EAST NEW YORK REZONING EIS

LOCATION:

Brooklyn, NY

CLIENT:

NYC Department of City Planning

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The NYC Department of City Planning (DCP), together with the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), recently completed the rezoning of an approximately 190-block area comprising portions of the East New York/Cypress Hills and Ocean Hill neighborhoods. The rezoning and related actions are expected to facilitate new residential, commercial, community facility, and manufacturing development, including approximately 6,312 new dwelling units. The goals of the rezoning include creation of affordable housing, along with economic growth and job opportunities for residents.

PHA was retained by DCP to prepare the project’s EIS, and was responsible for preparing detailed analyses of the project’s potential effects on numerous technical areas, including socioeconomic conditions, transportation, open space, historic resources, and others. The analysis of socioeconomic conditions included an assessment of direct residential displacement, direct business/institutional displacement, indirect residential displacement, indirect business/institutional displacement, and adverse effects on specific industries using available census, land use, and employment data, supplemented with field observations and interviews with real estate brokers in the area. As the prime consultant, PHA was also responsible for overall project management and coordination of the required public review process.