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Planning board designates itself lead agency for Flatbush redevelopment, then tables final action after traffic and design discussion
Summary
The board declared lead‑agency status under SEQRA for an 80‑unit Kingston Housing Authority redevelopment at 206–208 Flatbush Avenue, heard a traffic engineering presentation and design alternatives, and then voted to table the item to allow further review.
The City of Kingston Planning Board on Jan. 21 adopted a resolution naming itself lead agency under 6 NYCRR Part 617 (SEQRA) for a proposed Kingston Housing Authority redevelopment at 206 and 208 Flatbush Avenue and then voted to table further action after lengthy discussion of access, sight lines and alternative massing designs.
The nut graf: the action establishes the planning board as the environmental review lead for the project, clearing the way for a coordinated SEQRA review, but the board did not grant site‑plan approvals — it tabled the application pending additional information and follow‑up review.
Representatives for the Kingston Housing Authority and the project design team presented three massing alternatives for a proposed redevelopment that would replace an existing 32‑unit annex with a new mid‑rise building of roughly 74–80 one‑bedroom units depending on the…
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