ROCKAWAY NEIGHBORHOODS REZONING Department of City Planning Queens Office BOROUGH LOCATION

• The Rockaway peninsula n LaGuardia a stretches 11 miles into lower t Airport t 7 New York Bay and separates a 1 h 3 11 n Jamaica Bay from the a Atlantic Ocean. M 2 4 • It encompasses 15 6 8 neighborhoods, as well as 5 13 Nassau Jacob Riis Park, Fort Tilden 9 County and part of Federal Gateway 12 National Recreation Area. 10 Brooklyn John F. Kennedy International Airport

Staten Island 14

Atlantic Ocean OVERVIEW

• Five neighborhoods Nassau • 280 blocks County • 5,910 lots

Edgemere Far Rockaway

Somerville

Jamaica Bay Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Park Atlantic Ocean EXISTING ZONING - ISSUES

• Encourages development that is out of character with existing neighborhood context

• Restricts opportunities for mixed used development along the area’s wide streets

• Does not reflect higher accessory parking demand in medium density areas OBJECTIVES

• Establish a low-scale framework to protect and reinforce established building scale

• Ensure the provision of front and side yards, street trees and sidewalk planting strips

• Address community concerns for additional accessory parking requirements in auto dependent locations

• Provide zoning flexibility for residents to enlarge one-family homes in Far Rockaway

• Facilitate a mix of residential and commercial activities in select locations to strengthen existing contexts along wide streets and in areas close to transit. EXISTING ZONING BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Detached development on Beach 119th Out of character development on Beach Street in an existing R3-2 108th Street in an existing R5

Mid-rise development on Ocean Beach 116th Street corridor in an Promenade in an existing R7A existing R5/C1-2 PROPOSED ZONING PROPOSED ZONING

• 57 blocks proposed to be rezoned • 44 blocks rezoned for 1- and 2 family houses • 11 blocks rezoned for lower density • 2 blocks rezoned for medium density

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• 57 blocks proposed to be rezoned • 44 blocks rezoned for 1- and 2 family houses • 11 blocks rezoned for lower density • 2 blocks rezoned for medium density

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• 57 blocks proposed to be rezoned • 44 blocks rezoned for 1- and 2 family houses • 11 blocks rezoned for lower density • 2 blocks rezoned for medium density

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New development on Cross Bay New mid-rise development on Beach Parkway in an existing R6 96th Street in an existing R6

Out of character development on New semi-detached development on Beach 92nd Street in an existing R6 Beach 97th Street in an existing R6 PROPOSED ZONING PROPOSED ZONING

• 66 blocks proposed to be rezoned • 32 blocks rezoned for 1- and 2 family • 12 blocks rezoned for lower density • 20 blocks rezoned for medium density • 2 blocks rezoned to reflect existing uses R4-1

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Detached development on Gouveneur Semi-detached development on Avenue in an existing R3-2 Almeda Avenue in an existing R3-2

Detached development on Beach Out of character development on 69thStreet in an existing R5 Beach 69th Street in an existing R3-2 PROPOSED ZONING PROPOSED ZONING

• 58 blocks to be rezoned • 45 blocks rezoned for 1- and 2- family • 1 block rezoned for lower density housing • 12 blocks rezoned for medium density

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Detached development on Beach 12th Out of character development on Street in an existing R5 Beach 26th Street in an existing R6

Detached development on Beach 25th New ocean front development in an Street in an existing R6 existing R6 PROPOSED ZONING PROPOSED ZONING

• 116 blocks proposed to be rezoned • 22 blocks rezoned for 1-family houses • 79 blocks rezoned for 1- and 2- family houses Nassau County • 10 blocks rezoned for lower density housing .. R3X 1 e - vv R5 A • 5 blocks rezoned for medium density • 5 blocks rezoned for medium density R4 e rr ii C4-2 p m

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• 116 blocks proposed to be rezoned • 22 blocks rezoned for 1-family houses • 79 blocks rezoned for 1- and 2- family houses Nassau County • 10 blocks rezoned for lower density housing R3X -1 • 5 blocks rezoned for medium density R5 R4 C4-2

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FAR ROCKAWAY & EDGEMERE PROPOSED ZONING

• 116 blocks proposed to be rezoned • 22 blocks rezoned for 1-family houses • 79 blocks rezoned for 1- and 2- family houses Nassau County • 10 blocks rezoned for lower density housing R3X 1 R5 - • 5 blocks rezoned for medium density R4 C4-2 R4-1 R4A R2 R2X R R2X R 2 R3- R4A 4 R4A 4 R 4- -- 1

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tt R6 C4-4 .. C4-4 FAR ROCKAWAY & EDGEMERE COMMERCIAL OVERLAYS

• Provide new C1-3 and C2-3 commercial overlays to reflect existing commercial uses and provide for commercial and retail expansion.

• Reduce commercial overlay

depth to reflect existing location Beach 116th Street and of commercial uses and to reduce Rockaway Beach Boulevard in an existing R5/C1-2 the expansion of commercial uses onto residential blocks. COMMERCIAL OVERLAYS COMMERCIAL OVERLAYS TEXT AMENDMENT

• Allow an R2X district in CD 14 Currently the R2X district can only be mapped in the Special Ocean Parkway District in Brooklyn.

• Apply R5 residential accessory off-street parking regulations to R6 or R7 areas in CD 14 (except in existing Urban Renewal Areas) Accessory off-street parking increased from 50% or 70% (depending on zoning district) to 85% 280 Total Blocks Rezoned • 266 blocks rezoned to protect low density character • Additional accessory parking requirements • Strengthen existing contexts in select locations with mixed residential and commercial activities

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