Q&A
Council Member Riley questions Attorney Palatnik about 2390 McDonald Avenue rezoning proposal
1:27:52
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4 min
Council Member Kevin C. Riley conducts a Q&A session with Attorney Erik Palatnik regarding the rezoning proposal for 2390 McDonald Avenue in Brooklyn. The discussion covers various aspects of the proposed development, including zoning district choice, parking spaces, unit types, and noise mitigation measures.
- The C4-4L zoning district was chosen due to its suitability for areas near elevated trains
- The proposal includes 120 parking spaces, significantly more than the 30 required
- The development will have a mix of 1, 2, and 3-bedroom units, with 21 out of 80 units being affordable
- Sound-attenuated windows will be used to mitigate noise from the nearby elevated MTA tracks
Kevin C. Riley
1:27:52
Why are you proposing a c 4 dash 4 l l commercial district rather than mapping the residential district with a commercial overlay
Erik Palatnik
1:27:59
The reason why and you may not be familiar with this because something there's not that many applications along McDonald Avenue recently.
1:28:06
The C Four Four L District was created by the Brooklyn office of City Planning, specifically for it being up against elevated trains.
1:28:12
And what it allows for is the setback above the 4th story or 3rd story, like I showed you a second ago, which other districts don't allow for that setback at that location.
1:28:23
And what the reason for that setback is it pushes this hour back away from the elevated train that the commercial uses are at the lower floors and then the residents are at the upper floors.
1:28:32
And that's a C44, you'll really only see it along elevated trains.
Kevin C. Riley
1:28:36
You indicated that you plan on providing a 120 parking spaces Yeah.
Erik Palatnik
1:28:40
How many are actually required?
1:28:42
Not that many.
1:28:43
30.
1:28:43
And if City of ESS is approved, none will be required.
1:28:47
This is hats off to you and the rest of the council in the conversations you'll be having when this comes up.
1:28:52
Of some of the community boards when you get into the more quasi suburban type settings such as this portion of Brooklyn feel very strongly that people all have cars and some households have 2 cars.
1:29:04
So when somebody searches myself, comes in and tries to suggest that we have no cars or the minimum required.
1:29:11
For example, committee board 15, for example, will always retort with that doesn't fly with us, and we'd like to see more parking.
1:29:17
So the owner here has the room.
1:29:20
We've agreed to provide it.
1:29:21
We do agree with him somewhat that there will be a need for it.
1:29:24
But but the other token, they asked us to do it.
Kevin C. Riley
1:29:27
And the and the bus stops I saw you saw the n was 7 minutes away, and the f is, like, right around
Erik Palatnik
1:29:32
the f is right out front.
1:29:33
Everything is right out front.
1:29:34
It's well serviced by Mastering.
Kevin C. Riley
1:29:36
So what is the breakdown of the unit types?
Erik Palatnik
1:29:38
The breakdown of unit types is between I have a document here, which I can I can find my notes?
1:29:44
Here you go.
1:29:45
The breakdown of unit types is approximately 71 bedrooms, 412 bedrooms, and 2023 bedrooms, And in that scenario, 21 of those that was 80 units, 21 of which will be affordable, and there'll be a breakdown within that of 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom, 3 bedroom, and the affordable.
1:30:06
In that scenario, there will be 33 bedrooms.
1:30:09
And as I said before, there were previously no 3 bedrooms in any scenario at all, so for the affordability.
1:30:15
So we've included that.
1:30:16
And that's for option 1 and option 2.
1:30:18
There are 4 3 bedrooms.
Kevin C. Riley
1:30:20
Alright.
1:30:20
Thank you for those studios.
1:30:26
If the parking is limited, are you able to go down more,
Erik Palatnik
1:30:30
how many more units you think the applicant can produce?
1:30:33
Can't provide anymore.
1:30:34
We're not being limited by the unit count on the parking.
1:30:37
Okay.
1:30:38
It's going at the seller level.
1:30:40
Really, the only thing that we're not provide we could provide maybe more space for commercial users Okay.
1:30:45
Or maybe storage space for residential tenants and things like that.
1:30:49
But we couldn't have an electric charging station.
1:30:53
We have that proposed in the Kelvin now, but there's really no more unit.
1:30:57
Parking is not the limiting factor here just because of the size of the property.
Kevin C. Riley
1:31:00
Okay.
1:31:01
And last question, the proposed development site is located underneath the elevated MTA tracks.
1:31:06
Can you please explain what measure will be taken to mitigate noise for prospective tenants?
1:31:11
What measures will be taken to ensure privacy for prospective residential tenants?
1:31:16
And are there setbacks which you did have mentioned.
1:31:18
They are setbacks for the elevator subway.
Erik Palatnik
1:31:20
Oh, they're on their own for privacy, and I don't know if you've ever ridden a a 7 train through Long Island City, but you do come right up against some windows and you do that.
1:31:28
Okay.
1:31:29
It's up to them for their their curtains.
1:31:31
Up.
1:31:31
But as far as noise goes, the windows will be sound attenuated.
1:31:35
A lot of the technology in windows is what you hear and see in airports.
1:31:38
You walk through an airport.
1:31:39
You don't hear the airplanes.
1:31:40
That same technology is available in most residential applications, and there'll be windows specified at those DVA full set will allow for no sound to penetrate.
Kevin C. Riley
1:31:49
Thank you, Eric.
1:31:51
There'd be no more questions for this panel.
1:31:52
This panel's excuse, counsel, are there any members of the public who is to testify on 2390 Magnolia Avenue?
