Project Description
The proposal involves a request from the project sponsor, Proto Property LLC., for construction financing from HPD to facilitate the development of a new affordable housing building (the Proposed Development) in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, Community District 3. The project would be financed through HPDs Mixed Middle Income Program. The privately-owned Development Site measures approximately 29,161 square feet (sf) in area and is comprised of the westernmost portion of block 1811, lot 19 (the project area), which is currently occupied by an accessory off-street parking lot. The project area is located at 510 Quincy Street, on the block bounded by Quincy Street to the north, Marcus Garvey Boulevard to the east, Gates Avenue to the south, and Throop Avenue to the west. The project sponsor has applied to the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) for a Special Permit pursuant to §73-433 of the NYC Zoning Resolution to permit the reduction of 88 accessory off-street parking spaces within the parking lot currently occupying the Development Site; those parking spaces were required for income-restricted housing units developed on the eastern portion of the project site (BSA Calendar No. 2017-149-BZ). 18 parking spaces would remain on the Development Site. Aside from this variance, the Prosed Development would be constructed in conformance with the sites R6A zoning district. Under the proposal, the Development Site would be redeveloped with a new 6-story (approximately 60 feet tall) residential building containing approximately 96 units of affordable housing (plus one superintendent unit for a total of 97 units). According to the Environmental Assessment Statement (EAS), the Proposed Development would be implemented in a single phase and is expected to be completed and operational in late 2021. Absent the Proposed Actions, the existing conditions on the Development Site are expected to remain.