HISTORY OF ZONING ON PARK AVENUE
PROTECTING NEW YORK CITY’S ICONIC RESIDENTIAL THOROUGHFARE
1874 - New York Central Railroad covers tracks over Fourth Avenue from 56thto 97th Streets
1888 - Boulevard north of Grand Central renamed Park Avenue
1908-14 - Iconic residential buildings built surrounding the German Hospital (today the Lenox Hill Hospital site)
1908 – 863 Park
1909 – 829 Park
1911 – 830 and 840 Park
1914 – 850 Park
These residential buildings, all [12 to 14] stories, surround the Lenox Hill Hospital site today
1916 - Zoning resolution—buildings on Park Avenue could not exceed one and one-half times the width of Park Avenue, which is 140-feet wide, therefore limiting height to 210 feet
1961 - Zoning change allowed the construction of 900 Park Avenue[, the only building from 59th to 97th Streets exceeding 210 feet]
1973 - The Special Park Improvement District created in response to community concerns, to preserve the residential character and architectural quality of the Upper East Side from Fifth to Lexington Avenues, re-establishing the building height limit of 210 feet or 19 stories, whichever is less, and mandating street wall continuity; no bonus allowed
1981 - Upper East Side Historic District created to provide landmarks protection to the residential neighborhood from Fifth to Third Avenues and 59th to 79th Streets
1984 - Upper East Side Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places
1988 - Special Park Improvement District zoning is invoked to challenge construction of a 32-story building at 108 East 96th Street which was partially within the district, and the developer was ordered to remove the 12 offending stories
2019? - Now, 30 years later, Northwell is seeking zoning changes to build massive structures that will exceed the zoning code height and area limits on Park Avenue, in the mid-blocks of 76th and 77th Streets, and on Lexington Avenue
PROTECT OUR LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD
SAY NO TO NORTHWELL!