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TALL ORDER Bravest
killed on
Belt Pkwy Flatbush board
Cops reportedly approves tower
cuff suspect after
deadly incident
RISING UP: Community Board 14’s full board on Monday voted overwhelmingly to approve rezoning a lot
at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Aurelia Court to allow for the construction of this 13-story, mixed-use
building. S9 Architecture
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Police reportedly arrested the
man whom they suspect killed
an off-duty Coney Island fi refi
ghter during an apparent
bout of road rage that turned
deadly after his and the victim’s
cars collided on the Belt
Parkway on Dec 9.
Authorities with New
York’s Finest and United
States Marshalls cuffed the 29-
year-old at a New Jersey motel,
according to a Dec. 11 New
York Post report citing law-enforcement
sources, which a Police
Department rep could not
immediately confi rm.
The crash occurred before
sunrise, as the man driving
a 2006 Infi niti G35 sedan and
the victim merged their vehicles
onto the Gravesend-bound
side of the Belt Parkway via
the on ramp from Fourth Avenue,
according to authorities,
who later identifi ed the suspect
as the Infi tini’s registered
AMAZING GIFTS...
AMAZING PRICES!
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
This building will take the
“fl at” out of Flatbush!
A 13-story mixed-use tower
is one step closer to rising on
Flatbush land currently occupied
by a vacant BP gas station,
after local civic gurus on
Monday approved its developer’s
request to rezone the lot.
Community Board 14’s full
board overwhelmingly voted
in favor of rezoning the now
commercial property at 1640
Flatbush Ave. to make way
for builder SL Green Realty’s
proposed high-rise, which will
include more than 100 residential
units — dozens of which
will be below-market-rate —
and retail space.
The proposed building’s
top 11 fl oors will contain some
115 units, 34 of which will be
so-called affordable and set
aside for families making an
average of 80 percent of the
area median income, which is
$62,750 for a two-person household
or $52,150 for a four-person
household, according to
city data .
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