AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN

DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING

CITY OF NEW YORK

Guiding Principles

World City of Opportunity

Sustainable City
City of Neighborhoods
Comprehensive Planning for Significant Sites
Vibrant Waterfronts and Public Open Space
Urban Design Excellence
Strategic Planning Initiatives
Restore and Enhance
Lower Manhattan
Restore and Enhance Lower Manhattan
Restore and Enhance Lower Manhattan
Integrated uses
Strengthening Transportation
New Fulton Transit Center:
• Densest concentration of subway lines in the
city (14)

• Will rationalize and improve current subway

service

• Connects to WTC PATH station

New PATH Terminal:

• Expands the capacity of this vital link
between New York and New Jersey

• Provides important transit access for

development occurring on the WTC site

• New architectural icon of Lower

Manhattan’s redevelopment
Improving Urban Design

East River Waterfront

Improving Urban Design
New Esplanade

New Trellis with

Porch swing

New Pier Park &

Docking for Historic
Wavertree

New waterfront
overlook

New maritime
program area

New seating areas

Pier 15
Improving Urban Design
Pier 35
Improving Urban Design
East River Waterfront
Implement Hudson
Yards Master Plan
Implement Hudson Yards Master Plan
Implement Hudson Yards Master Plan

‰ 24 Million Square Feet

of Office Space

‰ More than 13,000 Units

of Housing

‰ More than 20 acres of

public open space
Implement Hudson Yards Master Plan

Number 7 Subway Extension

Implement Hudson Yards Master Plan
Implement Hudson Yards Master Plan
Strengthen Regional
Business Districts
Strengthen Regional Business Districts
Strengthen Regional Business Districts

Downtown
Brooklyn
Strengthen Regional Business Districts

Downtown
Brooklyn
Strengthen Regional Business Districts

Long Island City

Queens
Strengthen Regional Business Districts

Queens Plaza
Long Island City
 Strengthen Regional Business Districts
Silvercup
Long Island City
Strengthen Regional Business Districts

Jamaica
Queens
Strengthen Regional Business Districts

Jamaica
Queens
 Strengthen Regional Business Districts

Sutphin Boulevard
Jamaica, Queens
Strengthen Regional Business Districts

The South Bronx

Strengthen Regional Business Districts

The South Bronx

Strengthen Regional Business Districts

125th Street Rezoning Plan

Harlem
Strengthen Regional Business Districts
 Broadway

R7
A

R7
-2
Amsterdam Ave

Morningside Ave

C4-4D
F. Douglass Blvd
C4-4A

A. C. Powell Blvd
C4-7
C6-3
C4-4D
C4-4A

Lenox Ave /
Malcolm X Blvd
R6A

C4-4A
R6A

Fifth Ave
C4-4A

Madison Ave
R6A

C4-7
C6-3

Park Ave

Lexington Ave
C4-4D

Third Ave
Strengthen Regional Business Districts

Second Ave
125th Street
Facilitate Housing
Production
Facilitate Housing Production

Park Slope
Rezoning
Facilitate Housing Production

Frederick Douglass
Boulevard Rezoning
Facilitate Housing Production

East Harlem
Rezoning
Facilitate Housing Production

Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Facilitate Housing Production

Greenpoint / Williamsburg
Facilitate Housing Production

Greenpoint / Williamsburg Proposed Rezoning

Facilitate Housing Production

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Greenpoint / Williamsburg Proposed Rezoning

Waterfront Access Plan:
Elements

Shore public walkway

Standard width: 40’

Supplemental access areas

Widened shore public walkway:
up to approx. 100’
Plazas
Parks

Neighborhood connections
Public streets
Upland connection
Flexible location
Visual corridors
Greenpoint-Williamsburg
Inclusionary Housing

Waterfront Inclusionary
Housing Program
Without bonus: 3.7 FAR
Reduced from 4.3 FAR
With bonus: 4.7 FAR
20% - 25% of units affordable
Facilitate Housing Production
Facilitate Housing Production

West Chelsea/
High Line

Joel Sternfeld
Facilitate Housing Production

West Chelsea /
High Line

Joel Sternfeld
Facilitate Housing Production

West Chelsea/ High Line

Facilitate Housing Production

West Chelsea/ High Line

Facilitate Housing Production

West Chelsea/ High Line

Operations/Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Field Operations/Diller
Facilitate Housing Production

West Chelsea/ High Line

Operations/Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Field Operations/Diller
Facilitate Housing Production

West Chelsea/ High Line

Projects
 Facilitate Housing Production
200 Eleventh Avenue Chelsea Modern
Annabelle Seldorf Audrey Matlock

100 Eleventh Avenue West Chelsea/ High Line

Atelier Jean Nouvel
Projects
Facilitate Housing Production

HL519
Lindy Roy The Spike Building
ArchiTectonics/Winka
Dubbledam
West Chelsea/ HL23
High Line Neil Denari
Projects
Foster Mixed Use
Foster Mixed Use

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Bronx
Foster Mixed Use

Port Morris
Bronx
Foster Mixed Use

Morrisania
The Bronx
Foster Mixed Use

Hunters Point
Queens
Foster Mixed Use

Greenpoint /Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Protect Neighborhood
Character
Protect Neighborhood Character

Queensboro Hill Rezoning

Queens
Protect Neighborhood Character

Douglaston/Littleneck
Rezoning
Queens
Protect Neighborhood Character

Forest Hills Contextual Rezoning

Queens
Protect Neighborhood Character

Riverdale
The Bronx
Protect Neighborhood Character
Park venue

Ft.
Greene
Park

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Fort Greene
Brooklyn
Protect Neighborhood Character

Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
Protect Neighborhood Character

Whitestone Rezoning
Queens
Protect Neighborhood Character

Holliswood Rezoning
Queens
Protect Neighborhood Character

City Island
The Bronx
Protect Neighborhood Character

Existing, Out-of-character Development

Throgs Neck
The Bronx
Protect Neighborhood Character

Cambria Heights
Queens
Protect Neighborhood Character
Revitalize the Waterfront
and Enhance
Public Open Spaces
Revitalize the Waterfront and Enhance
Public Open Spaces

Master Plan for

Fresh Kills Landfill
Revitalize the Waterfront and Enhance
Public Open Spaces
Revitalize the Waterfront and Enhance
Public Open Spaces

Master Plan for

Fresh Kills Landfill
Revitalize the Waterfront and Enhance
Public Open Spaces

Governors Island
Revitalize the Waterfront and Enhance
Public Open Spaces

Bikeway / Walkway Network

Revitalize the Waterfront and Enhance
Public Open Spaces

East River Waterfront

Revitalize the Waterfront and Enhance
Public Open Spaces

Coney Island
Brooklyn
Revitalize the Waterfront and Enhance
Public Open Spaces

Privately Owned Public Plazas

Revitalize the Waterfront and Enhance
Public Open Spaces

Privately Owned Public Plazas

Revitalize the Waterfront and Enhance
Public Open Spaces

Sidewalk Cafés
Sustainability
Sustainability
 Sustainability

Greening of Parking Lots

NYC Department of City Planning 09.05.07

Sustainability

Greening of Parking Lots

Sustainability
GREENING YARDS
Sustainability
STREET TREES & PLANTED STRIPS

HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS (R6 +) LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS (R1-
(R1-R5)
Promote Design
Excellence
Promote Design Excellence

Low-Income Housing
Low-Income
The Bronx
Promote Design Excellence

Rem Koolhaas
Seattle, WA
Promote Design Excellence

Shigeru Ban
Pompidou Center
Metz, France
Promote Design Excellence

Steven Holl
Langenlois
Langenlois,, Austria
Promote Design Excellence

Justo Garc ía Rub

García ío
Rubío
Bus station,
Casar de C áseres, Spain
Cáseres,
Promote Design Excellence

Mecanoo
Delft, Netherlands
Promote Design Excellence

Studio Fuksas
Milan Trade Fair
Milan, Italy
Promote Design Excellence

Moshe Safdie
Yad Vashem
Vashem,,
Jerusalem, Israel