Bedford-Union Armory Redevelopment Should Not Have Condos, Says Borough President
After hearing from “thousands of community voices” on the redevelopment of the Bedford-Union Armory in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams released his recommendations for the embattled project. His input is a necessary step in the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which developers BFC Partners are in the midst of as part of a larger rezoning for the project.
Unsurprisingly, Adams’s recommendations echo community concerns about the development, which is due to have two residential buildings—one mixed-income rentals, the other condos—along with public-facing spaces that include a community center, a pool, and multi-purposes courts for sports. BFC agreed to offer half of the rentals and 20 percent of the condos as affordable units, but Crown Heights residents have argued that the project should be fully affordable considering it’s being built on city land. . .