Rheingold Development Rezoning - Final Environmental Impact Statement


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On October 11, 2013, the New York City Department of City Planning, on behalf of the City Planning Commission as lead agency, issued a PDF Document Notice of Completion for a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Rheingold Rezoning.

A public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was held on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 10:00 AM in Spector Hall, at the Department of City Planning, 22 Reade Street, in conjunction with the City Planning Commission’s citywide public hearing pursuant to ULURP. Comments were requested on the DEIS and accepted until Monday, September 23, 2013. The FEIS incorporates responses to the public comments received on the DEIS and additional analysis conducted subsequent to the completion of the DEIS.

PDF Document The files below are in PDF format.

Cover Page and Table of Contents (0.08 mb)
Foreword (0.02 mb)
Executive Summary (2.91 mb)
Chapter 1 – Project Description (5.51 mb)
Chapter 2 – Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy (7.79 mb)
Chapter 3 – Socioeconomic Conditions (3.02 mb)
Chapter 4 – Community Facilities (9.28 mb)
Chapter 5 – Open Space (5.27 mb)
Chapter 6 – Shadows (18.59 mb)
Chapter 7 – Urban Design and Visual Resources (49.41 mb)
Chapter 8 – Hazardous Materials (0.07 mb)
Chapter 9 – Water and Sewer Infrastructure (3.28 mb)
Chapter 10 – Transportation (0.33 mb)
Chapter 11 – Air Quality (0.95 mb)
Chapter 12 – Greenhouse Gase Emissions (0.07 mb)
Chapter 13 – Noise (0.03 mb)
Chapter 14 – Neighborhood Character (1.42 mb)
Chapter 15 – Construction (2.74 mb)
Chapter 16 – Mitigation (3.34 mb)
Chapter 17 – Alternatives (0.05 mb)
Chapter 18 – Unavoidable Adverse Impacts (0.01 mb)
Chapter 19 – Growth-Inducing Aspects Of the Proposed Action (0.02 mb)
Chapter 20 – Irreversibe and Irrectrievable Commitments of Resources (0.02 mb)
Chapter 21 – Public Health (0.01 mb)
Chapter 22 – Response To Comments On the Draft Scope of Work (0.04 mb)
Chapter 23 – Response To Comments On the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (0.02 mb)
Appendices:
Appendix 1 – Proposed Zoning Text Amendment (0.20 mb)
Appendix 2 – Written Comments Received On the Draft Scope of Work (0.14 mb)
Appendix 3 – Written Comments Received On the Draft Environmental Impact  Statement (2.68 mb)