Bronx

The Staten Island/Bronx Special Districts Update is a comprehensive, collaborative effort to develop a standardized approach to natural resource protection and neighborhood development in certain environmentally sensitive areas of the Bronx and Staten Island.  The approach seeks to create a simpler approval process for homeowners, clear standards for the review of larger sites by the City Planning Commission, and a consistent ecological strategy across these neighborhoods. Learn more.

Southern Boulevard will be a comprehensive planning process that implements the land use vision of the Sheridan Expressway – Hunts Point Land Use and Transportation Study as well as priorities from several other plans in the study area. Through a ground-up planning process involving the many dedicated organizations, businesses, and community members, the study will knit these plans and the community together to create a plan for the future. Learn more.

The proposed expansion of the Harlem River Waterfront District builds on the work of two previous rezonings as well as multiple local planning studies in Community Board 1 to ensure the continued growth and resiliency of the South Bronx, as well as promote accessibility to the waterfront. Learn more.

Jerome Avenue Study is one of our neighborhood planning studies where we’re working in collaboration with various stakeholders in Community District 4 and 5 in the Bronx to develop comprehensive strategies and recommendations to promote affordable housing, jobs and training and coordinated infrastructure investments to support the area’s long-term growth and sustainability. Learn more.

As a part of the Jerome Avenue Neighborhood Study,the New York City Department of City Planning Transportation Division conducted the Cromwell Avenue - Jerome Avenue Transportation Study , which focused on the area around Cromwell Avenue and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Learn more.

Resilient Neighborhoods - Edgewater Park identifies changes to zoning and land use and other actions that support the preservation of neighborhood character while helping residents withstand and recover quickly from future storms, coastal flooding, and other climate events. Learn more.

Resilient Neighborhoods - Harding Park identifies changes to zoning and land use and other actions that support the preservation of neighborhood character while addressing the risk of coastal flooding, in order to help residents withstand and recover quickly from future storms and other climate events. Learn more.

Hutchinson River Parkway Study is a transportation study of the Hutchinson River Parkway Corridor that began in the spring of 2013. The corridor study area lies roughly along the Hutchinson River Parkway/ New England Thruway between Baychester Avenue/ Pelham Parkway and Ferry Point Park. Learn more.

Sheridan Expressway-Hunts Point Land Use and Transportation Study (SEHP) is being developed out of a community visioning process as part of an interdisciplinary study of the Sheridan Expressway and surrounding area, with special attention paid to Hunts Point access. Learn more.

Sustainable Communities - Bronx Metro-North is the result of an unprecedented, bi-state collaboration of cities, counties and regional planning organizations united to form the New York-Connecticut Sustainable Communities Consortium which is undertaking a combination of regionally and locally oriented initiatives to promote sustainable, transit-oriented development throughout the region. Learn more.