N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 2003/080: L.L. 2003/080

Enactment date: 12/22/2003

Int. No. 431

By Council Members Sanders, Comrie, Fidler, Recchia and Weprin (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing an application to revise the boundaries of the East Brooklyn empire zone.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. By Local Law No. 8 for the year 1987, adopted on March 5, 1987, the council of the city of New York authorized an application for the designation of the East Brooklyn economic development zone relative to certain land within Kings County.

§ 2. The city of New York has received economic development zone approval from New York state.

§ 3. By Local Law No. 57 for the year 1988, adopted on August 19, 1988, the boundaries of the East Brooklyn economic development zone were amended.

§ 4. By Local Law No. 38 for the year 1993, adopted on May 18, 1993, the boundaries of the East Brooklyn economic development zone were amended a second time.

§ 5. It is the desire of the council of the city of New York to authorize an application to revise the East Brooklyn economic development zone, now called the East Brooklyn empire zone, to include 242 acres located in Kings County in the city of New York.

§ 6. The city of New York is hereby authorized to submit an application to revise the East Brooklyn empire zone to include the property described in section seven of this local law.

§ 7. The boundaries of the East Brooklyn empire zone, as described in subdivision a of section 22-704 of the administrative code of the city of New York, shall be expanded to include the properties generally described as follows:

(1) BEGINNING at the point of intersection of a point 50 feet to the north of Foster Avenue as measured from its northerly street line and the center line of East 108th Street; thence southerly along the center line of East 108th Street to the point where it meets the center line of Farragut Road, said line being the district boundary line between the M1-1 and R5 zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 17d of the Zoning Map of the New York City Planning Commission as amended effective June twenty-third, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, as contained in the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York; thence westerly along the center line of Farragut Road to the point where it meets the center line of East 99th Street, said line being the district boundary line between the M1-1 and R5 zoning districts and the M1-1 and C8-1 zoning districts as they appear on Sheet 17d as described aforesaid and on Sheet 23c of the Zoning Map of the New York City Planning Commission as amended effective June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred ninety-six, as contained in the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York; thence northerly along the center line of East 99th Street to the point where it meets the center line of Foster Avenue, said line being the district boundary line between the M1-1 and R4 zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 23c as described aforesaid; thence westerly along the center line of Foster Avenue to the point where it meets the center line of Rockaway Parkway, said line being the district boundary line between the M1-1 and R4 zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 17d as described aforesaid; thence northerly along the center line of Rockaway Parkway to the point where it meets the center line of Ditmas Avenue; thence easterly along the center line of Ditmas Avenue to the point where it meets the center line of East 98th Street; thence northerly along the center line of East 98th Street to the point where it meets the center line of Thomas S. Boyland Street; thence northerly along the center line of Thomas S. Boyland Street to the point where it meets the center line of Linden Boulevard; thence easterly along the center line of Linden Boulevard to the point where it meets the prolongation of the center line of East 105th Street, said line being the district boundary line between the M1-1 and R5 zoning districts and the M3-1 and R6 zoning districts as they appear on Sheet 17d as described aforesaid; thence southerly along the center line of the prolongation of East 105th Street and the center line of East 105th Street to a point 50 feet to the north of Foster Avenue as measured from its northerly street line; thence easterly along a line 50 feet to the north of Foster Avenue and running parallel thereto to the point and place of beginning.

(2) BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the center line of Gateway Drive and a line 180 feet to the south of Fountain Street as measured from its southerly street line; thence easterly along a line 180 feet to the south of Fountain Street and running parallel thereto to the point where it meets the center line of Erskine Street, said line being the district boundary line between the C4-2 and R6 zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 17d of the Zoning Map of the New York City Planning Commission as amended effective June twenty-third, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, as contained in the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York; thence southerly along the center line of Erskine Street to the point where it meets the center line of Gateway Drive, said line being the district boundary line between the C4-2 and R3-2 zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 17d as described aforesaid; thence westerly and thence northerly along the center line of Gateway Drive to the point and place of beginning.

(3) BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the center line of East 83rd Street and the main line set of tracks of the Bay Ridge Division of the Long Island Rail Road as they appear on Sheet 23a of the Zoning Map of the New York City Planning Commission as amended effective October thirty-first, two thousand one, as contained in the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York; thence northeasterly along said set of tracks to the point where it meets the center line of Remsen Avenue; thence southerly along the center line of Remsen Avenue to the point where it meets the southerly street line of Foster Avenue; thence westerly along the southerly street line of Foster Avenue to the point where it meets the center line of East 83rd Street; thence northerly along the center line of East 83rd Street to the point and place of beginning.

(4) BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the center line of Nostrand Avenue and the center line of Winthrop Street; thence easterly along the center line of Winthrop Street to the point where it meets the center line of New York Avenue; thence southerly along the center line of New York Avenue to a point 300 feet to the south of Clarkson Avenue as measured from its southerly street line; thence westerly along a line 300 feet to the south of Clarkson Avenue and running parallel thereto to the point where it meets the center line of Nostrand Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of Nostrand Avenue to the point and place of beginning.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 9. The commissioner of the New York state department of economic development is hereby requested to revise the boundaries of the East Brooklyn empire zone in accordance with this local law.

§10. This local law shall take effect immediately.