Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan

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Community Priorities Report

This report summarizes community priorities and recommendations for the Atlantic Avenue area and neighboring blocks in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. The report will inform planning for potential zoning changes, environmental review, and future investments in the area.

Draft Zoning and Environmental Review

We released a draft zoning proposal at a virtual public meeting on September 6, 2023. We held a public meeting on October 17, 2023, to discuss the plan’s environmental review scope and process.


Community Planning Meetings

This series of public events, held winter through spring 2023, focused on developing a shared community vision and priorities for the AAMUP area. The series included community planning workshops and working group meetings that were focused on specific topics.

At the third round of working group meetings in May 2023, participants reviewed and edited a draft of community priorities for the Atlantic Avenue area.

View the presentations

Building on community planning discussions so far, participants workshopped community priorities for the Atlantic Avenue area.

View results of the workshop here.

Participants workshopped "opportunity statements,” which are statements reflecting community goals for the Atlantic Avenue area, and began writing community priorities.

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Participants went on walking tours around the Atlantic Avenue area before gathering at an open house to discuss ideas and opportunities for the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan.

View results of the workshop here.

During this first set of working groups for the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, participants shared ideas for the future of Atlantic Avenue.

Read a recap of the February 2023 working groups here.

Community members joined city agencies, elected officials and facilitator WXY to learn about the community planning process and share thoughts on Atlantic Avenue.

Watch a recording of the kickoff here.


Background and context

Community Board 8 has led planning efforts within the area, which is commonly referred to as M-CROWN (Manufacturing, Commercial, and Residential Opportunities for a Working Neighborhood).

Since 2016, NYC Planning has worked closely with the Board, elected officials, and community members, including neighboring Community Board 3, to develop a shared vision for growth that supports local goals of creating job centers, affordable housing, and public realm improvements.

In 2018, NYC Planning presented background on the study (read it here) with a draft land use framework and how it could support the community’s vision.

In April 2022 — in response to a request from elected officials, Community Board leaders, nonprofit organizations, and other community members — NYC Planning committed to advance a proposal for a neighborhood rezoning and needed investments for infrastructure and public services.

NYC Planning will continue to closely collaborate with community members and City partners as we build a plan together. This process will culminate in a formal public review, anticipated for 2024. Learn more about the public review process here.