| BAY RIDGE SPECIAL DISTRICT |
Resolution Chapter:  114-00 |
Maps: 22a and 22b |
Adoption Date: 11/2/78, 3/23/05 |
The Special Bay Ridge District (BR) maintains
the neighborhood's existing scale in conjunction
with contextual and lower-density zoning districts
mapped throughout the district. Beyond the underlying
district controls, protections include limitations
on the maximum permitted floor area ratio
(FAR) and the height of community facilities, and
requirements for street tree planting in all zoning
districts that permit residential use. The special
district controls, together with contextual zoning,
preserve the low-rise character of one- to three-family
homes on the midblocks and encourage five- to
eight-story apartment houses with ground floor
stores along the avenues.
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| CONEY ISLAND MIXED USE SPECIAL
DISTRICT |
| Resolution Chapter: 106-00 |
Map: 28d |
Adoption Date: 1/9/75 |
The Special Coney Island Mixed Use District (CO)
was established to stabilize residential development
and protect the industrial base within a three-block
area, zoned M1-2, north of Neptune Avenue. The
district allows existing residential buildings to be
improved and enlarged, and new residential infill housing to be developed if adjacent to an existing residence or community facility. New industrial uses
must be compatible with residential uses, and any
large new industrial development requires a City
Planning Commission special permit.
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| DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN SPECIAL
DISTRICT |
| Resolution Chapter: 101-00 |
Maps: 12d and 16c |
Adoption Date: 7/26/01, 6/28/04 |
The Special Downtown Brooklyn District (DB)
establishes special height and setback regulations
and urban design guide lines to promote and support
the continued growth of Downtown Brooklyn as a
unique mixed-use area. Historically the economic,
civic and retail center of the borough, Downtown
Brooklyn is the city's third largest central business
district—a hub of office buildings, courthouses and
government buildings, major academic and cultural
institutions, and active retail corridors. It is surrounded
by historic residential neighborhoods.
Flexible height and setback
regulations for a
range of moderate- to
high-density residential
and commercial zoning
districts facilitate development
on the small,
irregularly shaped lots
typical of Downtown
Brooklyn. The higher density
zoning districts allow either high-coverage
buildings with height limits or towers-on-a-base with no height limits. The mid-density zoning
districts allow for flexible building envelopes
with height limits. A limited height area is designated
on Schermerhorn Street as a transition
between the high-rise core of the central business
district and adjacent residential neighborhoods.
Urban design guidelines promote ground floor
retail and street wall continuity, storefront glazing,
sidewalk widening, curb cut restrictions, street tree
planting, and off-street relocation of subway stairs.
The special district includes two subdistricts — Atlantic Avenue and Fulton Mall —each with its
own bulk and use regulations intended to preserve
the scale and character of Atlantic Avenue, including
certain architectural
features,
and to create an
attractive shopping
environment
within the
Fulton Mall.
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| MIXED USE SPECIAL DISTRICTS (Fulton Ferry: MX-2, Red Hook: MX-5, Greenpoint-Williamsburg: MX-8 and Atlantic and Howard Avenues: MX-10) |
| Resolution Chapter: 123-00 |
Maps: 12c, 12d, 13a, 13b, 16a and 17a |
Adoption Date: Atlantic and Howard Avenues: 10/29/07,
Fulton Ferry: 3/30/99, Red Hook: 1/30/02, Greenpoint/Williamsburg: 5/11/05 |
The Special Mixed Use District (MX) was established
to encourage investment in, and enhance the vitality of,
existing mixed residential and industrial neighborhoods
and to create opportunities for new mixed use
communities. The district permits new residential
and non-residential uses (commercial, community
facility and light industrial) to be developed as-of right
within the same district and, under certain
conditions, to be located side-by-side or within the
same building. It does so by pairing an M1 district
with an R3 through R10 district, allowing for
maximum flexibility in matching zoning districts
to neighborhood planning goals.
Residential uses are generally subject to the bulk
controls of the governing residence district; commercial
and industrial uses are subject to the M1 district
controls, and community facilities to residential
floor area limits. Most light industrial uses are permitted
in the district as-of-right, others are subject
to restrictions and a few are excluded altogether.
"Originally established in 1997, the Special Mixed Use District is mapped in Port Morris and Morrisania in the Bronx, in Fulton Ferry (DUMBO), Flushing/Bedford, Red Hook, Greenpoint-Williamsburg and Atlantic and Howard Avenues in Brooklyn and in Northern Hunters Point Waterfront in Queens.
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| OCEAN PARKWAY SPECIAL DISTRICT |
| Resolution Chapter: 113-00 |
Maps: 16d, 22c, 22d, 28c and 28d |
Adoption Date: 1/20/77 |
The purpose of the Special Ocean Parkway District
(OP), encompassing a band of blocks east and west
of the parkway between Prospect Park and Brighton
Beach, is to enhance the character and quality of
this broad landscaped parkway designated a scenic
landmark. All new developments fronting on Ocean
Parkway are required to have street trees and a
30-foot-deep landscaped front yard unobstructed
by porches, canopies or stairs. Only driveways
or walkways may be paved. Accessory off-street
parking must be completely enclosed and any new
community facility development or enlargement
is limited to the residential bulk regulations of the
underlying zoning district, except by City Planning
Commission special permit.
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| SCENIC VIEW SPECIAL DISTRICT |
| Resolution Chapter: 102-00 |
Maps: 12b and 12d |
Adoption Date: 10/24/74 |
The Special Scenic View District (SV) is intended
to prevent obstruction of outstanding scenic views
as seen from a public park, esplanade or mapped
public place. No buildings or structures are allowed
to penetrate a scenic view plane except by special
permit of the City Planning Commission. To protect
the waterfront view of the Lower Manhattan
skyline, Governors Island, the Statue of Liberty and
the Brooklyn Bridge, the Brooklyn Heights Scenic
View District (SV-1) extends over an area west of
the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
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| SHEEPSHEAD BAY SPECIAL DISTRICT |
| Resolution Chapter: 94-00 |
Maps: 29a |
Adoption Date: 10/4/73 |
The Special Sheepshead Bay District (SB) seeks to
encourage development that will strengthen and
protect the unique character of this waterfront
community. In the area immediately north of the
fishing fleet wharves, commercial uses are restricted
to waterfront and tourist-related activities. Special
density and height limits govern new development
throughout the district. Along Emmons Avenue,
new buildings must provide widened sidewalks,
street trees, and plazas that may have sitting areas,
landscaping, kiosks and cafes upon certification of the
City Planning Commission. Floor area bonuses are
available for plazas, arcades, usable residential open
space and additional accessory commercial parking. |
