Project Description
The proposal involves an application by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), on behalf of Mega Contracting Group and Hanac (the 'project sponsors'), for the disposition of City-owned property, UDAAP project approval and designation, and zoning map and zoning text amendments (the 'Proposed Actions') to facilitate a mixed-use development containing senior housing at 32-11 31st Street in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, Community District 1 (Block 611, Lot 25) (the 'Project Site' or 'Site 1'). The project sponsors intend to redevelop Site 1 with two new buildings that would contain 135 units of senior housing, 7,000 gross square feet (gsf) of retail space, and 12,196 gsf of community facility space (the 'Proposed Project'). In addition, the Proposed Actions include construction funding through HPD's Senior Affordable Rental Apartments (SARA) program. The zoning map and text amendments would affect an area that extends beyond the Project Site. The zoning map amendment is expected to result in additional development on Projected Development Site 2 or Site 2. The proposal involves an application by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), on behalf of Mega Contracting Group and HANAC (the 'project sponsors') for a series of actions to facilitate a mixed-use development containing senior housing at 32-11 31st Street in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, Community District 1 (Block 611, Lot 25) (the 'Project Site' or 'Site 1'). The Proposed Actions would facilitate the construction of two new buildings that would contain 167 units of senior housing and one supers unit, approximately 7,000 gross square feet (gsf) of retail space, and approximately 7,000 gsf of community facility space (the 'Proposed Project'). The Proposed Actions include designation of an Urban Development Action Area ('UDAA') and approval of an Urban Development Action Area Project ('UDAAP') for Block 611 Lot 25 (the 'Project Site' or 'Site 1'); a zoning map amendment to rezone an area that includes Block 611, Lots 21, and 25; Block 587 Lot 43; portions of Block 611, Lots 43-52, 144, 146 and 152; and portions of Block 587, Lots 18, 29, 34, and 54 (the Rezoning Area) from R5 and R5/C1-2 to C4-5, and a zoning text amendment to establish the Rezoning Area as a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) Area in Appendix F of the Zoning Resolution (ZR). In addition, the Proposed Actions include construction funding through HPD's Senior Affordable Rental Apartments (SARA) program, New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Extremely Low and Low-Income Affordability (ELLA) Program funding, and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) project-based vouchers. The zoning map amendment is expected to result in additional development on Block 587, Lot 43 (Projected Development Site 2 or Site 2).