Plate 47 of 116BrooklynBrooklyn Community Board 1
27 Hooper
The zoning on this site does not allow homes as of right, so the housing floor area is zero until the site is rezoned.
- Index entry
- Tracker status: Developer Selected/Pre-Public Approval
- Lead agency: HPD
Block 2197, lot 20Tax lots from MapPLUTO; street names from the Digital City Map. Pink: this site. Hatched: other City-owned lots. Heavy lines: block edges.
What can legally go here
Floor area follows exactly from the Zoning Resolution. Homes are a range, because unit size and building efficiency are choices.
- Lot area
- 12,400 sq ft
- Zoning district
- M1-2
- Maximum community facility floor area
- 59,520 sq ft12,400 sq ft × 4.80 FAR
What binds first
Floor area
The M1-2 district does not allow homes, so floor area for housing is zero until the site is rezoned.
What the neighborhood asked for
Brooklyn Community Board 1's formal requests to the City, from its annual Statement of Community District Needs and Budget Requests.
Each quotation below was found word for word on the cited page by script. None reviewed by a person yet.
Could share a building with housing on this lot
Matched by a declared table of uses that commonly occupy the ground floor of an apartment building. A possibility, not a recommendation.
Funding for a new senior center program
“Request: Establish a Senior Center to Serve South West Area of Williamsburg, Central to Division Avenue and Clymer Street/Continued Funding. Explanation: …”
FY2027 statement, p. 98 · priority 2 of 2 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseFurther study by the agency of this request is needed.
Housing the board asked for
Fund construction & rehabilitation of subsidized/affordable housing, including waterfront and upland areas in the CB#1 area.
“Fund Construction and Rehabilitation of Subsidized/Affordable Housing. The neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Williamsburg have critical housing needs. …”
FY2027 statement, p. 94 · priority 1 of 3 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseThe Executive Budget includes a city-wide allocation for this work. Specific locations are determined by the Agency.
Provide more housing for medium income households
“Reinstate funding for the Greenpoint - Williamsburg Tenant Legal Fund ($2 million), including anti-harassment provisions per the Administration's Points of Agreement regarding the Greenpoint- Williamsburg …”
FY2027 statement, p. 94 · priority 2 of 3 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseThis item is not eligible for capital funding.
Provide more housing for medium income households
“Request: Fund Constructions and Rehabilitation of Subsidized/Affordable Housing, Including Waterfront and Upland Areas, in the Community District #1 Area. Explanation: …”
FY2027 statement, p. 95 · priority 3 of 3 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseThe Executive Budget includes a city-wide allocation for this work. Specific locations are determined by the Agency.
Other requests in these categories
Extend library hours or expand and enhance library programs
“Expand Funding for Library Operations - Brooklyn Public Library Branches with CD#1; (Fund Extended Days/Hours; Fund Computer Catalogue and Increase Book Budget). …”
FY2027 statement, p. 96 · priority 1 of 1 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseRestoring and/or increasing funding is needed for this request. It is recommended that this request be brought to the attention of your elected officials i.e. Borough President and/or City Council Member.
Renovate or upgrade NYCHA community facilities or open space
“Redevelop NYCHA Playground on Roebling Street and South 9th Street. This park is well-used by the community. …”
FY2027 statement, p. 95 · priority 1 of 2 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseIt is recommended that this request be brought to the attention of your Elected Officials.
Taylor White Houses Playground
“Upgrade the playground for the Taylor White Houses. The heavily used community playground is old and needs new equipment and infrastructure. …”
FY2027 statement, p. 95 · priority 2 of 2 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseAgency supports but cannot accommodate Explanation: NYCHA can work with our partners to see if this is a possibility and provide a cost estimate
Provide a new or expanded park or amenity (i.e. playground, outdoor athletic field)
“Construct new Pickleball Courts Explanation: Parks and Recreation will identify available space to construct pickleball courts to meet the increasing demand form the community for …”
FY2027 statement, p. 93 · priority 7 of 12 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseThe agency recommends funding this budget request, but at this time the availability of funds is uncertain. OMB supports the agency's position.
Frances Steinberg Park Playground
“The outdoor play/exercise equipment needs complete renovation to bring the space up to modern industry safelty and design standards.”
FY2027 statement, p. 94 · priority 11 of 12 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseThe agency recommends funding this budget request, but at this time the availability of funds is uncertain. OMB supports the agency's position.
5 other requests in these categories are listed on the web page.
What gets in the way
Flags are flags, not verdicts. Each comes from a public layer, named in the sources.
- Caution
May cover only part of the project
The tracker gives one point per project and no tax lots. This page covers the lot under that point; the project may include more lots, so figures may understate it.
- Caution
Not recorded as City-owned
MapPLUTO does not code this site as City-owned (owner: Kolel Damsek Eliezer Inc). The City may control it another way, or the tracker point may sit on a neighboring lot.
Nearest subway station: Marcy Av (J M Z), 0.5 mi in a straight line.
What this doesn't account for
This page shows what public data and the zoning text can tell us. These questions need information that isn't public, or a decision that isn't ours.
- Public land use review (ULURP). Selling or leasing City land, or approving a housing project on it, generally goes through ULURP (community board, borough president, City Planning Commission, City Council), and this estimate does not presume the outcome.
- Disposition of City property (Charter 384 / UDAAP). Transferring the land needs Mayoral approval under Charter Sec. 384 and, for HPD projects, usually Urban Development Action Area designation and project approval under NY General Municipal Law Article 16.
- Environmental review (CEQR/SEQRA). Any discretionary approval, disposition or City funding triggers CEQR/SEQRA review, which can require mitigation (e.g. for hazardous materials, noise or historic resources) or reshape the project.
- (E) designations. A lot with an (E) designation or environmental restrictive declaration for hazardous materials, air quality or noise cannot receive building permits until the Office of Environmental Remediation signs off.
- Subsurface and site conditions. Unknown soil, rock, groundwater and contamination can shrink or eliminate cellars and add foundation and cleanup costs, and HPD requires every project to investigate and, if needed, remediate contamination.
- Deed restrictions and reverter clauses. Land the City bought or sold may carry deed restrictions or reverter clauses limiting its use, which must be checked in title records (ACRIS) and DCAS's deed-restriction database.
- Parkland alienation. If a site is municipal parkland, it cannot be sold or used for housing without an act of the State Legislature signed by the Governor.
- Current occupants, uses and agency plans. Many City-owned lots are in active use or assigned to an agency, or have funded capital projects, and this estimate does not reflect relocation needs or agency plans (check COLP and the Capital Commitment Plan).
- Mapped streets, easements and utilities. Mapped-but-unbuilt ('paper') streets, sewer and water easements and utility lines can take land out of the buildable area, and no permit may be issued for a building in the bed of a mapped street.
- Street access. A lot with no frontage on a mapped street cannot get a building permit on its own and must be combined with a neighboring lot or have access mapped.
- Landmarks review. Sites that are individual landmarks or inside historic districts need Landmarks Preservation Commission approval, which can limit demolition, height and bulk.
- Flood-resistant construction. Sites in the 1% annual chance floodplain (or the 0.2% shaded X-Zone for critical facilities) must meet Building Code Appendix G, whose elevation and floodproofing rules can cost usable ground-floor and cellar space.
- Airport height limits. Near JFK, LaGuardia and Floyd Bennett Field, zoning flight-obstruction surfaces cap building height, and tall structures anywhere need FAA notice.
- State and federal funding conditions. Federal or State money brings its own requirements (e.g. HUD environmental review under 24 CFR Part 58, Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, Section 3 hiring) that can change cost, timing and program.
- Zoning capacity is a ceiling, not a plan. The figures show what zoning allows, and actual HPD projects often build less, for example to fit neighborhood context, a community facility or funding limits.
Checks
What has been verified on this page, and by what.
- Tax lots (1)
- 3-02197-0020Resolved from the tracker point (see method)
- Zoning checked against DCP's zoning data
- Not yet checked
- Floor area checked by an independent recalculation
- Not yet checked
Sources
Superscript numbers next to figures refer to this list. Select one to see the source.
- LIFT Tracker (Land Inventory Fast Track)Dataset · NYC Mayor's Office · as of July 30, 2026 · retrieved September 23, 2026
- MapPLUTODataset · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 9, 2026 · retrieved September 23, 2026
- Zoning Resolution § 43-122Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 10, 2026
- Zoning Resolution rules packZoning Resolution · Public Ground, from the NYC Zoning Resolution
- FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Brooklyn Community Board 1Document · NYC Department of City Planning · retrieved September 23, 2026
- FY2027 Register of Community Board Budget Requests (Adopted Budget), Brooklyn Community Board 1Document · NYC Office of Management and Budget · as of June 30, 2026
- FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Brooklyn Community Board 1Document · NYC Department of City Planning · retrieved September 23, 2026
- FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Brooklyn Community Board 1Document · NYC Department of City Planning · retrieved September 23, 2026
- FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Brooklyn Community Board 1Document · NYC Department of City Planning · retrieved September 23, 2026
- FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Brooklyn Community Board 1Document · NYC Department of City Planning · retrieved September 23, 2026
- MTA Subway StationsDataset · Metropolitan Transportation Authority · as of September 23, 2026 · retrieved September 23, 2026
- Digital City Map street centerlinesDataset · NYC Department of City Planning · as of December 1, 2025 · retrieved September 23, 2026
- New York City Charter Sec. 197-c (Uniform land use review procedure)Document
- NYC Charter Sec. 384 (Disposal of property of the city)Document
- CEQR Technical Manual, Chapter 2 (December 2025 edition)Document
- Zoning Resolution 11-15 (Environmental Requirements)Document
- HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026Document
- Deed Restriction Database (NYC Open Data rfu7-paqe)Document
- Handbook on the Alienation and Conversion of Municipal Parkland (NYS OPRHP, revised 2017-09-01)Document
- City Owned and Leased Property (COLP), NYC Open Data fn4k-qyk2Document
- NY General City Law Sec. 35Document
- NY General City Law Sec. 36Document
- LPC - Applications pageDocument
- 2022 NYC Building Code, Appendix G (as amended by Local Law 77 of 2023)Document
- Zoning Resolution 61-21 (Restriction on Highest Projection of Building or Structure)Document
- HPD ELLA Term Sheet (updated 2020-03-10)Document
- CPC report C 260071 HAM (1727 Amsterdam Avenue)Document
1. LIFT Tracker (Land Inventory Fast Track)
- Where
- ArcGIS layer LIFT_Tracker/FeatureServer/0
- As of
- July 30, 2026
- Retrieved
- September 23, 2026
One point per project. BBLs resolved by point-in-lot against MapPLUTO, HPD's Local Law 125 report, or address geocoding; see the method page.
2. MapPLUTO 26v2
- As of
- September 9, 2026
- Retrieved
- September 23, 2026
3. Zoning Resolution § 43-122
- Where
- M1-2: 4.80 FAR
- As of
- September 10, 2026
M1-2 | 4.80
4. Zoning Resolution rules pack
- Where
- 248 districts, every value cited to a ZR section
ZR text: ZR site home page: "All text changes approved by the city council as of Sep 10, 2026". Every Article II section cited here (21-14, 23-xx, 24-xx, 27-xx) and 62-32x, 74-79, 75-24, 75-42x shows "Last Amended 12/5/2024" (City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, N 240290 ZRY); exceptions among cited sections: 11-122 (8/14/2025, Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan), 11-25 (6/29/1994), 12-10 page (3/26/2026), 62-361 (7/16/2026); no citywide (ZRY) text amendment has been adopted since (Recently Adopted list, 12/5/2024-9/10/2026, contains only site-specific and neighborhood amendments). 12-10 "wide street" last amended 3/26/2026 (Allen Street Mall, N 250307 ZRM - adds Allen Street roadways in Manhattan CD 3).
5. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Brooklyn Community Board 1 FY2027
- Where
- PDF p. 98
- Retrieved
- September 23, 2026
6. FY2027 Register of Community Board Budget Requests (Adopted Budget), Brooklyn Community Board 1 FY2027 Adopted
- Where
- Agency response
- As of
- June 30, 2026
7. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Brooklyn Community Board 1 FY2027
- Where
- PDF p. 94
- Retrieved
- September 23, 2026
8. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Brooklyn Community Board 1 FY2027
- Where
- PDF p. 95
- Retrieved
- September 23, 2026
9. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Brooklyn Community Board 1 FY2027
- Where
- PDF p. 96
- Retrieved
- September 23, 2026
10. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Brooklyn Community Board 1 FY2027
- Where
- PDF p. 93
- Retrieved
- September 23, 2026
11. MTA Subway Stations
- As of
- September 23, 2026
- Retrieved
- September 23, 2026
12. Digital City Map street centerlines
- As of
- December 1, 2025
- Retrieved
- September 23, 2026
13. New York City Charter Sec. 197-c (Uniform land use review procedure)
- Where
- Sec. 197-c(a)(8) and (a)(10)
(8) Housing and urban renewal plans and projects pursuant to city, state and federal housing laws; ... (10) Sale, lease (other than the lease of office space), exchange, or other disposition of the real property of the city
14. NYC Charter Sec. 384 (Disposal of property of the city)
- Where
- Sec. 384(a)
No real property of the city may be sold, leased, exchanged or otherwise disposed of except with the approval of the mayor and as may be provided by law unless such power is expressly vested by law in another agency.
15. CEQR Technical Manual, Chapter 2 (December 2025 edition)
- Where
- PDF p. 1 (printed p. 2-1)
CEQR requires all city agencies to determine whether discretionary actions they directly approve, fund, or undertake may significantly and adversely affect the environment.
16. Zoning Resolution 11-15 (Environmental Requirements)
- Where
- ZR 11-15(a); last amended 2012-03-28
Prior to issuing a building permit or temporary or final certificate of occupancy ... on a tax lot that has an (E) designation or an environmental restrictive declaration related to hazardous materials, noise or air quality, the Department of Buildings (DOB) shall be furnished with a notice issued by OER stating that OER does not object
17. HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026
- Where
- PDF p. 13, Secs. 1.1.1 and 1.1.4
1.1.1 Avoid excessive excavation. Particularly in areas with unknown subsurface conditions, and where rock or high-water tables are prevalent, proposed cellars may have to be reduced, relocated, or even eliminated.
18. Deed Restriction Database (NYC Open Data rfu7-paqe)
- Where
- dataset description
A searchable electronic database of all real property upon which a deed restriction was imposed by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, pursuant to Local Law 176 of 2016.
19. Handbook on the Alienation and Conversion of Municipal Parkland (NYS OPRHP, revised 2017-09-01)
- Where
- PDF p. 3, 'Parkland Alienation'
In order to convey parkland away, or to use parkland for another purpose, a municipality must receive prior authorization from the State in the form of legislation enacted by the New York State Legislature and approved by the Governor.
20. City Owned and Leased Property (COLP), NYC Open Data fn4k-qyk2
- Where
- dataset description (version 20260430)
City Owned and Leased Properties (COLP) is published by the Department of City Planning (DCP) as required by chapter 204 of the City Charter. It includes the location and current use of all City-owned and leased properties.
21. NY General City Law Sec. 35
- Where
- GCL 35
For the purpose of preserving the integrity of such official map or plan no permit shall hereafter be issued for any building in the bed of any street or highway shown or laid out on such map or plan
22. NY General City Law Sec. 36
- Where
- GCL 36
No permit for the erection of any building shall be issued unless a street or highway giving access to such proposed structure has been duly placed on the official map or plan
23. LPC - Applications page
- Where
- page text
The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) helps preserve the City's designated landmark properties by regulating changes made to these buildings and sites.
24. 2022 NYC Building Code, Appendix G (as amended by Local Law 77 of 2023)
- Where
- PDF p. 1, Sec. G102.1
This appendix, in conjunction with the New York City Construction Codes, provides minimum requirements for development located, in whole or in part, in special flood hazard areas and shaded X-Zones within the jurisdiction of New York City
25. Zoning Resolution 61-21 (Restriction on Highest Projection of Building or Structure)
- Where
- ZR 61-21; 61-11 designates JFK, LaGuardia and U.S. Naval Air Station (Floyd Bennett Field)
the highest projection of any building or other structure hereafter constructed ... shall not penetrate: (a) the approach surfaces, the transitional surfaces, the horizontal surface, or the conical surface, whichever is more restrictive, within the Airport Approach District of the flight obstruction area
26. HPD ELLA Term Sheet (updated 2020-03-10)
- Where
- PDF p. 4
Projects funded with Federal funds require compliance with Section 3 new hires and Davis Bacon prevailing wages, as applicable.
27. CPC report C 260071 HAM (1727 Amsterdam Avenue)
- Where
- PDF p. 8
while CHO increased the maximum floor area permitted on the project site, the project sponsor does not intend to take advantage of the additional floor area.