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    Affordable and Environmentally Friendly Senior Housing Project Opens in Queens

    Senior Housing  •  Corona, Queens

    HANAC Corona Senior Residence at 54-17 101st Street, Queens. Image Credit: Alexander Severin/HANAC Inc.

    The development provides housing and supportive services to formerly homeless seniors. On May 29, 2019, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced the grand opening of HANAC’s $36 million Corona Senior Residence at 54-17 101St Street in Corona, Queens. The newly constructed eight-story housing project is environmentally friendly and comes with 67 affordable studio and one-bedroom residences, 21 of which are for formerly homeless seniors. The building features an early childhood education center on the ground floor administered by the New York City School Construction Authority. The “Passive House” building was designed by Think! Architecture and Design in consultation with the Association for Energy Affordability. (read more…)

    Tags : “Passive House” standards, 54-17 101st Street, affordable housing, Corona, Energy efficient housing, Enterprise Green Community Standards, HANAC Housing, HANAC Inc., HPD's Senior Affordable Rental Apartments Program, Low-income senior housing, NYSERDA Multifamily Performance Standards, Queens, senior housing
    Date:06/11/2019
    Category : Department of Housing Preservation & Development
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    Height limits for Astoria considered

    Rezoning  •  Astoria,Queens
    Proposed Astoria rezoning map used with permission of the New York City Department of City Planning. All rights reserved.

    Local Council Member and residents supported the proposed 248-block contextual rezoning, but two property owners requested modifications. On March 24, 2010, the City Planning Commission heard testimony on the Department of City Planning’s contextual rezoning plan for Astoria, Queens. The 248-block study area is generally bounded by 20th Avenue to the north, Broadway to the south, Steinway Street to the east, Vernon Boulevard and the East River to the west, and is divided by the Grand Central Parkway. The proposal builds on three smaller rezonings adopted in the area between 1989 and 2001.

    The majority of the area’s northern blocks are currently zoned R5 and characterized by two- and three-story rowhouses and semi-detached homes with consistent building heights and front yards. The area’s southern blocks are predominantly zoned R6 and characterized by large prewar apartment buildings between three and seven stories tall. There are no established height limits in R6 zoning districts, and the maximum FAR for residential uses is 2.43 while community facility uses are permitted to build up to a maximum of 4.8 FAR. As a result, the area has recently experienced development out-of-scale with the neighborhood’s built character. (read more…)

    Tags : City Planning Commission, Department of City Planning, HANAC Inc., Inclusionary Housing Program, Rezoning and Text Amendment, rezoning plan for Astoria
    Date:05/15/2010
    Category : City Planning Commission
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