For the latest version of all documents filed with the city for this proposal, please visit the NYC Zoning Application Portal
Arrow Linen on Prospect Ave between Prospect Park West and 8th Ave has applied to NYC to rezone their property to allow for 13-story luxury towers to be built (which we now understand could be 19 stories after City of Yes passes). This would be nearly three times as tall as any other building in the area, and does not respect the scale of our neighborhood.
Arrow Linen has hired lobbyists and lawyers, and is using their money and influence to push for the approval of this inappropriate zoning change. As of September 2024, they have to date spent over $260,000 lobbying elected officials and city employees.
If Arrow Linen gets their way, then all of Windsor Terrace and South Slope are at risk of greedy developers buying properties and doing the same. There are 59 rent-stabilized apartments on the same block as Arrow Linen. If their proposed rezoning is approved as is, then those buildings are in jeopardy of being bought by speculators who will apply to rezone them, and displace the current residents in favor of building more luxury high-rises.
We are in favor of a compromise that allows for more, preferable affordable, housing to be built in a way that does not displace existing tenants and further inflate housing prices in the neighborhood.
We want affordable housing. We do not want high-priced high-rises. We are organizing Windsor Terrace and South Slope to fight for a solution that creates housing that works in our neighborhood. We have been meeting with our elected officials to share feedback from our neighbors and make our goals clear.
This is What 13 Stories Looks Like
These images are from Arrow Linen’s proposal and show the size of the proposed buildings. Please note that these are not to scale; the 4th floor of the new buildings is at an equal height to the 3rd floor of the building next door:
Likely 19 Stories after City of Yes
The following is an architect’s rendering of what the massing of this project would be at 7, 13 and 19 stories – using real measurements and real perspective.
This is What the Shadows of 13 Stories Looks Like
These images are from Arrow Linen’s proposal and show the shadows created by the proposed buildings:
From the Windsor Place 8-PPW Block Association
- Summary Slide Deck – Summary of the proposed rezoning and redevelopment
- Zoning 101 – Introduction to zoning issues in the context of the proposal
- Public Awareness Flyer – please print some out, carry them with you, and distribute freely!
From the City of New York
- NYC Zoning Application Portal has the current status and the latest versions of all documents for this land use application.
- Full environmental assessment statement from Arrow’s application (Version 7, 06/19/2024)
- Excerpt summarizing the filing
- 2005 comprehensive zoning of South Slope provides context for the current state of zoning in the neighborhood.
- Overview of zoning for residential areas (NYC City Planning) for context:
- Affordable Housing income limits (NYC HPD)
- Arrow’s rezoning filing includes a set-aside for units of the highest income level
- City of Yes for Housing Opportunity is an initiative of the Adams administration. It intends to use a comprehensive zoning update to create a little more housing in every neighborhood, which is an approach we prefer to a single developer’s or landowner’s spot rezoning to maximize their profits.