The City Council greenlit a rezoning proposal that will allow a long-planned development to rise on the former Spice Factory site in Crown Heights, putting to rest a yearslong battle over the size of the proposed development and the amount of shade it will cast on the nearby Brooklyn Botanic Garden.<\/p>\n
The City Council unanimously voted to approve the rezoning application<\/a> at its meeting on Thursday, paving the way for a ten-story, 355-unit tower<\/a> at 962-972 Franklin Avenue that will have a sloping plane restricted to ten degrees in order to reduce the amount of sunlight vulnerable plants at the garden will lose.<\/p>\n The Franklin Avenue development faced major community opposition when it was first proposed by Continuum Company as two 34-story shade-casting towers, and the plan was ultimately killed<\/a> due to the risks posed to the garden. <\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> Single Page<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The City Council approved a rezoning that will allow a new ten-story building to rise on a Crown Heights site near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189114,"featured_media":525257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7677,7643],"tags":[34392,2401,22670,29501,22667],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-542054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crown-heights","category-development","tag-962-972-franklin-avenue","tag-brooklyn-botanic-garden","tag-continuum-company","tag-controversial-rezoning","tag-spice-factory"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"City Council Backs Tweaked Development Near Brooklyn Botanic Garden","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/development\/crown-heights-brooklyn-botanic-garden-spice-factory-city-council-vote\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/development\/crown-heights-brooklyn-botanic-garden-spice-factory-city-council-vote\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/crown-heights-960-franklin-avenue-spice-factory-may2024-sdevries-19.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/crown-heights-960-franklin-avenue-spice-factory-may2024-sdevries-19.jpg"},"articleSection":"Crown Heights","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Anna Bradley-Smith"}],"creator":["Anna Bradley-Smith"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Brownstoner","logo":""},"keywords":["962-972 franklin avenue","brooklyn botanic garden","continuum company","controversial rezoning","spice factory"],"dateCreated":"2024-11-26T18:00:00Z","datePublished":"2024-11-26T18:00:00Z","dateModified":"2024-11-26T18:00:00Z"},"rendered":"