Applicant Grinshtein on Bay Ridge site context and zoning
Grinshtein shows the site location in Bay Ridge, the surrounding C8 automotive district and multifamily housing, and the proposed R7X zoning line drawn at the center of the block between R5B and R6B districts.
This shows where the project is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
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This is an old Staples site.
As you know, there was a period of time when big box retail was in abundance around the city, and it's to some degree being redeveloped now.
Staples has changed their business model, and we have a long-term, or we own the property, and we have a few more years left on the lease.
And a right to terminate the lease, we're going to do so as soon as we're ready to construct and build the proposed building in this location.
There you see the triangle between Fifth Avenue and Fourth Avenue as the avenues start and extend north through the borough of Brooklyn.
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Close up of the site.
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This shows the uses the council member referred to immediately across the street from us, the C8 district with primarily automotive uses.
And then in the areas surrounding the commercial core, there is predominantly multifamily housing.
Which is approximately six stories in most locations, or no greater than six stories.
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