# NEW YORK | Gowanus Canal Rezoning **URL:** \ **Category:** Zoning\ **Created:** [November 21, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167 "2014-11-21T22:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/1 "2014-11-21T22:37:15Z")
## **[Gowanus Rezoning Plan Envisions High-Rise Development](http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141121/gowanus/gowanus-rezoning-plan-envisions-high-rise-development)** ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/a/0a91e400881eab95f83b1f30d0dc4056b64ba8d4.jpeg) > _ **Imagine a cleaned-up Gowanus Canal flanked by parks, high-rise affordable housing, a thriving manufacturing zone and an active arts scene.** _ > _ **That’s the ambitious vision that City Councilman Brad Lander will unveil to the public Monday when he announces the results of his Bridging Gowanus initiative, a 15-month effort to craft a proposal for how Gowanus should develop.** _ > Lander created the proposal, which he calls a framework, with input from roughly 300 local residents at a series of public meetings that started last year. The initiative was meant to put locals in the driver’s seat in determining the area’s future, as new businesses flock to Gowanus and land values skyrocket. > “You see the prices that land is trading at down there,” Lander said at a press briefing about Bridging Gowanus this week. “There is significant private interest in moving something forward. That has to be balanced and guided in the direction of the community’s goals.” > The Bridging Gowanus plan lays out a broad set of goals including flood-fighting infrastructure upgrades, affordable housing and a rezoning that would bolster manufacturing and allow new residential development, including high-rises in some places, for the first time since 1961. > Taller residential buildings are likely to be controversial, but Lander said most locals who attended Bridging Gowanus meetings are open to high-rise development, “if and only if that genuinely advances the core values we have for Gowanus.” > Under Lander’s proposal, taller buildings would be required to include affordable units and meet sustainability standards. > People polled at a Bridging Gowanus meeting said they would be willing to see buildings from eight to 18 stories high in their neighborhood, Lander said. > A study by the City Council’s Land Use division found that allowing residential high-rises in Gowanus would increase land values by up to 20 times, Lander said, so allowing new residential development would also create the tax revenue needed to fund infrastructure upgrades, Lander said. > “In many ways that’s the key to activating the plan and achieving the goals that people have,” Lander said. > ## **High-rise development is just one piece of the proposal. Other goals include:** > ► Creating a “super manufacturing” zone to protect industrial businesses. Certain uses would be restricted, including hotels, big-box retail and self-storage facilities. > ► Preserving artists’ spaces with mandatory mixed-use zoning. > ► Renovating existing parks and adding more green spaces, including esplanades on the canal. > ► Taxing new development to pay for infrastructure upgrades. > ► Adding more school seats. > ► Reactivating the B71 bus line. > ► Making infrastructure upgrades to minimize flooding. > ► Making overdue improvements such as new elevators at neighborhood public housing developments. > ► Preserving historic buildings such as the former ASPCA headquarters at 233 Butler St. > To become a reality, the plan will need support from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration, the Department of City Planning and a host of state and federal agencies. The Mayor’s Office and the Planning Department did not respond to requests for comment. ---
**Author:** ![MrVenaCava](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mrvenacava/32/1526_2.png) [@MrVenaCava](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/MrVenaCava)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/2 "2014-11-22T06:30:35Z")
Pic of the neighborhood: [](https://i.imgur.com/SJpvhNt.jpg) 4th Ave development can be tracked here too! ---
**Author:** ![JB\_Slope](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jb_slope/32/21649_2.png) [@JB\_Slope](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JB_Slope)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/3 "2018-05-31T17:46:59Z")
> **[Proposal revealed for new public park on the Gowanus Canal's Salt Lot | 6sqft](https://www.6sqft.com/proposal-revealed-for-new-public-park-on-the-gowanus-canals-salt-lot/)** > > Gowanus by Design has created a concept for a park on the Gowanus Canal's Salt Lot that will combine public space with the site's infrastructure requirements. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/4 "2020-12-15T15:21:17Z")
> **[Public Review Process for Gowanus Rezoning Set to Begin in January](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/gowanus-rezoning-brooklyn-ulurp-process-review/)** > > The neighborhood-wide land use changes will go through the city’s lengthy Uniform Land Use Review Procedure giving the public, local politicians, and planning officials a chance to weigh in on the large-scale proposal. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/5 "2021-01-19T16:13:36Z")
> **[Opponents of Gowanus Rezoning Hire Counsel For Potential Legal Challenge -...](https://bklyner.com/opponents-of-gowanus-rezoning-hire-counsel-for-potential-legal-challenge/)** > > Update: January 15th, 2020 – 5:58pm The Voice of Gowanus group announced it has filed a lawsuit against the city’s... ---
**Author:** ![bkhights](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@bkhights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bkhights)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/6 "2021-01-19T17:50:13Z")
> **[Opinion: How the Gowanus Rezoning Could Push NYC Forward on Racial Equity](https://citylimits.org/2020/09/21/opinion-how-the-gowanus-rezoning-could-push-nyc-forward-on-racial-equity/)** > > 'The proposed Gowanus Neighborhood Rezoning asks a whiter, wealthier community to absorb new growth in order to create new, permanent affordability in a high-opportunity neighborhood with strong transit access.' ---
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/7 "2021-03-04T03:33:43Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/d/0dc01e446be2be284560f82f35b470f8e54e6f87.jpeg) ](https://flic.kr/p/2kFSmY5)[IMG\_7708](https://flic.kr/p/2kFSmY5) by [Clay Hensley](https://www.flickr.com/photos/clayhensley/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![bmosborne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/bmosborne/32/78906_2.png) [@bmosborne](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bmosborne)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/8 "2021-03-06T23:39:24Z")
What is the status of this? ---
**Author:** ![JB\_Slope](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jb_slope/32/21649_2.png) [@JB\_Slope](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JB_Slope)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/9 "2021-03-07T15:09:14Z")
Wending its way through the bureaucratic process. ---
**Author:** ![JB\_Slope](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jb_slope/32/21649_2.png) [@JB\_Slope](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JB_Slope)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/10 "2021-03-07T15:10:29Z")
What you’re looking at in the above image is probably not construction work but canal cleanup remediation being staged on the site of the old cement works. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/11 "2021-04-19T18:28:46Z")
> **[Judge Allows de Blasio’s Gowanus Rezoning to Move Forward](https://therealdeal.com/2021/04/19/gowanus-rezoning-gets-green-light/)** > > Judge Katherine Levine on Monday lifted a temporary restraining order, allowing the Gowanus rezoning plan to start the approval process. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/12 "2021-04-22T19:30:14Z")
> **[OPINION: We Should Have Paused the Gowanus Rezoning Until After COVID - Bklyner](https://bklyner.com/opinion-pause-gowanus-rezoning-until-after-covid/)** > > By Briget Rein, Candidate for Council in D39. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/13 "2021-05-11T12:34:48Z")
> **[Judge Pauses Gowanus Rezoning While City Provides Community Engagement Plan -...](https://bklyner.com/judge-pauses-gowanus-rezoning-while-city-provides-community-engagement-plan/)** > > A judge has temporarily stopped the clock on the contested Gowanus rezoning process, ordering the city to provide the court... ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/14 "2021-06-03T21:04:44Z")
> **[Avery Hall Investments Proposes 14-Story Gowanus Residential Building](https://commercialobserver.com/2021/06/avery-hall-investments-proposes-14-story-gowanus-residential-building/)** > > Plans to construct an apartment building at 274 Fourth Avenue in Gowanus are contingent on the neighborhood's controversial rezoning plan. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/1/d13570e0e1b96afe35214003562fdb2ec68efbc0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JB\_Slope](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jb_slope/32/21649_2.png) [@JB\_Slope](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JB_Slope)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/15 "2021-06-10T15:32:34Z")
> **[New Renderings Reveal Proposed Gowanus, Brooklyn Waterfront Redevelopment...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/06/new-renderings-reveal-proposed-gowanus-brooklyn-waterfront-redevelopment-following-ulurp-certification.html)** > > Newly revealed renderings from Gowanus Forward illustrate an exciting future for the Gowanus Canal waterfront and the surrounding streetscape. ![Rendering-of-the-rezoned-Gowanus-waterfront-and-public-esplanade-along-Nevins-Street-Gowanus-Forward](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/2/0254faf48ba6e87c83924d44a9c8213593d33da6.jpeg) ![Rendering-of-the-rezoned-Gowanus-waterfront-and-public-esplanade-along-Carroll-Street-Gowanus-Forward](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/4/6422239af2223d29d02a517e404e7cb1c7e01e15.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/16 "2021-08-09T16:23:22Z")
> **[Gowanus Could Become More Diverse After Rezoning, Racial Impact Study Finds](https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2021/8/8/22615910/gowanus-rezoning-could-make-more-diverse-brooklyn)** > > The voluntary research on the Gowanus Neighborhood Plan is a first glimpse at the kind of racial equity reports now required for future land use proposals under a newly passed City Council bill. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/17 "2021-08-17T17:29:41Z")
> **[Eric Adams Puts Support Behind Gowanus Rezoning, Pending Investment in NYCHA](https://www.brownstoner.com/development/gowanus-rezoning-brooklyn-borough-president-eric-adams-approves-with-conditions-nycha-capital-improvements/)** > > Borough President and Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams announced his support for the Gowanus Rezoning on Friday, as the neighborhood-wide scheme snakes its way through the city’s land-use change process. ---
**Author:** ![Oppix56](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/oppix56/32/26099_2.png) [@Oppix56](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Oppix56)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/18 "2021-08-17T22:28:59Z")
At some point the NYCHA should rip the band-aid off and start replacing the current public housing stock with new, safer (ie no lead paint, broken elevators, reliable heat etc), more environmentally friendly buildings instead of spending it on temporary fixes that only deal with one problem at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Shane\_Keena](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/shane_keena/32/77791_2.png) [@Shane\_Keena](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Shane_Keena)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/19 "2021-08-21T14:42:58Z")
Or perhaps take preexisting buildings and do true, gut renovations that actually enhance and expand upon the good things those NYCHA buildings have done. Something like [Scalable Design Solutions for NYCHA](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/Scalable-Design-Solutions-for-NYCHA.pdf) would actually be pretty good. At least it activates the urban edge and provides clear additional value. ---
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-gowanus-canal-rezoning/1167/20 "2021-08-31T03:46:36Z")
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