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- 125th Street Corridor
- 2nd Avenue Subway
- 421-a tax incentive program
- 980 Madison Tower
- Access to the Region's Core (ARC)
- Albee Square Mall Tower
- Atlantic Yards
- Bayside Rezoning
- Bayswater/Far Rockaway Rezoning
- Bedford Stuyvesant Rezoning
- Briarwood Rezoning
- Bricktown Centre
- Brig Redevelopment, Wallabout Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Academy of Music Cultural District
- Brooklyn Greenway
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Bush Terminal Park
- Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene Rezoning
- College Point Police Academy
- Columbia University Expansion
- Columbus Circle
- Con Ed Site Redevelopment
- Coney Island Development
- Cooper Square Urban Renewal Area
- Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel
- Domino Sugar Factory
- Downtown Brooklyn
- Downtown JFK-LIRR Link
- DUMBO Rezoning
- Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton Rezoning
- East River Plaza
- East River Science Park
- East River Waterfront
- East Side Access
- Far Rockaway and Mott Creek Rezoning
- Far West Village Rezoning
- Federal Housing Policy
- Fieldston Landmark Designation
- Flushing Development
- Fordham Expansion
- Forest Hills Rezoning
- Fresh Kills Master Plan
- Fulton Street Transit Center
- Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station
- Garment District Rezoning
- Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market
- General Theological Seminary Tower (Chelsea)
- Governors Island
- Gowanus Development
- Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning
- High Line Redevelopment + Whitney Museum
- HUB Retail and Office Center
- Hudson Railyards
- Hudson River Park
- Hudson Yards Rezoning & Development
- Hunter College Health-Professions Tower
- Hunts Point Vision Plan
- Inwood/Sherman Creek Waterfront Rezoning
- Jamaica, Queens Development and Rezoning
- Javits Convention Center Expansion
- JetBlue JFK Terminal
- Kingsbridge Armory
- Kissena Park Rezoning
- Lincoln Center Redevelopment
- Long Island City
- Lower East Side Rezoning
- Lower Manhattan Development
- Maspeth - Woodside Rezoning
- Mets Stadium Construction
- Middle Village-Glendale Rezoning
- Midwood Rezoning
- Mott Haven School Campus
- Moynihan Station
- Museum for African Art
- New Madison Square Garden
- New Rego Park, Queens Mall
- New York City Building Code
- New York City Hospital Redevelopment
- New York Diamond Tower
- New York Historical Society Tower
- No. 7 Line Extension
- North Brother Island
- North Tribeca Rezoning
- NYC 2012 Olympic Bid
- NYU Development
- One Madison Ave Clocktower
- P.S. 64 Redevelopment
- PlaNYC 2030
- Plaza Hotel Redevelopment
- Policy Developments - Landmarks
- Public Place
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Queens Plaza
- Queens West
- Randalls Island Water Park and Playing Fields
- Red Hook Cruise Terminal
- Red Hook Development
- Renaissance Ballroom and Renaissance Casino
- Seventh Regiment Armory (Park Ave.)
- Silvercup West
- SoHo Sanitation Garage
- Solid Waste Management Plan
- South Bronx Jail Plan
- South Ferry Terminal Project
- South Street Seaport Redevelopment
- South Village Historic District
- Springfield Gardens Rezoning
- St. Vincent’s Expansion
- Stapleton Waterfront District
- Starrett City
- Staten Island NASCAR Track
- Staten Island North Shore Light Rail
- Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
- Sunnyside Yards Platform
- The Caledonia (Chelsea)
- Trump Soho Hotel Condominiums
- Union Square Redesign
- Union-Utopia Rezoning
- United Nations Renovation
- Upper West Side Rezoning Proposal
- Uptown New York (East Harlem)
- Van Cortlandt Park Filtration Plant
- Via Verde - New Housing New York Legacy Project
- Washington Square Park Redesign
- West-Park Presbyterian Church Tower
- White Plains Courtyard
- Whitestone Rezoning
- Willets Point Development
- World Trade Center Redevelopment
- Yankee Stadium Construction
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Kissena Park Rezoning
On May 11, 2005, New York's City Council approved the zoning map amendments for 40 blocks in the Kissena Park neighborhood in northern Queens, Community District 7. The rezoning will support and reinforce the detached, low-density character of the neighborhood and ensure that future residential development will be consistent in scale and context with the area's detached one- and two-family homes.
The NYC Department of City Planning undertook the initial zoning study at the request of the Kissena Park Civic Association and the local Councilmember. The proposals respond to community concerns about the changes in their neighborhood brought about by as-of-right construction of multifamily houses. Under the existing R3-2 zoning, which permits all types of housing including row houses and apartment buildings, detached one-family homes have been demolished and replaced with semi-detached, two-family or multi-family structures.
City Council Approves Downzones in Queens
Friday, March 09, 2007 | Queens Courier | Topic: Land Use
Sections of Queens will feature more prominently one-and two-family detached homes after the City Council voted unanimously to bring sections of Queensboro Hill, Cedar Grove, Flushing-on-the-Hill, and Kissena Heights from a higher density residential category to a lower one. The new regulations, which change the neighborhood zoning from R4 to R3X and R4A, will provide for lower densities and more single-family residences. The final plan approved by the Council was a compromise of an original proposal by Queens Community Board 7 and Borough President Helen Marshall that called for only single-family residences. Council Member John Liu praised the rezoning for protecting the integrity of the low-density residential neighborhoods of Queensboro Hill.
Queens Council Member Attempts To Halt McMansions
Wednesday, November 29, 2006 | Queens Gazette | Topic: Land Use
City Councilmember, David Weprin, aided by community leaders, has drafted a new zoning classification, R2N, to implement narrow-lot contextual zoning for single-family homes on lots less that 40-feet wide. The proposal attempts to slow the spread of large, multi-family homes, known as “McMansions,” that surround smaller ones. Weprin has also drafted a City Council resolution for the Department of City Planning to implement the proposal.
Flushing Homeowners Press For Landmark Status
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 | | Topic: Historic Preservation & Landmarks
The Broadway-Flushing Homeowners Association is pushing for landmark status of its neighborhood. If granted, and changes will require approval by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission. The local community board recently OK'd the landmark proposal 33-0.
Overdevelopment: planning, not rezoning, is the answer
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 | Gotham Gazette | Topic: Land Use
On the topic of rezoning as a planning tool -- particularly in light of recent neighborhood downzoning proposals -- Tom Angotti writes, "the real problem with downzoning to stop overdevelopment, or upzoning to encourage development, is that they both avoid any serious planning...They don’t allow local residents and businesses to address serious concerns they have with everything from housing needs to traffic, because zoning regulations are limited to use and density controls."
In a fast-growing city, some neighborhoods say slow down
Monday, October 10, 2005 | New York Times | Topic: Land Use
Since 2002, downzonings for about 3,600 blocks have been approved or are under review. While downzoning may help "preserve neighborhood character," does it undermine efforts to add affordable housing to the city?
Kissena Park rezoning approved by City Council
Thursday, May 19, 2005 | Queens Chronicle | Topic: Land Use
On May 11th, the City Council unanimously approved downzoning a 40-block area of the Kissena Park area of Flushing. The area was previously zoned R3-2, which allowed for multifamily apartment buildings. The new zoning designations limit new development to detached one- and two-family houses. The fate of 2 two-family houses that do not comply with the new zoning is undetermined. The developer rushed to pour their foundations before the zoning was approved in order to grandfather the structures, but appears to have failed.
Queens CB 7 passes Kissena Park rezoning
Friday, February 18, 2005 | Queens Chronicle | Topic: Land Use
Queens Community Board 7 gave a resounding yes to the long-awaited Kissena Park rezoning plan that aims to keep the unique character of the neighborhood intact.
Kissena Park rezoning plan ready for ULURP process
Thursday, December 16, 2004 | Queens Chronicle | Topic: Land Use
After 20 years of nudging and 4 years of intensive work, members of the Kissena Park Civic Association unveiled its completed plan to rezone 40 blocks in the Flushing neighborhood. It is expected to be easily approved within six months. The area of approximately 200 houses, is currently zoned R3-2, which permits multi-family apartment buildings in addition to single and two-family dwellings. The new zoning, R2, R3A and R3X, will limit new development to only detached one- and two-family houses.
Developer Accused Of Using Scare Tactics To Buy Homes In Queens
Monday, November 15, 2004 | NY1 | Topic: Land Use
Some Kissena Park, Queens homeowners say a developer, City Success Corporation, is trying to buy them out by creating fear about dropping property values once their property is rezoned. City councilman, David Weprin, wants to make such tactics illegal. He says City Success did not violate any laws, but he calls the company's tactics unethical. He plans to introduce legislation to make such tactics, called "block busting," illegal.