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GALLOP Day at Kensington Stables

GALLOP and Stable Brooklyn join forces to offer therapeutic riding in Kensington Stables. About 30 GALLOP, Stable Brooklyn, and Kensington Stable volunteers gathered on Saturday, January 20, to clear an arena for Gallop's therapeutic riding program. Kensington's arena had been … Continue reading

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Community Planning Workshop Final Report

Thanks to all who participated in the Community Planning Workshops. The final document is now available: Final Report: Stable-izing Stable Brooklyn

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CB7 Supports Downzoning by Passing Resolution

Following is the text of the resolution passed by Community Board 7 in response to our petition. We need to follow up by writing letters to Regina Myer, director of the Brooklyn office of the New York City Department of … Continue reading

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Baptist Church 30th Anniversary, Sunday, May 21

The International Baptist Church has invited the neighborhood to their 30th Anniversary Celebration this Sunday, May 21st at 10:15 am. The church is located at the corner of Caton Place and Coney Island Avenue. They will be serving lunch and … Continue reading

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Concert with Billy B, Saturday, May 20

FUNDRAISER FOR THE SOUTH SLOPE COALITION Help us raise money to fight irresponsible development in our community The South Slope Coalition has taken on a developer who is trying to build 12- and 14-story buildings on our 3-story blocks. We … Continue reading

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22 Caton Outcome – Moving Forward

After an 11th hour attempt by the developer to garner community support for an R7a (4.0 FAR) upzone, Bill de Blasio and City Council  stuck to the most recent community compromise consensus of support for R7b (3.0 FAR).  While the … Continue reading

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StableBrooklyn Awarded Grants for Planning

We are pleased to announce that our community group has been awarded two separate grants to assist us with fundraising for our planning workshops: $500 Grant from Bill de Blasio’s office Bill de Blasio’s office has given us this money … Continue reading

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City Planning Report

Here is the report from the City Planning Commission with regard to 22 Caton Place ULURP. Download Report (Word Format)

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Borough President’s Hearing

The neighborhood came out in force yet again to testify at the Borough President’s Public Hearing for the upzoning application of 22 Caton Place. Community members spoke out against the leaseholder’s bid for increased density. NY1 was there and issued … Continue reading

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CB7 Resolution Regarding 22 Caton Place

ImageFollowing is the full text of the CB7 Resolution passed as a result
of the public hearing for the ULURP application on Nov. 10, 2005. We
had a strong show of support from the community as residents and others
spoke on everything from density concerns, to parking, to solid and
hazardous waste concerns, to safety for horses and pedestrians and
more. Our concerns were heard and CB7 passed a resolution calling for a
denial of the application for upzoning and a rezoning study of the
neighborhood.

Thanks to everyone who came out to testify and
thanks to CB7, especially Randy Peers and the members of the Land Use
Committee, for their support of our efforts to encourage sensible
neighborhood development.


Community Board 7 Land Use Committee Resolution Regarding 22 Caton Place
With respect to ULURP application # C050203 ZMK, concerning 22 Caton
Place, the committee recommends the Board reject the application for
the following reasons:

1. No guarantee that the applicant/developer
will in fact build the stated development project at the site and could
in fact sell the property under the new zoning.

2. That the
EIS does not accurately reflect conditions in the area because it does
not take into account two other major projects under development in the
near vicinity. When examined in aggregate, the three projects total a
45% increase in the number of dwelling units in a 7-block area.

3. If the proposed development does proceed, there is no guarantee that the units will be rentals or be affordable.

4. That the area is already overburdened by a lack of parking, and any
proposed development under the new zoning would not require 100%
parking.

5. That the proposed development out of character with
community, in particular, the surrounding blocks which include many
small one and two family homes and the horse stables.

6. The majority of residents oppose the change as was clearly stated at the public hearing held on November 8th, 2005.

We
further request that City Planning undertake a study of rezoning the
surrounding community to comply with the original intent of the Special
Ocean Parkway District, to protect the interior blocks. The Special
Ocean Parkway District Re Zoning originally passed by the Borough Board
on April 20, 1993 and specifically called for the down zoning of this
area if the proposed nursing home (at 711 Caton Avenue) was not
approved. As almost 14 years have passed and no nursing home has been
built or approved for this site, it is essential that this small
section of our community commonly known as East Windsor Terrace be
afforded the protection denied to it when the Special Ocean Parkway
District was approved.

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