The Lakewood Planning Board approved four subdivision applications at its June 9, 2026 meeting, according to the board’s minutes for that date. In these records, “SD” refers to a subdivision application — a request to divide a parcel into separate lots — and “LLC” means limited liability company, a common form of business owner.

What the board approved

  • SD 2653, East 7th Street Holdings, LLC — a preliminary and final major subdivision to create six lots at 366 and 370 East 7th Street (Block 224, Lots 12.02 and 12.03). The minutes state “a motion was made and seconded to approve” and that “all were in favor.”
  • SD 2627, Zev Reisman — two one-year extensions of an approved minor subdivision at 8 South Oakland Street (Block 548, Lot 38). Approved, all in favor.
  • SD 2655, Moshe Birnbaum — a minor subdivision to create two lots at 40 Clear Stream Road (Block 2.01, Lot 30). Approved, all in favor.
  • SD 2585, Keypoint Equity, LLC — a preliminary and final major subdivision to create 75 lots on Massachusetts Avenue (Block 423, Lot 156.01). Approved, all in favor.

The 75-lot Keypoint approval

The Keypoint application drew the most discussion. According to the minutes, the applicant’s engineer described a single-access development with a roughly 1,600-foot cul-de-sac and said the applicant could build 150 units under the zoning but was requesting 72. Board members negotiated additional parking, and the applicant agreed to add a fifth parking space to each unit except along the cul-de-sac.

An attorney, Ron Gasiorowski, appeared “on behalf of a group of homeowners opposed to the project” and, per the minutes, raised a “jurisdictional question” over whether the public notice listed all the variances involved. The minutes record that after the public portion closed, a motion to approve was made and seconded, and “all were in favor.”

A request the board would not decide

Under correspondence, the board took up a request from SP 2516, Tower Park Equity, at 1555 Avenue of the States, to modify approved signage and to use basement areas for additional retail. Board members questioned whether the changes required an amended site plan application and, on the signage, a variance heard by the Zoning Board. Members said the requests could not be granted as a correspondence matter, and the applicant’s representative agreed to withdraw them for the time being. No approval was given.

Why it matters

A subdivision vote is the point at which a parcel can legally be divided into new lots, so the four June 9 approvals are completed actions. The Keypoint approval alone permits 72 housing units, and it was granted over a homeowners’ group’s objection to the adequacy of the public notice.

What’s next

The board’s July 7 and July 28, 2026 agendas list memorializing resolutions for the June 9 applications — the written resolutions that formally record votes already taken — along with Ordinance 2026-022, described as “Medical Village in ABC Zone,” and further subdivision and site-plan hearings. The agendas are notices of scheduled business; the substance of Ordinance 2026-022 and the details of later applications would be established by the board’s adopted resolutions and minutes for those dates.