A 30,000-square-foot parking lot at 457 Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant is slated for disposition as part of the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan rezoning to enable a subsidized, 100 percent affordable housing project of roughly 240 units up to 155 feet tall. Community Board 3 approved the rezoning with non-binding conditions limiting height, minimizing studios, targeting lower-AMI households, exploring underground parking, and adding green space. Nearby residents say outreach was insufficient and no community benefits agreement was formed. More than 1,600 petition signatories and local block associations call for the city to retain public ownership and convert the lot into community green space while supporting neighborhood-sustaining affordable housing elsewhere.
Bed Stuy locals are pushing back on the city's plans to sell the parking lot of the historic Girls High School to a developer to build an up to 16-story affordable housing development, saying the land should remain publicly owned and should be converted into a community green space. The 30,000-square-foot parking lot on the landmarked school's site at 457 Nostrand Avenue, between Macon and
Community Board 3 voted 22 to 6 to approve the project during the rezoning review, but only with conditions: The new building should not rise higher than the school's spire, studio units should be minimized, apartments should target households earning an average of 40 percent of AMI, underground parking should be considered, and green space should be included on the Halsey Street side.
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