Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning EIS CHAPTER 2: LAND USE, ZONING, & PUBLIC POLICY A. INTRODUCTION A detailed assessment of land use, zoning, and public policy is appropriate if the proposed action would result in a significant change in land use or would substantially affect regulations or policies governing land use. Under CEQR Technical Manual guidelines, an assessment of zoning is typically performed in conjunction with a land use analysis when the action would change the zoning on the site or result in the loss of a particular use. Similar to zoning, some assessment of public policy typically accompanies an assessment of land use. Under CEQR, a land use analysis characterizes the uses and development trends in the study area, and assesses whether a proposed action is compatible with or may affect those conditions. This application is for several actions in the Greenpoint and Williamsburg areas of northern Brooklyn, including zoning map and zoning text amendments, changes to the city map involving street demapping and establishment of a park (collectively, “the proposed action”). The directly affected area, located in Brooklyn Community District 1, encompasses all or parts of 184 blocks. The proposed action would result in the net addition of approximately 7,391 DUs and 253,698 sf of ground-floor local and general retail, and a decrease in industrial space, vehicle and open storage uses, and vacant land. The proposed action would also map a new park along the waterfront and establish a Waterfront Access Plan (WAP) to provide a coordinated network of waterfront open spaces. As the proposed action includes zoning map amendments and zoning text changes and is expected to result in substantial changes to land use at certain sites, a detailed assessment of its effects on land use, zoning, and public policy is warranted. The land use study area consists of both a primary study area, which is coterminous with the boundaries of the proposed action area, where the land use effects of the proposed action are direct, and a secondary study area, which, according to the CEQR Technical Manual, should be used when other, more indirect effects may occur as a result of a proposed action. For the purposes of this analysis, the secondary study area extends approximately a ½-mile from the proposed action area boundary, although the area considered in this assessment has been adjusted to take account of natural and man-made barriers that separate the area from Queens on the north and east, and to include in their entirety those blocks falling partially but substantially within the ½-mile radius. Both the primary and secondary study areas are shown in Figure 2-1. The primary study area is bounded generally by the East River, the Williamsburg Bridge, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, and McGuinness Boulevard. As shown in Figure 2-1, the secondary study area covers an area bounded at its outer limits by Newtown Creek to the north, the East River to the west, North Henry Street/Vandervoort Avenue to the east, and roughly aligned with Boerum Street to the south. 2-1 Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning EIS Figure 2-1 Land Use Study Area N EW TO ASH ST M W C N M G A C N ST U R H L I IA N E C A R BOX ST N E T E E K M T M S O A C S N B A L V AY ST PA CL ID GE A V L A N DUPONT ST A C K E E T R S C Y EAGLE ST E R L N A E H H W H T FREEMAN ST R O N F P W GREEN ST R R E A O S N V T K O K S L I S N T I G N HURON ST T S S L S Greenpoint A T T N D A V INDIA ST AV INT PO EEN N R E J ST G AVA W T O W N KENT ST C R E E K GREENPOINT AV CALYER ST MILTON ST M O J E U W L D T I E A R N NOBLE S L T M I E E M S W O C T S MESE N ROLE AV E E T G D C L L U K S E S I F N T T R OAK ST M O H O N U N U A R E S L M N A O D T S S S R R H B EG R S E Y D S AL A O C U I T L M T B S L C L E N T L D B L E T E R A S W A I RS T F T N N T T N O F S W S S K A N O T E E T AV C N E V R R R Y L I RO E L DP E E S M H A K S S K E N M Q S B UAY ST K M NORMAN AV A T P R T I O U N I O N H D U L O R G T A G E N E S L G W T R S N I M L V A T O F A T L O R A E O A N R N A D Y N NS S R S N T A V O S T S D D S V A B T T A T T R B A G M I I V E NS C M S N K T 1 S T V S 5 T A T T MAN V H NOR A S R T NASSAU AV E K E N E 1 M 2 T H S N T N S 1 1 1 T T 3 E H T V S H A W N N R T S A R 1 T 1 I 0 4 C R T T V CHE E A K T H H SSAU S S NA A A V N T V T M I V 9 T O R H R S P A T G O N A R N S T H K M 8 R DRIGGN S AV V E T U A I A U U O H N R R L E H T V E M S S G E G N K C T E E T A S B O E I S R O K N N T M V E O T L N A S N F O 7 R NY V L A L O T H O A M TH A Y R L N H S D N A A R T R C T S S S T N M S D D T D G E T T N T S K A A U S 6 S T V I V T V V T T T H A N DY S S N R A S G ENGERT AV MBA T V G E LO N A I S N R D E N D S V 5 A E T H 1 R H T 2 B E R Y L K T T E V S W H V E ST T M EL O S S T D EAD S B O T S M N A N TO R A T E 3 T N EW R S Y A D H N W L V Y A P N P S T N R X SIO T R T T E DIVI S 4 E T S V S R T A D A N ER H B R H BEM RT ST N E N N A R EE G E D V S Y U O I 1 K R A A H T V 1 E -Q E R B N A T V E A T N E S H M Y B ON I D L N S N T D R S K E HAR N T D L C O O V I O T BAYARD ST O S R R E 1 P O F T R 0 R R Y O B D A M T E I S S E E H B S N B R R T E T S E T T R N A E S T H A O N Northside R T 9 T S P H S R N T V O VI T V D O U RICHARDSON ST FR E H DSON ST U 1 A ST CONO STRADAL RICHAR M S V S L N A O M I T IT S S S O R I T A N T R A G O S V B N R T G 8 V I I E N O T M A R G T H S S V L S D E A A ER P S D ITH R G V W R T FROST ST N N U T FROST ST T AN S 7 S C D D A T G S S T R V H Y C T N T I W T S L P I T B X N ST N E E I SON 6 S O CK S T O ERS ST WITHERS ST JA 1 R WITH EN P ST H T E D S S U O T T U Q N RS - 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