Howard Goldman testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals at its hearing on May 12, 2015. Image credit: BSA

In response to neighborhood concerns, the Board conditioned the zoning variance on several limitations meant to reduce the risk of excess noise and increase pedestrian safety. On October 16, 2016, the Board of Standards and Appeals approved with conditions a request by The Chapin School, Ltd. for a zoning variance to construct a three-story addition to its existing school, located at 100 East End Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.  The Chapin School, a unisex school serving 750 female students from kindergarten through 12th grade, sought the variance to build a new gymnasium and play roof onto its existing, decade-old building. (read more…)