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    City Planning Holds Hearing on Transfer of Development Rights from Landmarked East Village Building

    Zoning Special Permit  •  East Village, Manhattan

    Rendering of proposed Development at 3 St. Marks Place Image Credit: City Planning

    Community questions benefits received and context of development. On March 4, 2020, the City Planning Commission heard an application by Real Estate Equities Corporation for a special permit to transfer development rights from a landmarked site and construct a ten-story commercial building in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The development site is located at 3 St. Marks Place, on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and St. Marks Place and is currently vacant. The special permit would transfer approximately 8,336 gross feet of floor area from the landmarked “Hamilton-Holly House,” across the street at 4 St. Marks Place.

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    Tags : Anna Hayes Levin, Comissioner Michelle De La Uz, Gale brewer, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Kenneth J. Knuckles, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Village Preservation
    Date:03/10/2020
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    City Planning Hears Application for Major Development Across the Street from Essex Crossing

    ULURP  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan

    Rending of the development along Broome Street Image Credit: City Planning

    New development on Lower East Side set to transform the entire Broome Street corridor. On December 4, 2019, the City Planning Commission heard an application by Go Broome LLC and the Chinatown Planning Council HDFC to rezone and develop a large-scale, mixed-use development on the Lower East Side. The proposed development includes mixed-income housing, affordable senior housing, program and office space for the Chinese American Planning Council, congregation space for the landmarked Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, and commercial retail space.

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    Tags : Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, Chinese American Planning Council, City Planning Commission, Commissioner Anna Hayes Levin, Department of City Planning, Essex Crossing, Go Broome Street, Kenneth J. Knuckles, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer
    Date:01/02/2020
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    City Planning Approves Application for Development on Former Peninsula Hospital Site

    ULURP  •  Far Rockaway, Queens

    Rending of Edgemere Commons Image Credit: City Planning

    Edgemere Commons receives mixed reaction from the Rockaway community. On September 25, 2019, City Planning unanimously approved the Rockaway Limited Partnership’s application to redevelop an existing superblock in the Edgemere neighborhood of Far Rockaway, Queens.  The site, which formerly housed Peninsula Hospital, is a paved over, impermeable surface lot located north of Rockaway Beach Boulevard, south of Beach Channel Drive east of Beach 53rd Street and west of Beach 50th Street. The development is currently referred to as “Edgemere Commons.”

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    Tags : City Planning, City Planning Commission, Comissioner Michelle De La Uz, Edgemere Commons, Far Rockaway, Kenneth J. Knuckles, Peninsula Hospital, Queens, ULURP
    Date:09/30/2019
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Brooklyn Community District 10 Seeks Removal from Zoning Resolution Special Permit

    Special Permit  •  Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton, and Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
    An example of a residence enlarged pursuant to a BSA-approved application in Brooklyn Community District 10 (original residence shown on the left). Image credit: Brooklyn Community Board 10

    Example of an enlargement pursuant to a BSA-approved special permit in Brooklyn Community District 10 (original residence shown on the left). Click Photo to enlarge. Image credit: Brooklyn Community Board 10

    Special Permit was meant to allow growing families to expand their familial residences, but Brooklyn Community Board 10 argues that its usage has been abused. On June 20, 2016, a proposal was presented to the City Planning Commission to amend the New York City zoning text relating to the Board of Standards and Appeals Special Permit provisions under Section 73-622, which provides for the enlargement of one- and two-family detached and semi-detached residences. Currently, Section 73-622 only applies to four Community Districts, and it permits additions to the perimeter wall height, and extensions into the requisite rear yards and side yards of the residences located within those Community Districts.

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    Tags : Anna Hayes Levin, Board of Standards and Appeals, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Brooklyn Community Board 10, Brooklyn Community District 10, City Planning Commission, Council Member Vincent Gentile, Department of City Planning, Kenneth J. Knuckles, special permit, special permit application, special permits, zoning resolution, zoning text amendment
    Date:07/18/2016
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    City Planning Commission Hears Testimony on the Rezoning of Water Street’s Privately Owned Public Space

    ULURP  •  Lower Manhattan
    Proposed rezoning of the Water Street POPS. Image credit: Department of City Planning

    Proposed rezoning of the Water Street POPS. Image credit: Department of City Planning

    The proposed zoning text amendment would facilitate the replacement of sheltered outdoor space with commercial storefronts. On March 30th, 2016, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application submitted by the Alliance for Downtown New York, the NYC Economic Development Corporation, and the Department of City Planning to amend the zoning text regulating Manhattan Community District 1’s Special Lower Manhattan District, which includes property sites located within the area bounded by Pearl Street and South William Street to the west, South Street to the east, Fulton Street to the north, and Whitehall Street to the south.  The rezoning seeks to activate the neighborhood by filling empty, outdoor space with retail units.

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    Tags : Alliance for Downtown New York, Commissioner Larisa Ortiz, Jessica Lappin, Kenneth J. Knuckles, Manhattan Community Board 1, Manhattan Community District 1, NYCEDC, POPS, Privately Owned Public Space, public plaza, Special Lower Manhattan District, Water Street
    Date:04/12/2016
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    City Planning Approved Enhanced Domino Plan with Greater Public Benefits

    Special Permit/Zoning Text Amendment  •  Williamsburg, Brooklyn
    Rendering of the approved Domino Development proposed by Two Trees Management. Image credit: SHoP Architects

    Rendering of the approved Domino Development proposed by Two Trees Management. Image credit: SHoP Architects.

    Unanimous City Planning approval followed behind the scenes deal between Mayor de Blasio and Two Trees Management. On March 5, 2014, the City Planning Commission unanimously voted to approve special permits and a zoning text amendment requested by Two Trees Management to transform the Domino Sugar Refinery into a 2,928,429 sq. ft. mixed-use development. The predominantly residential large scale development will include commercial and community facility uses. The City Planning vote followed an announcement by Mayor Bill de Blasio on March 3rd, stating that the City had reached an agreement with Two Trees to significantly increase the amount of affordable housing units in the development. (read more…)

    Tags : Betty Y. Chen, Carl Weisbrod, City Planning Commission, Domino Sugar Refinery, Jed Walentas, Kenneth J. Knuckles, Mayor Bill de Blasio, SHoP Architects, Two Trees Management
    Date:03/11/2014
    Category : City Planning Commission
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