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City Council approves Monitor Point rezoning on the Greenpoint waterfront

The NYC City Council approved the Monitor Point rezoning July 17, clearing the way for 1,324 Greenpoint waterfront apartments, with half permanently affordable.

Headshot of Lincoln Restler alongside a rendering of a proposed waterfront park, not the actual Monitor Point site.
Lincoln Restler, Council Member for Greenpoint, and a rendering of a proposed public space — not the current industrial site at 40 Quay Street that will be redeveloped. Courtesy commercialobserver.com

City Council approves Monitor Point rezoning on the Greenpoint waterfront

The NYC City Council approved the Monitor Point rezoning July 17, clearing the way for 1,324 Greenpoint waterfront apartments, with half permanently affordable.

City Council approves Monitor Point rezoning on the Greenpoint waterfront

The City Council approved the rezoning for Monitor Point on July 17, clearing the way for two towers and 1,324 apartments on the Greenpoint waterfront, with half of those units set aside as permanently affordable. The vote ends a fight over a piece of public land that had split the neighborhood for years.

The approval was reported by Greenpointers, which tracked the project’s turn from neighborhood flashpoint to done deal. The site sits at 40 Quay Street, on land now…

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