WWW.QNS.COM RIDGEWOOD TIMES OCTOBER 26, 2017 3
Lawmaker wants Middle Village to be
included in community rezoning push
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
With Community Board 5 (CB
5) in the process of looking
at downzoning portions of
Ridgewood’s major shopping strips, one
lawmaker wants to include Middle Village
— as well as Maspeth and Glendale
— in that discussion, as the neighborhood
has seen an increase in home conversions.
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley
has been receiving calls from her constituents
since July regarding the conversions
of single-family to two-family
rowhouses in Middle Village, and is in
the process of writing a letter to Marisa
Lago, director of the New York City
Department of City Planning (DCP),
requesting a zoning text amendment
that would prevent such conversions.
The Ridgewood Times has received
a copy of the letter.
In 1994, the area of Middle Village
loosely bound by Juniper Boulevard
North, 76th Street, Eliot Avenue, and
84th Street was rezoned to a R4B District,
which allows single- and two-family
detached, semi-detached and attached
residences. Crowley’s current request
will encompass the same area in order
to protect those rowhouses.
The area was additionally rezoned
in 2009 to include 300 blocks, along
with portions of Maspeth, due to construction
and development that was
out of scale in the neighborhoods.
The problem with these conversions,
according to Crowley, is that they are
not only changing the character of the
community, but also putting a strain
on the neighborhood’s already taxed
infrastructure, parking needs and
schools.
“These conversions are straining
our existing roads and schools,”
Crowley wrote. “These conversions
are substantially changing the
character of the built form in this
rowhouse community through new
rear yard additions that limit the air
and light to neighboring residents, and
altering the architectural character
of the neighborhood by adding two
doors to the façade of the two-family
rowhouses where the majority of the
neighborhood is defi ned by facades
with a single doorway entrance.”
Crowley offi cially gave her support
A lawmaker wants to see Middle Village included in the Community
Board's discussion of rezoning.
on CB 5’s proposal to downzone parts
of Fresh Pond Road and Myrtle Avenue
in Ridgewood during the board’s
October meeting, and now wants DCP
to take a look at the entire community
board area while they are inspecting
Ridgewood for zoning changes.
Photo via Google Maps
“The Department of City Planning
must take another comprehensive look
at the neighborhood,” Crowley wrote. “It
is our goal to fi nd ways to maintain the
existing built form and to ensure that
real-world impacts related to parking,
traffi c and schools are fully considered.”
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