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- 125th Street Corridor
- 2nd Avenue Subway
- 421-a tax incentive program
- 980 Madison Tower
- Access to the Region's Core (ARC)
- Albee Square Mall Tower
- Atlantic Yards
- Bayside Rezoning
- Bayswater/Far Rockaway Rezoning
- Bedford Stuyvesant Rezoning
- Briarwood Rezoning
- Bricktown Centre
- Brig Redevelopment, Wallabout Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Academy of Music Cultural District
- Brooklyn Greenway
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Bush Terminal Park
- Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene Rezoning
- College Point Police Academy
- Columbia University Expansion
- Columbus Circle
- Con Ed Site Redevelopment
- Coney Island Development
- Cooper Square Urban Renewal Area
- Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel
- Domino Sugar Factory
- Downtown Brooklyn
- Downtown JFK-LIRR Link
- DUMBO Rezoning
- Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton Rezoning
- East River Plaza
- East River Science Park
- East River Waterfront
- East Side Access
- Far Rockaway and Mott Creek Rezoning
- Far West Village Rezoning
- Federal Housing Policy
- Fieldston Landmark Designation
- Flushing Development
- Fordham Expansion
- Forest Hills Rezoning
- Fresh Kills Master Plan
- Fulton Street Transit Center
- Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station
- Garment District Rezoning
- Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market
- General Theological Seminary Tower (Chelsea)
- Governors Island
- Gowanus Development
- Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning
- High Line Redevelopment + Whitney Museum
- HUB Retail and Office Center
- Hudson Railyards
- Hudson River Park
- Hudson Yards Rezoning & Development
- Hunter College Health-Professions Tower
- Hunts Point Vision Plan
- Inwood/Sherman Creek Waterfront Rezoning
- Jamaica, Queens Development and Rezoning
- Javits Convention Center Expansion
- JetBlue JFK Terminal
- Kingsbridge Armory
- Kissena Park Rezoning
- Lincoln Center Redevelopment
- Long Island City
- Lower East Side Rezoning
- Lower Manhattan Development
- Maspeth - Woodside Rezoning
- Mets Stadium Construction
- Middle Village-Glendale Rezoning
- Midwood Rezoning
- Mott Haven School Campus
- Moynihan Station
- Museum for African Art
- New Madison Square Garden
- New Rego Park, Queens Mall
- New York City Building Code
- New York City Hospital Redevelopment
- New York Diamond Tower
- New York Historical Society Tower
- No. 7 Line Extension
- North Brother Island
- North Tribeca Rezoning
- NYC 2012 Olympic Bid
- NYU Development
- One Madison Ave Clocktower
- P.S. 64 Redevelopment
- PlaNYC 2030
- Plaza Hotel Redevelopment
- Policy Developments - Landmarks
- Public Place
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Queens Plaza
- Queens West
- Randalls Island Water Park and Playing Fields
- Red Hook Cruise Terminal
- Red Hook Development
- Renaissance Ballroom and Renaissance Casino
- Seventh Regiment Armory (Park Ave.)
- Silvercup West
- SoHo Sanitation Garage
- Solid Waste Management Plan
- South Bronx Jail Plan
- South Ferry Terminal Project
- South Street Seaport Redevelopment
- South Village Historic District
- Springfield Gardens Rezoning
- St. Vincent’s Expansion
- Stapleton Waterfront District
- Starrett City
- Staten Island NASCAR Track
- Staten Island North Shore Light Rail
- Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
- Sunnyside Yards Platform
- The Caledonia (Chelsea)
- Trump Soho Hotel Condominiums
- Union Square Redesign
- Union-Utopia Rezoning
- United Nations Renovation
- Upper West Side Rezoning Proposal
- Uptown New York (East Harlem)
- Van Cortlandt Park Filtration Plant
- Via Verde - New Housing New York Legacy Project
- Washington Square Park Redesign
- West-Park Presbyterian Church Tower
- White Plains Courtyard
- Whitestone Rezoning
- Willets Point Development
- World Trade Center Redevelopment
- Yankee Stadium Construction
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Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton Rezoning
On July 25, 2007, the City Council approved the Department of City Planning’s recommended rezoning of Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton. The approval came after a ULURP process in which Brooklyn Community Board 10, the Borough President, and the City Planning Commission approved the proposal without modification.
The area that was rezoned is generally bounded by the Bay Ridge Division railroad right-of-way at 62nd Street to the north, Poly Place to the south, 14th Avenue to the east and the Gowanus Expressway to the west. Encompassing approximately 160 blocks of Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton, the plan aims to mirror the existing scale and character of areas low-rise blocks. New, moderate-density residential development will be directed to commercial corridors such as such as Fort Hamilton Parkway, 11th Avenue and 13th Avenue north of Bay Ridge Parkway which are already defined by three-to four-story row houses with ground floor retail uses. It is expected that the zoning for these areas will provide opportunities to develop residential buildings with ground-floor retail.
Supporters of the project expect that the rezoning will help to maintain the character of the community by preventing plans to demolish one and two family houses for the purposes of larger construction.
Dyker Heights Rezoning Approved
Monday, July 30, 2007 | Brooklyn Eagle | Topic: Land Use
On July 25, the City Council approved the rezoning proposal for Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton. In announcing the recent vote, Mayor Bloomberg touted the action as a step in furthering the goals of PlaNYC. Specifically, he touted the proposal’s balance of encouraging economic development, while respecting the character of existing neighborhoods.
Bay Ridge Development Stirs Fears of Preservationists
Thursday, July 19, 2007 | Courier-Life Publications | Topic: Land Use
The developer Khalil plans to construct a high-rise apartment on Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge despite the objections of preservationists who fear that the building will compromise the neighborhood's low-rise nature. The Department of City Planning's rezoning of the area two years ago allows such development as-of-right, despite the fact that most of Bay Ridge was down-zoned at the time.
Dyker Heights Rezoning Allowances for Upzoning Draw Some Criticism
Sunday, April 22, 2007 | Courier-Life Publications | Topic: Urban Design & Architecture
Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton residents have issues with several of the provisions of the recent rezoning proposal, which is intended to protect the majority of the area from large development by downzoning. Controversial issues include the upzoning which would be allowed along 86th street, allowing upzoning on one-side of 82nd street while maintaining the other side as a residential area, and allowing up-zoning around Public School 69, an already crowded area. Proponents want to get the rezoning approved as quickly as possible in order to prevent a rush of development before the restrictions go into place.
Dyker Heights Rezoning Approved by Community Board
Saturday, April 21, 2007 | Courier-Life Publications | Topic: Urban Design & Architecture
The Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton rezoning has been approved by Community Board 10 and will now be sent on to the borough president for endorsement. While the proposal was overall strongly supported, the community board requested that the Department of City Planning reconsider the provisions would call for different zoning restrictions on opposite sides of both 82nd street and Bay Ridge Parkway.
Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton Downzoning Plan Revealed
Monday, April 16, 2007 | Brooklyn Eagle | Topic: Land Use
The Department of City Planning presented the recently certified downzoning plan for Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton at a recent civil association meeting. If certified by City Council, this will complete the rezoning of entire Community Board 10 within the last two years. The proposed rezoning includes 159 blocks, 80 of which would be restricted to one and two-family homes, as composed to 12 currently. Several commercial corridors have been designated and would be upzoned to allow for additional height and density in these areas.
Dyker Heights Rezoning to Preserve Neighborhood Context
Friday, March 30, 2007 | Courier-Life Publications | Topic: Land Use
The Department of City Planning (DCP) has certified a proposal to rezone 160 blocks of the Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton neighborhoods of Brooklyn that would, "Mirror the existing context of low-rise one and two-family homes, with blocks zoned to match the preponderance of structures on them," according to DCP. The rezoning proposal, which has received an enthusiastic response from public officials, citizens, and civic groups, will allow for "modest" development possibilities on larger avenues in the area, bounded by 62nd Street, 86th Street, 14th Avenue, and Seventh Avenue. The rezoning has now entered its final phase, the ULURP process, where it will go before the local community board, government agencies, and ultimately the city council.