Downtown Far Rockaway
The Downtown Far Rockaway rezoning was approved by City Council on September 7, 2017.
So far, the city has approved six of the 15 rezonings Mayor de Blasio thought he’d accomplish, with one remaining on the docket. Here’s a quick video tour through the communities that have been rezoned.
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Peter Greenberg
Some residents are worried that increased residential density will strain resources on the peninsula.
Adi Talwar
The A train shoots over the bay, connecting Rockaway Peninsula to the subway system.
Eileen Markey
Rockaway Beach in late September. Those large apartment buildings pre-dated the storm and make retreat difficult to contemplate. But some experts say the policy choices forced by climate change will only get harder.
Three days after Sandy, food distribution on the Rockaways. The Assembly notes that a critical food hub at Hunts Point in the Bronx is vulnerable to storm surges, and proposes that a second distribution site be developed to spread the risks.
In the past decade, developers have detected potential in the Rockaways. Now that it's harder to reach by ferry and more expensive to leave by car, will the peninsula's promise peter out?
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Video: The de Blasio Rezonings, Revisited
Sadef Ali Kully and Bianca Clendenin
So far, the city has approved six of the 15 rezonings Mayor de Blasio thought he’d accomplish, with one remaining on the docket. Here’s a quick video tour through the communities that have been rezoned.
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Six Down, One to Go: Where de Blasio’s Rezonings Stand
Sadef Ali Kully
What impact have the mayor’s moves had on East New York, Downtown Far Rockaway, East Harlem, Jerome Avenue and Inwood?
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Rockaway Sees Traffic and Construction Impacts Amid Progress After Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully
Two years after a 20-block chunk of the peninsula was rezoned, the city can point to progress. And neighbors can point to some of the inconveniences it brings.
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De Blasio’s Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings
Sadef Ali Kully
The mayor in 2015 set a goal of rezoning up to 15 neighborhoods in a drive to create more density and more affordable housing. Five rezonings have passed and at least three are likely to move forward in 2019.
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