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Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Tuesday, July 16, 2019
The one where a 1956 family diner rezones to add apartments above itself — and Treyger says 'I don't want a Papa John's
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Charafour Realty , four siblings, not a 'large real estate conglomerate' , came to rezone 273 Avenue U from R5B to R6A so they can add residential floors above Joe's of Avenue U, the family diner their grandfather opened in 1956. Architect (and cousin) Walter Maffei pitched a context-keeping four-story mixed-use building. Local Councilmember Mark Treyger was supportive but probing: he flagged that the project maps MIH Option 2 yet falls below the affordability threshold, worried aloud about Joe's surviving construction ('I don't want a Papa John's here'), and pushed for a CityForce local-hirin
From the room
“new four-story mixed-use building with ground floor residential use and approximately nine dwelling units”
— Francisco P. Moya
“rezone the project area from a R five B to an R six A district and establish a mandatory inclusionary housing area”
— Francisco P. Moya
“a building that maintains the context of the neighborhood, rising no larger than four floors”
— Giuseppe Charamitaro
“have a one-story commercial building which is uh fronting avenue U and it extends about 100”
— Walter Maffei
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The decisions
402LU 0469-2019C 180315 ZMQZoning MapApproved
38-01 23 AVENUE
Approved: the 38-01 23rd Avenue rezoning in Queens won a vote to approve a C2-3 commercial overlay that legalizes an existing gym and yoga studio as a Physical Culture Establishment, but only after the City Planning Commission trimmed the overlay to exclude the area beyond 100 feet north of 23rd Avenue and within 75 feet of Steinway Street.
The deal
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38-01 23 AVENUE
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Carlina Rivera Donovan J. RichardsFrancisco P. MoyaStephen T. Levin
Properties38-01 23 AVENUE
03LU 0470-2019C 180399 ZMQZoning MapApproved
76th Drive and Austin Street Rezoning
Approved: members voted to approve the 76th Drive and Austin Street rezoning in Forest Hills, shifting the area from R2 to R3-2 to legalize and expand Use Group 4 medical offices within the existing buildings.
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Carlina Rivera Donovan J. RichardsFrancisco P. MoyaStephen T. Levin
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2260 MCDONALD AVENUE
with 1 related matter · LU 0479-2019
The applicant pursued a rezoning from R5B to R6A paired with a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area using both MIH Option 1 and Option 2, clearing the way for a new four-story mixed-use building of roughly nine dwelling units over ground-floor residential.
The deal
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2260 MCDONALD AVENUE
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Properties2260 MCDONALD AVENUE
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Mandatory inclusionary housing
Option 2
Land-use review
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The people
On the dais · 3
Antonio ReynosoBarry S. GrodenchikRory I. Lancman
Practitioners & applicants
Giuseppe Charamitaro · Walter Maffei
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