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Coney Island Comprehensive Rezoning Plan
Rezoning Plan
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Goals
The comprehensive rezoning plan seeks to transform the amusement area into a year-round entertainment destination by creating an approximately 650,000 sf enhanced amusement park including both indoor and outdoor activities, allowing a wider range of uses than are currently permitted under C7 zoning regulations.
The proposal would capitalize on Coney Island's beachfront location and envisions the development of between approximately 4,000 and 5,000 new units of housing outside the amusement area, including roughly 900 affordable units. It would promote new retail uses and hotels to serve the year round amusement area. Through the application of the Inclusionary Housing Program, the proposal would expand opportunities for the creation of affordable housing in the rezoning area.
To achieve these goals, approximately 9.6 acres of park currently used as accessory parking adjacent to KeySpan Park would be demapped, and zoned to allow for its redevelopment as a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood. The proposed demapping would require replacement of an equal amount of parkland and approval of New York State legislation, a process anticipated to be completed prior to the rezoning proposal beginning the formal ULURP review.
To preserve the open amusement area in perpetuity and to create a continuous amusement park, approximately 15 acres of land between KeySpan Park and the Cyclone would be mapped as park. As part of this mapping proposal, a new boardwalk park would be created between W. 22nd and W. 23rd Streets at Highland View Avenue, providing a new public open space accessible to the entire Coney Island community.
This mapping action would create a network of over 50 acres of contiguous beachfront parkland stretching along the Boardwalk from Steeplechase Plaza to Asser Levy Park.
Special Zoning Districts
The proposal would also establish a special zoning district that would define densities and height limits with urban design requirements to preserve views to Coney Island’s iconic structures and create appropriate transitions to surrounding blocks.
The proposed rezoning focuses on three distinct areas: Two areas, Coney North, a five block area north of Surf Avenue between Stillwell Avenue and West 20th Street and Coney West, a five block area south of Surf Avenue between W.19th Street and W.24th Street are both envisioned as extensions of existing residential neighborhoods. The third area, Coney East, would encompass a new and enhanced amusement district stretching between KeySpan Park and the Cyclone , building on Coney Island’s historic amusement core.
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Coney North
The five block area of Coney North contains parking lots and vacant land fronting Surf Avenue, 1- to 4-story, low rise residential buildings with limited ground floor retail along Mermaid Avenue, as well as the vacant Shore Theatre at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues, and Gargiulo's Restaurant between Stillwell Avenue and W. 15th Street, a local restaurant celebrating its 100th year in Coney Island.
The proposed rezoning would allow for up to approximately 1.9 million square feet of mixed-use development including approximately 1,800 new housing units and approximately 100,000 square feet of retail uses. Revitalization of these blocks would transform currently desolate streets into active and safer places improving connections to the surrounding neighborhood.
Coney West
The five block area of Coney West is composed of mostly City-owned land, including two surface parking lots, totaling approximately 420,000 square feet, which are mapped as park and used as parking lots for KeySpan Park. The area also includes the landmarked Childs building, which currently sits vacant.
The proposed rezoning would allow approximately 3.0 million square feet of new development including about 2,700 units of housing and approximately 360,000 square feet of retail. In order to facilitate this new development, the City proposes to demap the park currently used as parking lots for KeySpan Park, and replace that parking within the new residential developments. This demapping requires state legislation contingent on the provision of an equivalent amount of replacement parkland. As part of the City's vision for Coney West, a new 65,000 square foot neighborhood park would be built along the Boardwalk between W.22nd and W.23rd Streets, serving the surrounding community.
Coney East
Coney East is the heart of the amusement and entertainment district. The City plans to map portions of this area as park to preserve the open amusement park in perpetuity and ensure that Coney Island remains an affordable and accessible destination for residents and visitors.
It is envisioned that the amusement park would include a wide array of modern and traditional rides, open and enclosed amusements, restaurants, performance venues and complementary retail. The amusement park would continue to be anchored by the Cyclone and Wonder Wheel, both functioning rides and City landmarks, as well as the landmark Parachute Jump.
Rendering of Future Attractions in Coney East Amusement Park -- © New York City Economic Development Corporation and New York City Industrial Development Corporation. All rights reserved
Rendering of the Entrance to Coney East Amusement Park at Stillwell and Surf Avenues
-- © New York City Economic Development Corporation and New York City Industrial Development Corporation. All rights reserved
Rendering of Coney Island East Amusement Park --
© New York City Economic Development Corporation and New York City Industrial Development Corporation. All rights reserved
In addition, the plan would allow the creation of more than one million square feet of new development along Surf Avenue which would be rezoned to allow for higher densities and a broader range of uses including enclosed amusements, hotels and entertainment related retail uses, such as movie theatres, large-scale entertainment venues, bowling alleys and restaurants. These complementary uses will support the open amusement area, creating a vibrant, year-round entertainment destination.
Coney Island Development Plan --
© New York City Economic Development Corporation and New York City Industrial Development Corporation. All rights reserved
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