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Parks seeks authority to acquire up to 37 Queens sites to close "walk‑to‑a‑park" gaps
Summary
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation asked the Queens Borough President’s Land Use hearing for ULURP acquisition authority for seven primary (vacant) and 30 secondary (under‑built) sites in Community Board 2 to address walk‑to‑a‑park gaps; Parks stressed it would work only with willing sellers and that authority would include a 10‑year sunset.
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation asked the Queens Borough President’s Land Use public hearing for authority to acquire up to 37 privately owned parcels in Community Board 2 as part of the city’s Walk to a Park initiative.
"This is a continuation of the Parks Department's Walk to a Park initiative," said Julia Dowling, a project planner at New York City Parks, as she outlined the ULURP application. She said the initiative aims to get 85% of New Yorkers within a 5‑ to 10‑minute walk of a park and that the city is currently at 84.2%, leaving "about 63,000 New Yorkers" outside that target.
The application (ULURP C260089PCQ) seeks acquisition authority for seven primary sites — vacant parcels of at least 5,000 square feet — and 30 secondary sites that are under‑built relative to zoning (generally built to 50% or less of maximum allowable FAR).…
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