| The Department of City Planning proposes to rezone portions of eight blocks and amend the Special Sheepshead Bay District (SSBD) in the south Brooklyn neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay/Plumb Beach in Community District 15 . The rezoning area is generally bounded by East 27th Street on the east, Emmons Avenue on the south, Shore Parkway on the north and the mid-block east of Ford Street on the east.
To protect this predominantly low-rise area from out-of-character development, the existing R5 zoning – which permits new housing of all types, including small multi-family apartment houses – would be changed to zoning districts that limit new residential development to one-and-two family houses. In addition, a zoning text amendment would modify the boundaries of the special district to assure against incompatible development. |
