Bay Street
The Department of City Planning is in the midst of the environmental review required before a proposed rezoning of this key Staten Island artery.
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'The decision to set huge apartment complexes in the midst of Victorian homes and the small town centers of the North and East Shores of Staten Island—and not anywhere else in our borough—brought with it a seismic shift in neighborhood culture.'
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