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Lobel details building program, unit mix, and parking for 108-05 68th Road

New York City Council · Oct 6, 2026 · starts 0:34:35 · 59 sec

Lobel presents the development numbers: about 5 FAR, 11,000 square feet of community facility, 27,900 square feet residential, 75-foot height, 12 cellar parking spaces, and 33 units including eight affordable.

Member of the Public - Richard Lobel

The next slide are the numbers behind the proposed development.

Member of the Public - Richard Lobel

Which as stated would be a seven-story plus cellar building at roughly a 5 FAR pursuant to R7A guidelines.

Member of the Public - Richard Lobel

11,000 square feet would be community facility use with 5,000 square feet for all my children daycare and nursery and 6,000 square feet for Chazak.

Member of the Public - Richard Lobel

27,900 square feet plus or minus on floors three through seven would be occupied by residential use.

Member of the Public - Richard Lobel

The base height and total height are the same at 75 feet, seven stories with a side setback at 65 feet, six stories.

Member of the Public - Richard Lobel

12 parking spaces would be provided in the cellar.

Member of the Public - Richard Lobel

The number of units broken down, as you see, nine one-bedrooms, 23 two-bedrooms, and one three-bedrooms, allowing for generous unit sizes of close to two bedrooms for each,

Member of the Public - Richard Lobel

as well as there would be eight affordable units within that with the same ratios as for the larger breakdown of units.

Member of the Public - Richard Lobel

Transportation would be drop-off.

Member of the Public - Richard Lobel

Most of the children would walk to the site escorted by a parent or guardian.