The Planning Board voted on July 9 to approve two connected iPark Studios applications: an amended site plan converting an existing warehouse at 130 Woodworth Avenue into an LED sound stage and a separate amendment to create a new off‑site parking lot at 119 Woodworth Avenue to serve the iPark campus.

Approvals and conditions: The 119 Woodworth approval authorizes a parking lot with 55 visitor spaces and 11 tractor‑trailer spaces; the applicant allocated 28 of those spaces to meet needs for a nearby site and 12 spaces to the 130 Woodworth sound‑stage proposal, leaving 15 overflow spaces for campus use. The board required that all landscaping be installed per a revised planting plan (submission date 06/17/2025) and required the applicant to address Engineering Department comments dated 06/06/2025 to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.

The 130 Woodworth resolution approves adaptive reuse of the existing warehouse as an LED sound stage and a 13‑space on‑site parking configuration. The board’s approval is conditioned on ensuring the off‑site parking is constructed with appropriate security/completeness instruments (for example, CFO or equivalent) prior to issuance of certificate of occupancy for the sound stage.

Why this matters: The approvals support growth of a film and media campus in downtown Yonkers and link parking capacity across sites to enable reuse of industrial properties for production uses. The board emphasized screening and landscape buffers because the 119 lot sits near residential properties.

Next steps: The applicant must submit the required landscaping and engineering responses, construct the off‑site parking per the approved plans and obtain final city engineering sign‑offs before the sound‑stage certificate of occupancy can be issued.