Wildflower affiliate seeks demapping of three paper streets for JFK-area warehouse

Wildflower affiliate WF Industrial 7 LLC asked the Queens Borough President's land use hearing to approve removal of three paper streets so the company can build a warehouse to “service the ecosystem of JFK,” applicant representative Eric Polatnik said at the public hearing.

The proposal would demap portions of Oak Street, Byron Street and a mapped but unbuilt “Hundred And 40 Fifth Road” and replace the surface bus parking lot with a low-rise warehouse and associated parking, Polatnik said. Polatnik described Green features including stormwater detention tanks, green roofs and bioswales and said the developer expects to work with the New York City Department of Transportation on a broader street-improvement plan.

Polatnik and Michael Bowden, a partner at Wildflower, presented the project and its context. "We're proposing to build a warehouse there," Polatnik said, adding that the site has been used…