Lobel reviews tax map, area map, and transportation access
Lobel presents the tax map and area map, noting the R4 district dates to 1961 and the site is near wide streets and five bus lines. He argues the area supports increased residential and affordable housing density.
The next slide is the tax map.
You can see a little bit more with a little bit more clarity the proposed zoning district boundary.
These are the 12 remaining lots on this block, which would be rezoned with an R6A.
Pursuant to this proposal, we note that this would take the existing boundary and drag it south.
Which is something which is city planning looks to in terms of extending existing context.
So it would come down to 149th Avenue.
Next slide is the area map.
So to note here, the R4 district, which currently covers the property, has been here since 1961.
So over 60 years, indeed, the zoning map here could use a refresh to allow for some additional residential and affordable housing.
And you can see the street system in the area, the streets around the site, 260 foot wide and one.
80-foot wide street.
The 80-foot wide street would be considered a wide street per zoning.
Linden Boulevard here, you can see 170 feet wide, an extra wide street, and major thoroughfare in the area.
Transportation in the area, considering this area of Queens, is relatively robust with roughly five bus lines.
Going back and forth.
along Linden Boulevard.
So given that, given the density in the areas, including on this block, it's easy to see why we've had such great support for this application.