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As Bushwick Rezoning Is Put on Hold, Rampant Development Will Continue Unchecked

A new community plan won't come together until 2018, likely.

As Bushwick Rezoning Is Put on Hold, Rampant Development Will Continue Unchecked

As Bushwick Rezoning Is Put on Hold, Rampant Development Will Continue Unchecked

A new community plan won't come together until 2018, likely.

As Bushwick Rezoning Is Put on Hold, Rampant Development Will Continue Unchecked

Zoning is the nearly-invisible practice that determines where a neighborhood’s commercial areas are, how tall its buildings can be, and the shape and appearance of whole city blocks in general. Sometimes zoning needs change over time, and while community members and policymakers get organized, developers swoop in and take advantage of the existing rules already on the books.

That, in a nutshell, is what’s happening in Bushwick with large-scale developments like the Rheingold Brewery site and the high-rise going up near Maria Hernandez Park continue…

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