BROADWAY JUNCTION SUBAREA V BROADWAY JUNCTION EXISTING CONDITIONS The Broadway Junction subarea is located in the The Broadway Junction subarea contains three northwest portion of the East New York study area major transit nodes. Broadway Junction station and is generally bounded by Atlantic Avenue to the serves five subway services (A/C, J/Z, and L) and south, Pennsylvania Avenue to the east, Bushwick numerous buses, acting as a major transfer point Avenue to the north, and Eastern Parkway to the west. in the NYC Transit system. The Alabama Avenue The area is characterized by elevated transportation station of the J/Z is located adjacent to a major bus infrastructure, disjointed land uses encompassing hub at the intersection of East New York Avenue, residential, commercial and industrial uses, and a Broadway and Fulton Street. Finally, the East New preponderance of vacant and underutilized land. York LIRR station, offering regional rail service, and Atlantic Avenue L train station are located at Atlantic Below (photo): and Van Sinderen avenues. The Broadway Junction subway station at Van Sinderen Avenue 86 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING BROADWAY JUNCTION BROADWAY JUNCTION SUBAREA - AERIAL VIEW Broadway EVERGREENS CEMETERY OCEAN HILL Broadway MTA Train Yard Junction and Bus Depot Fulton Street CYPRESS HILLS Jamaica Avenue Broadway - Fulton Bus Hub Van Sinderen Avenue East New York (LIRR) Fulton Street Alabama Ave Pedestrian underpass connecting Broadway Junction and the industrial area Atlantic Avenue Viaduct Atlantic Ave SCENY Study Area Above Grade East New York Avenue Subway Line East New York Avenue vehicular underpass Below Grade Subway Line Pennsylvania Avenue Pennsylvania Below Grade Railroad Line Liberty Avenue Liberty Ave Bay Ridge Freight Line Freight Ridge Bay New York City BROWNSVILLE EAST NEW YORK Subway station Orthophoto Base Map Copyrighted by the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications. All rights reserved. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES EAST NEW YORK 87 With this combination of subway, bus and regional Island for vehicular traffic. Partly due to the physical barriers and development rail service, Broadway Junction is a key transit constraints imposed by this transportation node comparable to other major hubs outside While the convergence of these transportation infrastructure, few businesses or other uses are Manhattan that serve as or are planned to become elements provides superior access to destinations located around the transit stations. This not only regional destinations, such as Atlantic Terminal or across the city and region, infrastructure is layered represents an underutilization of land in the area, Jamaica Center. With this transit access, Broadway at several different levels above and below ground, but it also generates little activity at the street level. Junction can be reached from locations across a impacting the physical landscape. A tunnel serving The Broadway Junction station is used largely as a broad swath of Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bay Ridge freight line runs north-south below transfer point between different transit services as Long Island. Travel between Broadway Junction grade through Broadway Junction. The LIRR line there are few destinations in the area around the and downtown Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan takes runs at grade from Eastern Parkway to Georgia station, and the walk to nearby residential areas and about 20 minutes; Midtown can be reached within Avenue, with Atlantic Avenue elevated on a viaduct commercial corridors is desolate and uninviting. 45 minutes. over this section. East New York Avenue intersects with Atlantic Avenue below grade and becomes In addition, the Jackie Robinson Parkway and Jamaica Avenue here before entering Queens. The Below Left (photo): several major Brooklyn streets including Atlantic L subway line is elevated as well to bridge over the The East New York LIRR station entrance at grade, with the Avenue, Fulton Street and Broadway, intersect Atlantic Avenue viaduct and often runs mid-block Atlantic Avenue viaduct and the elevated L Subway line tracks above. No signage marks the station entrance here. here, making Broadway Junction highly accessible here. To the north, the J/Z subway line is elevated from Jamaica, JFK International Airport and Long along Broadway and Fulton Street. Below Right (photo): Elevated transportation infrastructure at Broadway Junction. 88 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING BROADWAY JUNCTION C8-1 ER STR EEN STREET VANDERVE ABERD BROADWAYR6 JUNCTION SUBAREA - CURRENT LAND USE AND ZONING DE SALES PLACE MAC DOUGAL STREET COO KCOURT STEWART STREET ROCKAWAY AVENUE CROSBY AVENUE HULL STREET R3-2 R3-1 STEWART STREET BUSHWICK AVENUE CONWAY STREET SOMERS STREET HIGHLAND BOULEVARD M1-1 SUNNYSIDE AVENUE R6 FULTON STREET TRUXTON STREET VERMONT STREET MARGINAL ST EAST JAMAICA AVENUE R4 PLEASANT PLACE R5 HERKIMER STREET FANCHON PLACE MONACO PLACE SHERLOCK PLACE VAN SINDEREN AVENUE SACKMAN STREET JARDINE PLACE M1-2 SCENY Study Area HAVENS PLACE Zoning Districts Elevated Transportation WILLIAMS PLACE Infrastructure NEWJERSEY AVENUE LAND USE ALABAMA AVENUE C4-1 Residential (R) R5 WILLIAMS AVENUE Commercial/Office (R) PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SACKMAN STREET WYONA STREET Mixed Use Com-Res UE K AVEN Manufacturing (M) EAST NEW YOR ATLANTIC AVENUE C8-2 Community Facility (CF) Open Space MTransportation1-1 Infrastructure Parking HINSDALE STREET GEORGIA AVENUE SHEFFIELD AVENUE WILLIAMS AVENUE Vacant Building M1-4 ALABAMA AVENUE Vacant Land JUNIUS STREET SNEDIKER AVENUE M1-1 Semi-Industrial POWELL STREET M3-2 SACKMAN STREET LIBERTY AVENUE Mixed Use M-R M1-1 WYONA STREET NEWJERSEY AVENUE Mixed Use CF-R R6 Mixed Use CF-C R5 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES EAST NEW YORK 89 Land Use – described here as the core – of the subarea Zoning between Van Sinderen Avenue, Broadway, Jamaica The western portion of the subarea, towards Eastern Avenue, Georgia Avenue and Atlantic Avenue are The majority of the Broadway Junction subarea Parkway and the Ocean Hill neighborhood, continues those most affected by infrastructure. Here, where is zoned for low-density light manufacturing uses to maintain its longstanding residential character several vehicular corridors converge, the irregular (M1-2) while a small portion east of Georgia despite being zoned for manufacturing uses since street pattern creates small blocks that are often Avenue between Jamaica and Atlantic Avenues 1961. Here, two- and three-story rowhouses as also impacted by elevated or underground railway is designated for low-density commercial and well as three- to four-story apartment buildings can tunnels, limiting development options. Most lots automotive uses (C8-2) and low-density regional be found. On the eastern edge, wedged between in the core are currently either vacant or used commercial uses (C4-1). Current zoning restricts Atlantic, Jamaica and Pennsylvania Avenues, is for parking, with a few semi-industrial and light development in this area by limiting development an area of disparate low-density uses including manufacturing uses found along Fulton Street and to low densities, requiring substantial off-street residential, parking, community facilities, auto- Snediker Avenue. The existing low-scale warehouse parking, restricting commercial uses and prohibiting oriented businesses, and other commercial uses. A buildings are typically occupied with low-intensity new residential development. These zoning large portion of land in the subarea is occupied by semi-industrial and auto-oriented uses, including designations, along with the concentration of above the New York City Transit East New York bus depot storage and warehousing, car sales and auto-repair and below grade transit infrastructure and the lack and railyard, which are located on a superblock shops. of a critical mass of existing activity, contribute to bounded by Jamaica Avenue, Broadway, Bushwick a desolate streetscape and have limited growth Avenue and Conway Street. The central blocks opportunities around this major transit hub. 90 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING BROADWAY JUNCTION Opposite Page (photo): Low scale development along Van Sinderen Avenue. Above (photo): Mixed character along the Atlantic Avenue service road. Below (photo): Longstanding residential areas west of Broadway Junction. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES EAST NEW YORK 91 Streetscape The Atlantic Avenue viaduct forms the southern the intersection of Broadway and Jamaica Avenue. border of the subarea and separates Broadway Here, traffic to and from the Jackie Robinson Junction from the Industrial and Business subarea Parkway meets Fulton Street and Broadway, and Brownsville. For ten blocks, the only pedestrian bus traffic from the adjacent MTA depot creates connection between the northern and southern congestion and a lack of clearly marked pedestrian portions of the Atlantic Avenue viaduct is the crosswalks makes the area confusing and unmarked underpass serving the East New York difficult for pedestrians to navigate. Connectivity LIRR station at Van Sinderen Avenue. throughout the area is restricted by the presence of transportation infrastructure, which becomes a High pedestrian fatalities have been reported at physical and visual barrier. Left (photo): Desolate streetscape conditions around Broadway Junction. Opposite Page (photo): City Planning staff discussing preliminary recommendations for Broadway Junction with the Land Use Committee of Community Board 16. 92 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING