Overview

• Elizabeth Street Garden has operated under a city lease for more than a decade and now avoids demolition after Monday’s agreement.
• The revised housing blueprint will deliver at least 623 affordable units at a privately owned Bowery site, a Suffolk Street lot and 100 Gold Street.
• City Hall says the new plan will yield five times more affordable homes than the complex originally slated for the garden’s footprint.
• High-profile advocacy from Robert De Niro, Patti Smith and community leaders played a key role in swaying officials to preserve the green space.
• Officials anticipate that strong political backing and community alignment could expedite rezoning reviews for the new developments.