South Park Slope Community Group

It’s official!! As of 2:40pm, Wednesday the 16th of November 2005, South Park Slope and Greenwood Heights have been downzoned. Another mindless R6 district has bitten the dust thanks to the hard work of dedicated neighbors, the Brooklyn Office of the Dept. of City Planning, politicians, one very active Community Board (CB7), and numerous other supportive individuals and groups across NYC. Our thanks goes out to the many, many persons that have donated time, money and resources to this cause.

*The City Council voted unanimously in favor* of the South Park Slope/Greenwood Heights downzoning proposal. R6b and R5b zoning protections now control the area. See the new detailed map for more info.

And so what happens to the numerous sites that were racing to beat the clock? Like the two Isaac Katan 12-story monsters on 15th and 16th streets? And the Robert Scarano building on 23rd St. and 7th Ave. which threatened to block the view from Minerva on Battle Hill to the Statue of Liberty? Well, it looks like it might be a clean sweep in favor of the community. More info in the days to follow as DOB follows through on inspections, but it looks like none have completed foundations.

If that is the case then I’m sure we’ll still be in business fighting these developers for the foreseeable future. The downzoning is done, but we are not going anywhere! We will continue to fight this battle wherever the developers take it.

But today we celebrate.