Owners Plan Mid-Rise...](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/spice-factory-960-franklin-avenue-crown-heights-brooklyn-owners-file-plans-botanic-garden/)**
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> The surprise move follows an intense battle in which locals thwarted a developer's plans to build tall towers that threatened the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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### Author:  [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/24 "2023-02-09T06:08:32Z")
By the way,
> **[Crown Heights Shadow Towers Site Bought By Developers: Report](https://patch.com/new-york/prospectheights/crown-heights-shadow-towers-site-bought-buy-developers-report)**
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> The site at 960 Franklin Ave. — where towers nearly rose over the Botanic Gardens — was bought for $43 million, The Real Deal reports.
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/25 "2023-12-21T15:16:28Z")
Not sure what happened here. Whatever it was, it didn’t make the news.
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/26 "2024-05-06T03:04:07Z")
> **[G4 Capital Partners Loans $117M to Acquire, Build on 960 Franklin Ave](https://commercialobserver.com/2024/05/g4-capital-partners-provides-117m-acquire-build-960-franklin-avenue/)**
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> Brooklyn landlord Yitzchok Schwartz secured $117 million to acquire and build a residential project over the land at 960 Franklin Avenue.
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### Author:  [@abot](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/abot)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/27 "2024-08-26T14:39:52Z")
NIMBYs letting a 1 percent reduction in sunlight hours get in the way of 475 new apartments replacing an empty lot
[Crowd Defends, Again, Botanic Garden From Development (brownstoner.com)](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/crown-heights-spice-factory-962-franklin-avenue-hearing-brooklyn-botanic-garden-2024/)
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/28 "2024-09-24T01:51:27Z")
> **[High-rise plans poised to cast shadow over Brooklyn Botanic Garden get OK...](https://nypost.com/2024/09/23/us-news/hi-rise-plans-near-brooklyn-botanic-garden-get-ok-from-city-planners/)**
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> A controversial high-rise plan that throws shade at the “sacred’’ Brooklyn Botanical Garden — potentially damaging its sensitive exotic plants — got the go-ahead from the city Planning Commission o…
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### Author:  [@abot](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/abot)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/29 "2024-09-24T02:04:58Z")
Good to see the New York Post so worried about damage to our environment and ‘sensitive exotic plants’. We can surely count on them to back similar environmental policies like congestion pricing.
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### Author:  [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/30 "2024-09-26T12:04:27Z")
It was axed over some damn silly shadows. I guess this site will forever be a decrepit waste of potential development space.
Weirdos, I tell you.
> **[Developer Pulls Plug on Second Try for Spice Factory Towers](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/spice-factory-rezoning-continuum-962-franklin-avenue-condos/)**
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> The unexpected move followed the City Planning Commission's approval of a modified plan that appeared to have the full support of the developer.
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/31 "2024-10-21T15:10:24Z")
> **[Can the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and proposed high-rise housing next door...](https://gothamist.com/news/can-the-brooklyn-botanic-garden-and-proposed-high-rise-housing-next-door-coexist)**
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> A yearslong controversy with affordable apartments in the mix is now at the City Council's door.
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/32 "2024-11-13T04:15:29Z")
> **[Revised Rezoning Proposal for 962-972 Franklin Avenue](https://nyc.urbanize.city/post/revised-rezoning-proposal-962-972-franklin-avenue)**
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> CROWN HEIGHTS — The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) celebrated the revisions to the proposed rezoning of 962–972 Franklin Avenue, a site located near the garden and Jackie Robinson Playground in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The new proposal, which will be...
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### Author:  [@abot](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/abot)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/33 "2024-11-13T05:01:01Z")
Glad to see something move forward here at least. Does anyone know what is happening on the big lot next to this one, on the corner of Franklin and Montgomery? Looks like it was cleared at some point in the last 2 years.
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### Author:  [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/34 "2024-11-13T19:33:31Z")
[https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-policy/shadow-casting-building-brooklyn-botanic-garden-nears-approval-after-7-years](https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-policy/shadow-casting-building-brooklyn-botanic-garden-nears-approval-after-7-years)
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### Author:  [@gold](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/gold)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/35 "2025-03-05T15:13:27Z")
Is there a clear rendering or drawings from this building?
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### Author:  [@Dior](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dior)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/36 "2025-03-05T15:24:13Z")
sorta kinda, YIMBY just posted an update on this project
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### Author:  [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/37 "2025-03-05T16:40:46Z")
> **[Foundations Underway At 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn - New...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/03/foundations-underway-at-960-franklin-avenue-in-crown-heights-brooklyn.html)**
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> Foundations are underway at 960 Franklin Avenue, a seven-story, 289-unit project from Hamish Whitefield and YS Developers in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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### Author:  [@crawdad](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/crawdad)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/38 "2025-03-05T17:13:37Z")
What a sick joke. Thanks a lot, NIMBYs. And we wonder why there’s a housing crisis.
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### Author:  [@gold](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/gold)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/39 "2025-03-05T17:32:04Z")
I see is there a way to get the drawings?
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### Author:  [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/40 "2025-08-13T23:03:18Z")
> **[Yitzchok Schwartz files plans for controversial Crown Heights site](https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2025/08/13/yitzchok-schwartzs-pitch-for-controversial-crown-heights-site/)**
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> YS Developers filed plans for 300 condos and $270 million sellout at 960 Franklin Avenue near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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### Author:  [@arctic\_camel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/arctic_camel)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-960-franklin-ave-424-421-ft-39-39-floors/4784/41 "2026-03-10T19:01:18Z")
[source](https://www.threads.com/@tectonicphoto)
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