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Community board, residents oppose six‑story, 80‑unit rezoning on 164th Street in Queens Borough
Summary
Community Board 8 and multiple neighborhood residents urged the Queens Borough President to reject a proposal to rezone a 24,000‑sf blockfront on 164th Street from R32 to R6A/C24 to allow a six‑story, 80‑unit building with 30% MIH; opponents cited density, parking, infrastructure and sunlight concerns.
Vicki Garvey, land use director for the Queens Borough President and chairing the hearing, opened a public hearing on a rezoning application filed by 8866 Myrtle LLC that would change a blockfront on 164th Street (east side between 75th Road and 76th Avenue) from R32 to R6A with a C24 commercial overlay and map Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH).
The applicant, represented by land use counsel Frank Sach of Acreman LLP, said the proposal would permit a six‑story, approximately 91,000‑square‑foot development with about 74,000 square feet of residential space, roughly 17,000 square feet of community facility space and 80 apartments. Under MIH option two, 30% of units would be permanently income‑restricted — about 24 affordable units at a weighted average near 80 percent of area median income — and the ground…
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