Flushing Meadow Corona Park with District Overlay.
A City Council Member submitted legislation to enact the very relief he is currently seeking from the courts. On October 13, 2016, City Council Member Rory I. Lancman, representative for the 24th council district in Queens, introduced legislation which would amend the City’s Administrative Code regarding local representation on park conservancy boards. The proposed law would require that every non-profit conservancy entity have a voting member on its board of directors designated by each council member representing the districts that the park may be located within. This proposal appears to be the result of an on-going legal dispute between Lancman and Mayor Bill de Blasio over representation in the non-profit conservancy group that helps maintain Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. (more…)
View of mixed-use development from Avery Avenue. Image Courtesy: Lin + Associates Architects.
Commercial and residential rezoning of entire block favored by half of block’s property owners in area zoned for manufacturing. Five property owners came together to apply for the rezoning of a block in Flushing, Queens. The block is bounded by Avery Avenue to the north, College Point Boulevard to the east, Fowler Avenue to the south and 131st Street to the west. The application requests a rezoning from M1-1 and M1-2 to C2-6A to facilitate development of a residential and commercial development that would encompass the entire block. The development would provide approximately 148,000 sq.ft. of retail space, 283 residential units, and 268 parking spaces. The development was designed by Lin + Associates Architects.
The five applicants collectively own approximately 85 percent of the property on the zoning block. There are five other property owners on the block that chose not to participate in the rezoning application. The existing establishments on the block vary; including a gas station, a poultry dealer, vacant lots, and one non-conforming residential use building. The block is bordered on the west and south by NYC Parks Department’s Corona Park and on the north by a Home Depot.
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