Industrial sites · New York
Gowanus Canal
Industrial site under construction (rezoned 2021, public subsidy) with housing, park, and retail planned; confirmed as active project (not speculative). · summary, model-written
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Site profile11 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
Retrofit in the pipeline
This site: …under construction newtypes-extraction · all sites with this3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 19 within 10 km computed · all sites with thisCounty permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year
This site: 9,789 units, Kings County census-bps · all sites with thisCounty typical rent $2,000+
This site: $3,858/mo zillow · all sites with thisRezoning
This site: …yes (rezoning) newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisRedeveloped
This site: record · all sites with thisRegreened
This site: record · all sites with thisCivic and government
This site: …new_use field record · all sites with thisHousing
This site: …new_use field record · all sites with thisPark and open space
This site: …new_use field record · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: …new_use field record · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Under constructionnewtypes-extraction |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopment · Regreening, under constructionWikipedia |
| New uses | civic, housing, park, retailWikipedia |
Planning
| Zoning change | yes (rezoning)newtypes-extraction |
|---|---|
| Public purchase or subsidy | yesnewtypes-extraction |
| Entitlement year | 2021Wikipedia |
| Planning notes | Approved by New York City Council.Wikipedia |
Site context
| Housing permits, Kings County (NY), 2024 | 9,789 units in 5+ unit buildings, 249 in 2–4, 25 single-family; 2023: 14,851 in 5+Census BPS |
|---|---|
| Other atlas sites nearby | 19 within 10 km, 34 within 25 km: Industry City (0.0 km); 441–467 Prospect Avenue (2.9 km); Atlantic Plaza (3.1 km); Albee Square Mall (5.1 km); Red Hook Grain Terminal (5.1 km)computed |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 10,114 establishments (+2%); 76,133 jobs (+15%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $962,988 (+5% 1 yr, +15% 5 yr); typical rent $3,858/mo (+5% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 13,325 vehicles a day on SLIP RAMP FROM NY 27 TO LINDEN BLVD; 895 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Gowanus Canal (Brooklyn, NY) is under construction as an industrial site redeveloped per approved 2021 rezoning with public subsidies. New uses include housing, civic space, park, and retail. Housing is confirmed in the record. Median rent $1,784 cited in opportunity assessment. Public subsidy and zoning change verified. Status: approved, under construction, or sold (per record's 'opp_reasons').
Why. Rezoning passed 2021 (approved by NYC Council). Housing component included in new use. Public subsidy confirmed. Nearby peer: Albee Square Mall (5km, built, similar strategy).
Where it stands. Not speculative: record states 'already in play' (under construction, approved, or sold).
For a planner
- Rezoning approved 2021
- Public subsidy secured
- Housing component confirmed
For a developer
- Under construction
- Zoning change secured
- Median rent $1,784 (market context)
What we do not know yet
- No specific construction timeline provided
- No details on subsidy terms
- No parcel size or deal value in record
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Multifamily screen
- already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans
- median rent $1,784
- housing in the record
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| County | Kings County |
|---|---|
| Census division | 2 · Mid-Atlantic |
| Notes | Draft from curbed.com, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Gowanus Canal area, once an industrial zone with warehouses and factories, is being redeveloped with new housing, retail, and a cleaned canal following a 2021 rezoning. |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, year opened, original developer, what is there now, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.
Timeline
- 2009 Jamie Courville and her husband moved to Gowanus
- 2016 Brad Lander kick-started a five-year process to rezone the industrial neighborhood
- 2021 Rezoning passed
Sources
- Nothing Can Stop Gowanus' Development Boom
4 quoted sentences
Gowanus Canal
Jamie Courville and her husband, Chris Reynolds, moved to Gowanus in 2009, a year before the canal was designated a Superfund site and the federal clean-up process kicked off.
In 2016, he kick-started a five-year process to rezone the industrial neighborhood to allow for a massive amount of new housing.
Almost as soon as it passed in late 2021, developers started breaking ground.
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