Update: This article has been updated to add direct official city planning source links and clarify that the demapping request concerns a City Map park designation tied to Block 2590, Lot 25 and Former Quay Street. Official records identify 56 Quay Street as Greenpoint Monitor Museum property, not an existing City-owned finished park.
A Greenpoint waterfront proposal is moving through City Council review with rezoning, special permits, a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area — and a request to demap part of Inlet Park.
Official city records reviewed by NYC In Focus show that the Monitor Point proposal in Brooklyn Community District 1 is scheduled for a City Council land-use hearing on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at 11:00 AM.
The applications involve waterfront property on the west side of Franklin Street between Quay Street, the U.S. Bulkhead Line and Inlet Park. The package includes a zoning map change, a zoning text amendment, special permits tied to a proposed mixed-use development, and a separate application to eliminate a portion of Inlet Park from the City Map.
Translation: this is not one small paperwork item. This is a waterfront land-use package involving housing, open space, museum space, MTA-linked property, zoning changes and a mapped park designation.
What’s Happening
The City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises has scheduled a hearing on several Monitor Point applications in Brooklyn Community District 1.
The core rezoning application was submitted by GoQuay LLC and the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority. It seeks zoning map changes involving land currently mapped in M3-1 and R6 districts, with proposed R6, R8 and R8/C2-4 zoning areas.
Another application would amend the Zoning Resolution to establish a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area. That matters because MIH is the city’s zoning tool that requires affordable housing when certain rezonings create new residential capacity.
The City Planning Commission report says the related actions would facilitate an approximately 939,600-square-foot mixed-use development with about 1,150 residential units, 300 permanently income-restricted units, 36,000 square feet of community facility uses, 25,700 square feet of commercial space, 45,400 square feet of publicly accessible open space, and 140 off-street parking spaces.
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM
Body: City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises
In person: 250 Broadway, 8th Floor, Committee Room 3, New York, NY 10007
Remote access: The hearing will be livestreamed through the City Council website.
Testimony: The Council notice directs the public to visit the Council’s land-use page in advance for information about how to testify and submit written testimony.
Accessibility: Requests for additional accommodations, including language access services, should be made at least three business days before the hearing.
What Exactly Is Being Demapped?
The demapping issue is more specific than the phrase “part of Inlet Park” makes it sound.
In the City Council hearing notice, the related application is listed as Monitor Point – 56 Quay Demapping. It seeks an amendment to the City Map involving the elimination of a portion of Inlet Park between Quay Street and the U.S. Bulkhead Line, including authorization for any acquisition or disposition of real property related to the change.
The City Planning documents describe the broader project area as involving Block 2590, Lots 1 and 25, along with a demapped portion of the northern half of former Quay Street. The public materials also identify 56 Quay Street as property owned by the Greenpoint Monitor Museum.
That distinction matters. The official record does not describe this as the city bulldozing an existing, finished, City-owned public park. It is a request to change the City Map by removing a park designation tied to land near the waterfront, including property associated with the Greenpoint Monitor Museum and former Quay Street.
The official hearing notice does not state, in plain square-foot terms, exactly how much mapped park area would be eliminated. It identifies the affected area by location, map number and application number. That is one of the unanswered questions residents should press at the hearing.
The demapping request is not the same as saying a completed public park is being physically removed tomorrow. But it is still a real land-use action involving a mapped park designation on the Greenpoint waterfront — and Community Board 1 recommended against it.
Why Community Board 1 Objected
Brooklyn Community Board 1’s materials show that the board recommended an unfavorable vote on the 56 Quay demapping application.
According to the Community Board materials included in the City Planning report, DCP confirmed that the current park designation does not legally prevent development of the Monitor Museum lot or the use of floor area generated by that lot. The board’s materials say the reason for the demapping was presented as a record-keeping issue.
But the board still recommended denial. Its reasoning was straightforward: if the park designation does not block the proposed development, the board believed there may be future value in keeping that designation in place.
That is the policy fight in miniature. The applicant side says the project brings housing, open space, museum space and waterfront improvements. The local board said: if removing the park designation is not necessary for the development, why remove it?
The real question is not just what gets built. It is what the city gives up on the map to make the project cleaner on paper.
What the Project Would Include
The City Planning Commission report describes the proposed development as three new buildings totaling approximately 939,600 square feet.
The report lists approximately 1,150 dwelling units, with 300 permanently income-restricted units under Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. Other project materials included in the public record refer to a broader affordability target of up to approximately 460 affordable units through a mix of MIH and HPD financing, but the CPC approval language identifies 300 MIH income-restricted units.
The proposal also includes approximately 25,700 square feet of commercial space, 36,000 square feet of community facility space, a permanent home for the Greenpoint Monitor Museum, publicly accessible waterfront open space, and 140 off-street parking spaces.
For supporters, that is the pitch: housing, affordable units, waterfront access, museum space and cleanup of an underused industrial waterfront site.
For critics, the concerns are familiar to North Brooklyn: building height, density, infrastructure, affordability levels, pressure on the waterfront and whether mapped public space should be given up as part of a private development package.
What the Special Permits Would Modify
The Monitor Point package includes special permits connected to the proposed mixed-use development. The City Council notice lists requested modifications involving height and setback requirements, maximum tower width and size, minimum waterfront yard depth, and loading berth requirements.
In plain English, those are not minor details. They help shape how tall, wide and bulky the buildings can be, how the site relates to the waterfront, and how the development handles loading and service access.
The notice does not, by itself, give residents every answer about final building design, construction timing or infrastructure impacts. But it does show the broad shape of the request: a major waterfront development package seeking zoning changes and flexibility from several rules that normally control building form and site layout.
Why Neighbors Will Care
Greenpoint and the north Brooklyn waterfront have already seen years of development fights over height, density, open space, waterfront access, infrastructure and whether new projects actually serve the people who already live nearby.
The Monitor Point notice lands directly in that world. It involves a waterfront site, mixed-use development, housing-related zoning, MTA-linked property, a park demapping request and City Council review.
The public record also shows that testimony on the zoning map amendment included both support and opposition. Supporters pointed to affordable housing and open space. Opponents raised concerns about affordability levels, height and scale, adjacency to Bushwick Inlet Park and environmental issues.
In other words: if this becomes a neighborhood fight, nobody should be surprised.
Official Source Links
NYC In Focus reviewed the following official city planning records for this story:
Also Buried in Today’s Records
The Monitor Point hearing was not the only item moving through the city’s paperwork pipeline today.
The Department of Environmental Protection is seeking comments on a proposed master services agreement with SLSCO LP for on-call construction services to temporarily restore housing after incidents that compromise safety or habitability. The listed work includes repairs needed to restore heat, hot water and electrical services in one-to-four unit residential buildings.
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is seeking comments on a proposed sole-source contract with Cepheid for assay kits, reagents, equipment and supplies used to test for respiratory and gastrointestinal pathogens, COVID-19, mpox, influenza, multi-drug-resistant superbugs and emerging pathogens.
The Department of Homeless Services is seeking comments on a proposed contract with BronxWorks Inc. for shelter facilities for homeless families with children in the Bronx.
That is the daily city government split screen: waterfront development, emergency housing repairs, public health testing and family shelter services, all moving through public notices most New Yorkers will never read.
What This Actually Means
For Greenpoint, Monitor Point is now a live land-use item in front of the City Council. The hearing notice does not settle the future of the site. It does not answer every question residents will have.
But it gives the public a date, a project name, application numbers and a set of proposed changes to examine.
The demapping question deserves more scrutiny, not less. If the current park designation does not block the development, residents have a fair reason to ask why the city should remove it from the map.
The best time to understand a waterfront rezoning is not after the cranes arrive. It is while the application is still on the hearing calendar.
Source note: This story is based on official public notices and city planning records reviewed by NYC In Focus, including City Planning Commission materials for C 250326 MMK and C 260105 ZMK. Official source links are included above.
