Here comes 1519 Bedford between Eastern Parkway and Lincoln (formerly a gas station and a car wash)

As the creator of the thread, I have such powers.

RE: Should we expect something similar looking?

Maybe?

"Our" new building will have commercial space on the first floor. EP is only allowed to have professional spaces face it (healthcare, schools, houses of worship, banks).

The Starbucks at EP and Franklin opens to Franklin as a result of this rule.

So, we should keep that in mind.

Nope.

Dunkin Donuts may have gotten around said rule by being grandfathered. It's door also actually opens at an angle (perhaps angled slightly more on Nostrand than EP).

T-Mobile only has an emergency exit that opens on EP. Its actual entry door opens to Nostrand.

Here's streetview: http://goo.gl/maps/dBOrX

In addition to the angle door trick, Dunkin Donuts is in an old building. The building (not the business) would have rec'd the grandfathering.

While you may think that EP is kinda vague and weird in what types of businesses are allowed by the zoning code, the M1 zone is far more messed up. http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/44390/eyes-are-again-on-the-m-1-zone-in-crown-heights/p1

Now, let's return to discussing 1535 Bedford so we don't drive the mods nuts.

Today, a plumbing contractor is working inside the convenience store that was on this site.

The full details from YIMBY:

"In late January, an application was submitted by Issac & Stern Architects for a new eight-story residential building at 1535 Bedford Avenue, developed by Adam America Real Estate.

Now, YIMBY has obtained a rendering of the building set to rise on the northeastern corner of Bedford Avenue and Eastern Parkway, in the heart of Crown Heights. With a 1519 Bedford Avenue street address, the main structure is rectangular, rising atop a retail base that meets the intersection at the same acute angle as its somewhat irregular lot.

According to the building permit application, the project will have 133 apartments – clearly rentals – spread over a bit more than 91,000 square feet of residential space, for an average unit size of just under 690 square feet – about as small as the zoning code will allow for new buildings. The second and third floors will have 28 apartments each, with larger units up top (floors four through six have 17 units each, with 13 on the top two floors)."

http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/03/revealed-1535-bedford-avenue-crown-heights.html

The renderings:

In this photo, Eastern Parkway runs along the right side of the building

I took these photos from the roof of the new 8 story building at Franklin and EP, when I posed as a potential renter:





I imagine the view from the penthouse of 1519 Bedford will be similar.

I have learned:
At CB8 housing committee, developers stated that this project will accept the inclusionary affordable housing bonus, which will allow them to build a larger building than would otherwise be allowed.

As a result, the building will include 34 affordable apartments at 60% AMI.

While 421a will be used, no financing subsidies
are being sought.

As discussed above, plans were for 20% of the 133 units to be below market.

This is odd in that more than 27 units are being built, and the units will serve a pretty low income population.

For the heck of it, let's predict 60,000 people will apply for the 34 units.

AMI = area median income.

....a number which is fought over every year, as it relates to the various definitions of area. Some people will want to use zip, others community board, others census tracks...). Some people want to use the AMI that applies now, others want to use the AMI the applies when the project is completed.

For simplicity, let's assume they use the NYC number which is something like $70,000 for two people. If so, than they would offer the 27 apartments to households making 60% of 70k, which is expressed as a pretty tight range, as opposed to an exact number. So, let's say $39k - 45k.

Re: CB preference, yes, eligible people living within a CB are often given a preference for 50% of the affordable units.