Will the Gowanus hotel boom, which has been thoroughly chronicled and mapped out by Brownstoner, come to a premature end? It will if City Council Member Bill de Blasio has his way. Mr. de Blasio and commmunity members will be holding a press conference before the City Planning presentation on Gownanus rezoning this evening that will call for the city “to ban the development of hotels in the rezoning of the Gowanus.” (See Brownstoner’s excellent coverage today of Mr. de Blasio’s request.) Per an email and press release:

Councilmember de Blasio is calling on City Planning to ban hotels for several reasons: in predominately manufacturing areas, hotels will likely push out existing manufacturing uses, in areas that are predominately residential, hotel uses are disruptive because hotels are 24/7, often with taxis or cars idling outside, and while we are in the midst of a hotel boom, at some point that will taper off and some of these hotels will not make it or even worse, will turn into “hot sheet” motels in order to stay afloat.

Will it be the death of the Gowanus Hotel District? More to come.