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CB#6 197A Plan 197A Plan for the Eastern Section of Community District 6 CB#6 197a Plan 197a Plan For The Eastern Section of Community District 6 Borough of Manhattan New York City Prepared with the assistance of: Buckhurst Fish & Jacquemart CB#6: 14 Street on the south 59 Street on the north Lexington and Madison Avenues on the west East River on the east. 197a: 14 Street on the south 59 Street on the north Second Avenue plus 100 feet on the west East River on the east. 1 Dec 07 CB#6 197a Plan Community Board Six’s 197a plan has four themes: Orientation Land Use: This is a community CB#6: 14 Street on the south of residential neighborhoods 59 Street on the north cohabiting with institutional uses -- Lexington and Madison Avenues on the west hospitals and the United Nations. East River on the east. CD#6 is near the midtown central district but, except for a small area 197a: 14 Street on the south near Grand Central and along 59 Street on the north Second Avenue plus 100 Third Avenue, it is separate feet on the west Waterfront and Open Space: East River on the east. CD#6 is the community district United Nations. with the least open space per person in the city. The waterfront Tudor City. is a last opportunity. The goal is a continuous esplanade along the Former Con Ed Waterside. river and access at as many Kips Bay. streets as possible. NYU Medical Center. Urban Design and Preservation: The goal is investment that makes East River Science Park. the best use of the existing built fabric of the community and adds Bellevue Hospital. new buildings and infrastructure that respect that context. Brookdale Center. Transportation: CD#6 is Waterside Plaza. pedestrian and transit friendly. Veterans Administration Hospital. The goal is to make it more so by restoring missing streets to the Peter Cooper Village. grid, welcoming the Second Avenue subway, and minimizing Stuyvesant Town. parking and traffic. Con Ed East River. -- O L W U T H I 27 Nov 07 CB#6 197a Plan Community District Six is primarily residential with institutions -- Land Use health care and the United Most of CD#6 is residential, shown Nations -- along part of the in yellow -- R7-2, R7B, R8, R8A, waterfront. It includes a small R8B, R10,C1-8, C1-8A, C1-9, C1- portion of the Midtown central 9A, and C2-7. business district around Grand The Special Midtown District -- MiD - Central and along Third Avenue. - is outlined in red. Most of the district is zoned either R or one of the C equivalents that Special United Nations Development District -- U -- outlined in blue. allows ground floor retail. Densities range from R7B at 3.0 FAR to R10 at 10.0 to 12.0 FAR. United Nations -- C5-2. The United Nations is zoned C5-2, which allows office buildings, as well as apartment buildings, at 10.0 to 12.0 FAR. However, the Former Con Ed Waterside -- M3-2 and M1-5. United Nations is built at a much lesser density and is more of an institutional use than a commercial use. East River Science Park -- C6-2. Once extensive M districts along the riverfront have been rezoned over the decades as the industrial uses have left and been replaced by residential uses. -- Con Ed East River -- M3-2. O L W U T H I 28 Nov 07 CB#6 197a Plan Currently 18 of the 45 blocks of waterfront between 14 and 59 Waterfront Access Streets have a public walkway Only six streets provide pedestrian along the edge of the river. access to the waterfront. At the south there is a connection Only 18 blocks have a public to East River Park but the walkway at the water’s edge. walkway is only a few feet wide. Former outer detour roadway. Between 23 and 29 Streets the path follows the service road of 51 - 54 Streets. the FDR Drive. The walkway along the water at Waterside is 49 - 51 Streets. gated closed and the water’s edge United Nations -- 42-49 Streets. at the UN School is used for parking. 41 - 42 Streets. Between 32 and 34 Streets the Former Con Ed pier -- 38-41 Streets. path is inboard of the heliport, along the FDR Drive service road. “Glick” Park -- 36-38 Streets. Between 38 and 42 Streets there Ferry pier -- 34-36 Streets. is an opportunity to reuse the former Con Ed pier, which belongs Heliport -- 32-34 Streets. to the City, and add a ramp to the Water Club --29-32 Streets. foot of 42 Street. The esplanade above the FDR Waterside -- 25-29 Streets. Drive at the UN is not available to UN School -- 24-25 Streets. the public but a walkway has been proposed above the water 23 - 24 Streets. between 42 and 51 Streets. Stuyvesant Cove -- 18-23 Streets. North of 54 Street it may be possible to continue the 15 - 18 Streets. esplanade on part of the former Con Ed East River. outer detour roadway. -- O L W U T H I 28 Nov 07 CB#6 197a Plan Community Board Six has recommended a waterfront Urban Design access district similar to that established across the river in Much of CD#6 has been rezoned with contextual districts. They and Greenpoint Williamsburg. the tower-on-a-base provisions in However, such a district does not other districts go far to mold new apply in CD#6 because the first buildings to the built neighborhood upland street is the FDR Drive. context. Subsequently, CB#6 proposed a Recommended Special Public special district for the area Access District outlined in blue. between 34 and 41 Streets to United Nations. accomplish the goals of the waterfront access district. Robert Moses Playground -- proposed site for expansion of CB#6 has for a long time United Nations. recommended a Special Hospital Con Ed Pier. Use District for the area between 23 and 34 Streets to protect the Proposed Special East River Access District -- C 060394 ZRM -- shown in hospitals from the intrusion of yellow. incompatible uses. St Vartan Park. During the summer and fall of Agreed site plan for the East River 2001 CB#6 agreed on a site plan Science Park. for the East River Science Park. Recommended Special Hospital Use CB#6 has for a long time District. recommended that Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village be Recommended Special Planned mapped as Special Planned Community Preservation District. Community Preservation Recommended site plan for Con Ed Districts. East River to consolidate the ball -- fields with Murphy Brothers Playground and reopen 14 Street with southbound egress and access for the FDR Drive. O L W U T H I 28 Nov 07 CB#6 197a Plan Transportation in Community District Six is based on Transportation pedestrians and transit, not on The Second Avenue subway will automobiles. provide greatly improved transit CD#6 is of a walkable scale for access for CD#6. local shopping, services, and entertainment. It is within walking Restore missing streets and improve distance of parts of Midtown. It access to the waterfront: has excellent access by transit to Remap 39 and 40 Streets and other parts of the city. And in a rebuild them high enough at their pinch one can sometimes catch a east ends to allow for pedestrian cab. bridges to the waterfront. They were closed for security during World War The goal is to build on these II and it is time for them to be advantages by restoring missing restored to public use. streets, encouraging construction Remap existing 30 Street. of the Second Avenue subway, and limiting the amount of parking. 29 Street being rebuilt to be high enough at east end for a pedestrian The missing streets are bridge to the waterfront. generally in the blocks adjacent to 28 Street being opened for the waterfront. Restoring them ambulance access to Bellevue. improves access to buildings in Remap existing 26 Street. those blocks and also improves access to the waterfront. Extend 16 Street to provide pedestrian access to the east river The community has been waiting esplanade. Consider trading for 15 for the Second Avenue subway Street in order to consolidate Con since the elevated was Ed Riverside and enlarge Murphy demolished. Brothers Playground by relocating the Con Ed ball fields. Less parking -- say 10% accessory rather than 20% -- Reopen 14 Street, which was closed for security after 9-11, and provide would reduce traffic and improve southbound egress and access to air quality. the FDR Drive. -- O L W U T H I 28 Nov 07 CB#6 197c 197a Plan ERRC 197c CB#6 197a Plan History CPC continued (Dec) CPC hearing (Dec) MBP hearing (Nov) Although Community Board CB#6 hearing (Sep) Six officially began preparing 2007 197c revised (May) Certification & DSEIS (Aug) this 197a plan in the spring of ULURP submitted (Jun) 2003 its foundations are CPC hearing (Sep) decades of work trying to 2006 shape a better community. 197c submitted (Mar) Scoping hearings (Mar & May) CPC threshold (Jan) Appendix B includes relevant 197a submitted (Dec) resolutions from as far back as 1985. 2005 ERRC acquisition (Mar & Jun) Stuyvesant Town (Mar) Con Edison decided in 1999 to sell its Waterside facility for CB#6 adopt 197a (Jun) PSC approves sale (May) 2004 redevelopment. The property Waterside Adaptive Reuse (Mar) PSC adopts FGEIS (Jan) was acquired by ERRC in mid 2005, well after the start of the 197a plan. 2003 CB#6 start 197a (Apr) Supplemental DGEIS (May) The 197a plan received Con Ed DGEIS (Sep) threshold approval in January 14 St Subway (May) PSC accepts DGEIS (Jun) 2002 2006 and CPC opened its Second Av Subway (Jan) public hearing in September Bellevue (Nov) 2006.
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