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# Public Hearing About New Shelter And New Mixed Use Building
- URL: https://bklyner.com/shelter-residence-flatbush-ditmas/
- Published: 2020-10-16T19:06:35.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-16T19:06:35.000Z
- Author: Liena Zagare
- Tags: affordable housing, Central Brooklyn, Development, Ditmas Park, east flatbush, Flatbush, News, Nonsponsored, Real Estate, rezoning, #wp

Brooklyn Community Board 14 will be hosting [two public hearings](https://cb14brooklyn.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4a2503b5d85bca56fb11363ff&id=c66fecb111&e=edff6ac595&ref=bklyner.com) on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, beginning at 6:30 PM online about a 190-bed men’s shelter in Flatbush and new residential development on Cortelyou Road in Ditmas Park

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A new permanent men’s shelter is proposed at 21 Duryea Place, corner of E22nd Street (the undeveloped plot behind Kings Theatre by the Sears parking lot – well known to anyone shopping or waiting on line to get into Kings Theatre). Google Streetview Screenshot.

**6:30 PM** – Department of Homeless Services will present plans for a new, six-story building to serve as a 190-bed men’s shelter at 21 Duryea Place, between Flatbush Avenue and East 21st Street. We found [more detail in this document](https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ZRD1-ES664517396-2020%5F07%5F15-10%5F13%5F57.pdf?ref=bklyner.com). Black Veterans For Social Justice has very rapidly expanded over the last few years to become a major provider of shelters in the City.

![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screen-Shot-2020-10-16-at-2.38.32-PM.png)

Project representatives: Matt Borden, Assistant Commissioner Government Affairs, Department of Social Services; Jelani Mashariki, Regional Director, Shelter Operations, Black Vets for Social Justice.

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The developer wants the lowrise corner to go up 10 stories. Liena Zagare/Bklyner

The other is the next step in the rezoning quest to re-develop the property located on Cortelyou Road between E16th and E17th streets that has been ongoing since 2017.

**6:45 PM** – 1600-1620 Cortelyou Road, between East 16th and East 17th Streets, ULURP No. C180496ZMK and N180497ZRK Private application by 1600/20 Realty Corporation requesting a Zoning Map Amendment from an R6A/C2-4 to R7D/C2-4 district and text amendment to map a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area coterminous with the project site. These actions would facilitate a mixed-use development with ground floor retail and 85 dwelling units. Applicant’s Representatives: Richard Lobel, Sheldon Lobel, PC, 212-725-2722\. [Click here for additional information about this project](https://www.cb14brooklyn.com/projects/1620-cortelyou-road-rezoning/?ref=bklyner.com).

CB14 is asking that those who wish to speak on either of the proposals pre-register with the Community Board no later than 3:00 pm on the day of the event, Wed. October 21st  by emailing [info@cb14brooklyn.com](mailto:info@cb14brooklyn.com). Speakers will be provided with a participant link upon registration. All others are welcome to watch the hearing on **[CB14’s YouTube channel.](https://cb14brooklyn.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4a2503b5d85bca56fb11363ff&id=18563a8610&e=edff6ac595&ref=bklyner.com)**