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The North Brooklyn Industry & Innovation Plan, DCP’s largest study of an industrial area in decades, proposes strategies to update land use policy to support today’s businesses and grow a diverse and equitable 21st century economy.
The Department of City Planning has published the 2018 Zoning Handbook. The newest edition includes easy-to-understand descriptions of zoning rules that guide physical development in the city, including changes since the last handbook was published in 2011. This practical guide helps the public understand zoning rules that govern our growing City and supports informed public participation in land use process.
NYC Population FactFinder (PFF) has been completely rebuilt on an open source platform, allowing users to build population profiles for custom defined areas. Its fast intuitive design incorporates powerful features, including: expanded content, change over time, data visualizations, & shareable links. All profiles include data reliability guidance, giving users confidence to republish findings.
NYC’s Community Portal is your gateway to data, maps, and other resources describing NYC's 59 community districts. Explore and download your community's district profile today!
- NYC's Zoning and Land Use map, ZoLa, has been redesigned from the ground up. It's now easier to research zoning regulations, find your property's zoning, and discover neighborhood proposals and City Planning initiatives. Built entirely on open data, the new ZoLa is 100% open source, works on any device, and allows you to save and share your research.
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DCP’s NEW beta Zoning Application Portal (ZAP) search allows the public to find current and historic information about Land Use applications.
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LIC Waterfront Design Guidelines are a set of principles and strategies intended to foster an overall sense of place and ensure the creation of a cohesive character for this evolving section of LIC. Each building developed along this key portion of the Waterfront should aspire to reflect the ‘industrial and creative character’ of Long Island City’s heritage, and be anchored by a dynamic network of publicly accessible open spaces. These guidelines seek to inform the process of establishing a distinct waterfront district connecting Queensbridge Park to Anable Basin that complements this unique neighborhood.