There’s an updated proposal to rezone the west side of Fourth Avenue between Douglas and First Streets so that 12 story apartment buildings can be built there.

Fourth Avenue is changing and it’s changing fast.

Brownstoner has more information about a new proposal that differs in significant ways from the 2003 rezoning that made all those tall buildings on Fourth Avenue possible. Anything about schools for all those new residents of Fourth Avenue?

Under the proposal, the seven blocks’ zoning will be changed from manufacturing, thus allowing for the construction of 12-story residential structures. One big difference from the ’03 rezoning that gave us the 4th Avenue we have today: The new law of the land will require developers to have a active ground floor uses for a percentage of frontage on 4th Avenue. Click through for a map detailing the planned changes

Here you can read the actual draft proposal for the Gowanus Canal Corridor Framework
Draft Zoning Proposal