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Brooklyn hearing shows community divided over Industry City rezoning

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A protester at Monday’s hearing in Park Slope on the rezoning plan for Industry City, Brooklyn. (Photo by Craig Hubert)

BY CRAIG HUBERT, BROWNSTONER

At a public hearing Monday night, a divided audience debated rezoning the Industry City complex in Sunset Park. Although public review has only just kicked off, it’s already been a long and contentious process.

Held at Grand Prospect Hall in Park Slope, the meeting, hosted by Community Board 7, seemed split down the middle: on one side longtime residents and activists who were against the proposal, on the other side Industry City tenants and local union members who supported the rezoning.

Read the full story at Brownstoner.