156-03-BZ APPLICANT – Goldman Harris LLC, for Queens Theater Owner LLC, owner. SUBJECT – Application November 8, 2018 – Extension of Time to commence construction of a previously granted Variance § (72-21) for the construction of a 16-story mixed-use commercial/community facility/ residential building contrary to the bulk regulations which expires on October 21, 2019. C2-2/R6 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 135-35 Northern Boulevard, Block 4958, Lot 38, Borough of Queens. COMMUNITY BOARD #7Q Application granted on ACTION OF THE BOARD – condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Sheta and Commissioner Scibetta……………………..……….…5 Negative:…………………………………....…………0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, this is an application for an extension of time to complete construction pursuant to a previously granted variance (BSA Cal. No. 156-03-BZ) and special permit (BSA Cal. No. 127-15-BZ), which will expire on October 27, 2019; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on February 5, 2019, after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on that date; and WHEREAS, Vice-Chair Chanda performed an inspection of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the north side of Northern Boulevard, between Prince Street and Farrington Street, within an R6 (C2-2) zoning district, in Queens; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 159 feet of frontage along Northern Boulevard, a depth of 278 feet, 16 feet of frontage along Farrington Street (located approximately 151 feet north of the corner of Northern Boulevard and Farrington Street, former tax lot 38) and is occupied by a former movie theater, known as the RKO Keith’s, with a ticket lobby and grand foyer designated as an interior landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (“LPC”) in 1984; and WHEREAS, the Board has exercised jurisdiction over this site since December 13, 2005, when, under BSA Cal. No. 156-03-BZ, the Board granted a variance to permit the development of a 200-unit, 17-story mixed-use commercial, community facility and residential building and 229 off-street accessory parking spaces contrary to zoning regulations relating to the maximum permitted residential floor area ratio, maximum permitted mixed- use floor area ratio minimum open space and minimum off-street accessory parking spaces on condition that all work substantially conform to the approved plans; a total of 229 attended parking spaces be provided in the 156-03-BZ of the seventh through sixteenth floor to redistribute floor area from the eliminated seventeenth floor; (3) modifications to the size of certain units; and (4) inner court redesign; and WHEREAS, on January 12, 2010, under BSA Cal. No. 156-03-BZ, the Board granted an extension of time to complete construction, which expired on December 13, 2009, pursuant to ZR § 72-23, extending such time by two years, expiring on January 12, 2012 on condition that all conditions from prior resolutions not specifically waived by the Board remain in effect; and WHEREAS, on July 12, 2011, under BSA Cal. No. 156-03-BZ, the Board granted an amendment of the variance to permit modifications to the previously approved plans, specifically: (1) an increase in the number of dwelling units from 200 to 357; (2) a reduction in the average unit size from 1,437 square feet to 787 square feet; (3) an increase in the number of accessory parking spaces from 229 to 385; (4) a reduction in the residential floor area by 6,503 square feet (from 287,313 square feet to 280,810 square feet) and a corresponding increase in the commercial floor area by 6,503 square feet (from 10,957 square feet to 17,460 square feet) through the addition of a retail first floor mezzanine; (5) the relocation of the community facility space from the second floor to the third floor; (6) a reduction in the depth of the rear yard from 31’-5” to 30 feet; and (7)

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