by Emma Davey The City Planning Commission, the agency tasked with evaluating land use proposals, approved the controversial Monitor Point project on May 13.Â
The project will entail two new residential towers, a new home for the Greenpoint Monitor Museum, and additional open space on the inlet. The 600-foot-tall complex would contain 1,150 apartments, 40% of which will be permanently affordable.
Gotham Organizationleads the project, on land they will lease from the MTA, at 40 and 56…
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