Neighbors strongly oppose R6A rezoning and senior housing proposal at Bay Terrace Country Club site

The applicant for the Bay Terrace Country Club site in Bayside presented a proposal to rezone an R12‑zoned parcel on 20 Fourth Avenue in Queens Community District 11 to an R6A contextual district and to designate the area as a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) area (options 1 and 2, with the applicant favoring option 2).

Frank Sanjak of Ackerman LLP presented the site and proposed development on behalf of the applicant BMBT LLC. He said the single tax lot is approximately 55,375 square feet and that the rezoning would enable an eight‑story building totaling about 217,000 square feet of floor area (roughly 160,000 square feet residential) with about 183 apartments (128 market rate; 55 permanently income‑restricted under MIH option 2), about 65 assisted‑living/senior units, roughly 56,000 square feet of community facility space on the first and second floors, and an 86‑space cellar parking garage. The applicant said the building would be all‑electric and that MIH option 2 would…