NYT's article on Balancing Needs of Low-Rise Districts
NYC Department of Planning (Queens Division) presented their draft for future rezoning of Astoria at the Astoria Historical Society on April 14th at 6:00 PM. Slideshow below links to the documents presented. Astoria's current zoning map and proposed future zone map (a preliminary draft) for Astoria illustrate zoning changes that will impact your community. Norwood Neighborhood residents would like to see their 3 blocks contextually downzoned to R4B. On the draft map it is zoned for R5B. Please see the comparison chart to see how this will impact your street.
Norwood Neighborhood Organization members asked how City Planners and City Council would respond to our petitions and request for contextual downzoning of 35th, 36th and 37th Streets (between 30th Avenue and 31st Avenue) to R4B. Response was they will listen and that they want to incorporate into future zoning schemes the zoning residents want. We will be sending copies of our petitions to Councilman Peter Vallone and to the Queens City Planning Board.
May 5th @ 8PM there will be an important meeting on Zoning to be held at Ricardo's (21–01 24th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11102). It's important that as many people from our neighborhood attend this meeting as possible. Email us if you need help getting there. Please, mark May 5th on your calendar!
Click on slideshow below to view enlargements of City Planning's presentation:
