Planning Board

- 173 Linden Street: 10-unit senior citizen apartment house (3 stories, 7 parking spaces) approved 4-0; building facade enhanced with darker stucco and black brick trim per board feedback; applicant must sign restrictive covenant requiring senior occupancy for life of project within two weeks. - 632 AKA 636 South Broadway (The Parker): 160-unit all-affordable housing (16 stories, 146 parking spaces) reapproved 4-0 with minor site amendments; building footprint adjustments, utility relocations, sidewalk improvements, and bus stop relocation approved; construction financing closing scheduled October 2026. - 601 Midland Avenue (NYC DEP Field Operations): Discussion deferred; applicant to submit revised architectural renderings exploring alternative building colors and materials before next meeting, and provide detailed tree removal and replacement plan showing quantity, location, and species. - 372 Riverdale Avenue: Discussion only; 11-story, 105-unit affordable housing project presented supplemental materials including shadow studies, material samples, and drainage revisions; board chair questioned five-color facade palette and noted building exterior still looks too industrial; chair to inspect comparable 345 McLean Avenue before next hearing. - 2458 Central Park Avenue: Discussion only; applicant presented revised plans with 5-foot ADA-compliant sidewalk around bus stop, bicycle parking racks, and landscape improvements; board praised revisions and collaboration with city staff; applicant to explore feasibility of additional planters along back building doors. - 81 Elliott Avenue: Nine-unit affordable housing cooperative (4 stories plus basement) on fire-damaged site; planning board moved 4-0 to assume lead agency status for coordinated environmental review; fully funded ($7M) and shovel-ready; board to initiate lead agency notification (30-day period for other agencies to seek status). - Riverside Drive, Admiral Way and Fisher Way (Extell Hudson Waterfront LLC): Discussion only; applicant presented revised submission consolidating two buildings into one taller tower to increase open space and add daycare facility while retaining ~60 parking space surplus; applicant to resubmit to Army Corps, state DEC, and Department of State for marina and esplanade . - Proposed Affordable Housing Ordinance (Chapter 43, Article 15): Planning board issued favorable recommendation to city council; amendments increase Affordable Housing Trust Fund Committee from five to seven members and modify AMI distribution requirements for large multifamily developments (allowing either 8% at 40–60% AMI or 12% at 61–80% AMI instead of current 10% split across three tiers).