NEW YORK OBSERVER Last year, New York magazine, via the magic of stats wizard Nate Silver, declared Sunnyside, Queens, the third best neighborhood in the city. The first two were obvious—Park Slope and the Lower East Side—but the choice of the (for how much longer?) working-class neighborhood just off the 7 train was a bit Read More »
Opinion Queens Crap Time after time, the Department of City Planning takes on a project meant to “improve the zoning” in a community. Here are the steps, from Amanda Burden’s secret tweeding manual: 1) Approach civic leaders and the community board and tell them you hear their concerns and are working on a rezoning plan Read More »
Sunnyside Post New York City Planning officials told residents at a community meeting held by Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer last week that it is unlikely that developers would build structures more than 8 stories high along the Sunnyside section of Queens Blvd if the zoning proposal went into effect. Under the new zoning proposal, developers Read More »
Queens Gazette The second of the Sunnyside-Woodside meetings, occurring in late May, just three months after the first meeting, had City Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer as its host at Sunnyside Community Services. He began by introducing John Young, Queens Commissioner of the Department of City Planning. Van Bramer added that one of the reasons for Read More »
Note: A full report of last Wednesday’s zoning meeting held by Jimmy Van Bramer will be released early this week when more facts pertaining to that meeting are gathered.
Jimmy Van Bramer’s office kindly provided readers of this news-site with a copy of the latest version of the proposed zoning plans. They are dated May 19, 2010. It is worth noting that the New York City Department of Planning does not post these plans online. The zoning maps can be accessed by clicking on the following PDF link: Sunnyside-Woodside Preliminary Rezoning Proposal Alternatively, they can be Read More »
OPEN LETTER Jimmy Van Bramer Community Board 2 Chairman Joseph Conley Gentlemen, Many readers of the Sunnyside Post are still trying to grasp exactly what the proposed zoning changes might bring. Therefore, as a means to educate people as much as possible before the May 26 meeting, I was wondering whether your office would be Read More »
The following invitation has been taken directly from Jimmy Van Bramer’s website. For a clearer view, please click the following: http://www.jimmyvanbramer.com The event is: May 26, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm at the Sunnyside Community Services building. 43-31 39th Street, Sunnyside, NY 11104 Topic: Sunnyside/Woodside Zoning
Queens Gazette Community Board 2 Chairman Joseph Conley said the late February meeting concerning zoning in Sunnyside and Woodside was “just the start of a series of public meetings”, not a decisive moment when a vote of any kind would be taken. The board and the Department of City Planning called the meeting to begin Read More »
If the New York City Planning Dept’s preliminary recommendations for Sunnyside and Woodside go through, be ready for some large buildings to go up on Queens Blvd. when the real estate market picks up. Last week Tom Smith, from City Planning, outlined all the different zones that would apply to the Sunnyside/Woodside neighborhoods at the local United Forties Read More »
