It's official.

The City Council voted overwhelmingly to rezone the Broadway Triangle, handing the Bloomberg administration another important development victory in North Brooklyn. The rezoning allows for the city to go forward with a plan to turn one of Williamsburg's last large open spaces into housing.

Over 40 percent of the nearly 2,0000 apartments the city Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has planed for the site will be set aside for low and moderate-income households.

The council voted 36-10 in favor of the rezoning resolution, with four abstentions, according to early vote results.

The “no” voters went against the wishes of outgoing Councilman David Yassky - a strong supporter of the plan - whose district covers the site. They were a testament to the widespread community opposition to the project, a movement led by Councilwoman Diana Reyna, whose district borders the site.

The Broadway Triangle is bounded roughly by Broadway, Union and Flushing avenues, and sits at the crossroads between three neighborhoods, Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick, that all need more affordable housing.

Leaders of the coalition of community groups who fought for more affordable housing on the site have known for some time that it was highly likely the council would pass the rezoning measure.

In response, in the days ahead they are expected to announce plans to continue forward with a lawsuit to block the project.

(Daniel Bush)