Update On 'Gowanus Green' Development Coming Next Week

GOWANUS, BROOKLYN — City officials will give an update on the long-awaited redevelopment of a six-acre plot next to the Gowanus Canal next week.

The "Gowanus Green" development, found at Hoyt and Fifth streets, has been in the work since a proposal for the land was filed in 2008. But, developers leading the transformation have said they have been holding off for the upcoming rezoning of the neighborhood and an ongoing federal clean-up in the canal.

City officials will give an update on the project to Community Board 6's Economic, Waterfront, Community Development and Housing Committee at their Dec. 2 meeting, to be held at 6:30 p.m. in P.S. 32's auditorium on Hoyt Street.

The update will include a presentation from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and Department of City Planning.

The Gowanus Green project aims to bring 774 new units of housing, 120 of which will be affordable, according to plans. The plans also call for recreational and education space, including an outdoor amphitheater that can be used as a classroom or entertainment venue, a waterfront community facility and arts programming in the park.

The proposal also calls for small-business retail, which developers have said could include wellness centers, a weekly farmers' market, daycare, a plant nursery, a art gallery, a bike shop or bars and restaurants.

The developer is Hudson Companies in conjunction with New York City, Fifth Avenue Committee, Bluestone Organization and Jonathan Rose Companies.