It was a full house on Wednesday at Brooklyn’s Hope Gardens Multi Service Center where another public presentation from the Department of City Planning (DCP) took place. The department gave a 45-minute presentation about their draft plans for the upcoming rezoning in Bushwick, meant as a follow-up from the previous event they had held in April.

According to Project Manager Sarit Platkin, who oversees the DCP’s rezoning project for Bushwick and gave the presentation, there were three key driving forces behind the department’s rezoning plan.

First, the department wants to resolve the issues that they felt were brought on by the R6 zoning which they described as “a one-size-fits-all approach across the entire neighborhood.” The designation has allowed developers to build six-story, multi-family buildings, and out of context tower additions. The department also wants to push development in areas where there have not been any commercial overlays. Lastly, Platkin said, the current zoning in Bushwick does not require affordable housing.