Developer Seeks Rezoning for 321-Unit Bushwick Project

Criterion Group has filed a rezoning application for a mixed-use building at 900 Wyckoff Avenue in Brooklyn.

Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Commercial

Developer Seeks Rezoning for 321-Unit Bushwick Project

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Criterion Group submitted a rezoning application to build a 13-story, 261,000-square-foot mixed-use development with about 321 dwelling units at 900 Wyckoff Avenue in Bushwick. The site is currently a vacant parking lot.

Why it matters

The project would include 85 permanently affordable units, a step toward the city's goal of building 200,000 affordable homes over the next decade. For New York City residents, the application shows how private redevelopment of underused sites may add housing supply and affordable units.

The rezoning application covers a 13-story development of about 261,000 square feet, with 321 dwelling units and roughly 19,200 square feet of commercial and retail space. Criterion Group bought 900 and 932 Wyckoff Avenue in March 2021 for $4.7 million each, and the review outcome has not yet been reported.

The players

Criterion Group

Criterion Group is a New York real estate developer behind the proposed Bushwick mixed-use project.

Akerman LLP

Akerman is a national law firm whose attorney Jaclyn Scarinci is listed as the primary applicant on the rezoning.

The details

Criterion Group filed the application with the Department of City Planning, with Jaclyn Scarinci of law firm Akerman listed as primary applicant. The application states the project would advance the city's 'Block-by-Block: The Housing Plan for a New Era' and its goal of 200,000 affordable homes over the next decade.

March 2021: Criterion Group acquired 900 and 932 Wyckoff Avenue, each for $4.7 million.
November 6, 2026: Commercial Observer published its report on the rezoning application.

Housing Plan Context

The application frames the 900 Wyckoff Avenue project as part of New York City's 'Block-by-Block: The Housing Plan for a New Era' and its goal of building 200,000 affordable homes over the next decade. Private rezonings like this one are one of the tools the city uses to add housing on previously underused lots.

If approved, the project would add 321 homes in Bushwick, including 85 permanently affordable units, along with about 19,200 square feet of retail space. Residents near Wyckoff Avenue would see a vacant parking lot replaced by a 13-story building.

The takeaway

Projects like this show how rezonings can turn underused lots into homes, including affordable units, but final approval and construction timing remain open questions for Bushwick residents to follow.