WEST HARLEM REZONING EIS

LOCATION:

Manhattan, NY

CLIENT:

NYC DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

PHA was retained by the New York City Department of City Planning (NYCDCP) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed West Harlem Rezoning. The proposed rezoning would affect an approximately 90-block area generally bounded by West 126th Street to the south, West 155th Street to the north, Edgecombe, Bradhurst and Convent avenues to the east, and Riverside Drive to the west. The proposed rezoning is intended to preserve the existing context and scale of the residential neighborhood while allowing modest residential growth where appropriate. The rezoning would also activate an existing manufacturing area to enhance job creation and promote mixed-use development, as well as strengthen the West 145th Street corridor.

PHA is responsible for overall project management as well as preparation of EIS technical analyses including land use, zoning and public policy; community facilities, historic resources, socioeconomic conditions, open space, transportation, and others. The firm is also responsible for coordinating the required public review process, including the public scoping hearing and DEIS public hearing. Due to the large size of the area to be rezoned, some of the analyses (such as transportation) focus on several discrete development clusters.