Section 22-709. Hunts Point zone  


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  • a.  There is hereby established in the
      borough of the Bronx an empire zone as follows:
        BEGINNING at the point of intersection of  the  center  line  of  East
      156th   Street   and   the   center  line  of  Prospect  Avenue;  thence
      northeasterly along the center line of  Prospect  Avenue  to  the  point
      where it meets the center line of East 162nd Street, said line being the
      district  boundary  line  between the R7-1 and R6 zoning districts as it
      appears on Sheet 6c of the Zoning Map of  the  New  York  City  Planning
      Commission as amended effective February eighth, nineteen hundred ninety
      (A-1571), as contained in the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York;
      thence  easterly  along  the center line of East 162nd Street to a point
      100 feet to the northwest of Westchester Avenue  as  measured  from  its
      northwesterly street line; thence northeasterly along a line 100 feet to
      the  northwest of Westchester Avenue and running parallel thereto to the
      point where it meets the westerly U.S. pierhead and bulkhead line of the
      Bronx River; thence southerly along the said U.S. pierhead and  bulkhead
      line  to  a  point where said pierhead and bulkhead lines divide; thence
      southerly and westerly along the westerly  U.S.  pierhead  line  of  the
      Bronx  River  to  a  point  where said U.S. pierhead line would meet the
      center line of Halleck Street if such center line were extended  to  the
      pierhead  line;  thence  northerly  along the prolongation of the center
      line of Halleck Street to the point where it meets the  center  line  of
      Ryawa  Avenue;  thence westerly along the center line of Ryawa Avenue to
      the point where it meets  the  center  line  of  Manida  Street;  thence
      southerly along the center line of Manida Street and its prolongation to
      a  point  where  it  meets  the northerly U.S. pierhead line of the East
      River; thence northwesterly along said U.S. pierhead line to  the  point
      where  it  meets the center line of the southerly terminus of East 149th
      Street; thence northerly along the center line of East 149th  Street  to
      the  point  where  it meets the main line set of tracks of the New York,
      New Haven&Hartford Rail Road as such set of tracks appear on Sheet  6c
      as  described aforesaid; thence northeasterly along the main line set of
      tracks of the New York, New Haven&Hartford  Rail  Road  to  the  point
      where  it  meets the center line of Leggett Avenue; thence northwesterly
      along the center line of Leggett Avenue to the point where it meets  the
      center  line of East 156th Street; thence easterly along the center line
      of East 156th Street to the point and place of beginning.
        The following areas shall not be included  in  the  empire  zone:  (1)
      Joseph Rodman Drake Park:
        BEGINNING  at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  center  line  of
      Longfellow Avenue and the  center  line  of  Oak  Point  Avenue;  thence
      easterly along the center line of Oak Point Avenue to the point where it
      meets the center line of Hunt's Point Avenue; thence southeasterly along
      the  center  line of Hunt's Point Avenue to the point where it meets the
      center line of Drake Park Sguare; thence westerly along the center  line
      of  Drake  Park  Square  to  the point where it meets the center line of
      Longfellow Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of  Longfellow
      Avenue to the point and place of beginning.
        (2)  Bill Rainey Memorial Park: BEGINNING at the point of intersection
      of the center line of Longwood Avenue and  the  center  line  of  Dawson
      Street;  thence  northeasterly along the center line of Dawson Street to
      the point where it meets the center line  of  Intervale  Avenue;  thence
      southeasterly  along  the  center  line of Intervale Avenue to the point
      where it meets the center line  of  Beck  Street;  thence  southwesterly
      along the center line of Beck Street to a point 100 feet to the north of
      Longwood  Avenue  as  measured  from  its  northerly street line; thence
      northwesterly along a line 100 feet to the north of Longwood Avenue  and
      running  parallel  thereto  to a point on the prolongation of the center
    
      line of Kelly Street; thence southerly along  the  prolongation  of  the
      center  line of Kelly Street to the point where it meets the center line
      of Longwood Avenue;  thence  northwesterly  along  the  center  line  of
      Longwood Avenue to the point and place of beginning.
        (3) BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the westerly street line
      of  Edgewater  Road  and  the  southerly  street  line  of  the Bruckner
      Expressway; thence westerly along  the  southerly  street  line  of  the
      Bruckner Expressway to the point where it meets the easterly street line
      of  the  Sheridan  Expressway;  thence  southwesterly along the easterly
      street line of the Sheridan Expressway to the point where it  meets  the
      northerly  street line of Hunt's Point Avenue; thence westerly along the
      northerly street line of Hunt's Point Avenue to the point where it meets
      the  westerly  street  line   of   the   Sheridan   Expressway;   thence
      northeasterly  along the westerly street line of the Sheridan Express to
      a point 100 feet to the north of Westchester Avenue as measured from its
      northerly street line; thence easterly along a  line  100  feet  to  the
      north  of  Westchester  Avenue and running parallel thereto to the point
      where it meets the easterly street  line  of  the  Sheridan  Expressway;
      thence  southerly  along  the  easterly  street  line  of  the  Sheridan
      Expressway to the point where it meets the northerly street line of  the
      Bruckner  Expressway; thence easterly along the northerly street line of
      the Bruckner Expressway to the point where it meets the westerly  street
      line  of Edgewater Road; thence southerly along the westerly street line
      of Edgewater Road to the point and place of beginning.
        (4) BEGINNING at the point of intersection  of  the  southerly  street
      line of Hunt's Point Avenue and the easterly street line of the Sheridan
      Expressway;  thence  southwesterly along the easterly street line of the
      Sheridan Expressway to the point where  it  meets  the  center  line  of
      Leggett  Avenue; thence westerly along the center line of Leggett Avenue
      to the point where it meets the southerly street line  of  Hunt's  Point
      Avenue;  thence easterly along the southerly street line of Hunt's Point
      Avenue to the point and place of beginning.
        (5) Any lands under water.
        b. Upon approval by the empire zones designation  board,  pursuant  to
      subdivision  (a-3)  of  section 960 of the general municipal law, of the
      initial distinct and separate contiguous areas described  by  block  and
      lot  in  subdivision  c  of this section, the boundaries of the zone set
      forth  in  subdivision  a  of  this  section  shall  be  superseded   by
      subdivision c of this section.
        c.  There  is hereby established in the borough of the Bronx an empire
      zone consisting of the following blocks and lots:
        Area 1:
        Block: 2604 Lots: 33; 34; 68; 72; 74; 140; 174; 195;  252;  270;  275;
      280; 292; 295; 500; 600.
        Block:  2606  Lots:  1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 28; 30; 41; 49; 63; 125; 140; 172;
      204; 230; 252.
        Block: 2730 Lots: 28; 98; 101; 150.
        Block: 2731 Lots: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 27; 40; 43; 49; 55; 61; 64; 65; 154.
        Block: 2733 Lots: 55; 58.
        Block: 2736 Lots: 11; 21; 42; 49; 52; 57; 58; 66; 70; 80; 82; 84;  86;
      105;  109;  115;  120; 122; 123; 130; 138; 146; 148; 149; 150; 151; 156;
      160; 185; 189; 194; 202; 208; 213; 225; 237; 242; 252;  254;  256;  257;
      266; 270; 276; 277; 279; 283; 297.
        Block:  2737  Lots: 1; 14; 16; 20; 22; 23; 38; 40; 41; 48; 61; 65; 67;
      69; 70; 75; 76; 78; 79; 80; 91; 95; 102; 115; 121; 125; 127;  129;  130;
      134; 137; 140; 141; 142.
        Block: 2739 Lots: 1; 15.
        Block: 2741 Lots: 1; 42; 50; 60; 66; 89; 100.
    
        Block: 2755 Lots: 29; 48; 51; 52; 58; 62; 95; 107; 109; 110; 115; 120;
      125; 131; 133.
        Block:  2756 Lots: 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 60; 61; 62; 63; 64; 65; 66; 67;
      68; 69; 70; 71; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 80; 85; 90.
        Block: 2757 Lots: 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 44; 50; 51;  66;
      67; 68; 69; 80; 85; 89; 92; 93; 112; 121; 122; 123; 124.
        Block:  2759 Lots: 1; 20; 22; 28; 42; 45; 70; 100; 101; 160; 169; 187;
      240; 250; 260; 388; 389; 392.
        Block: 2761 Lots: 1; 3; 6; 10; 18; 22; 24; 30; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37;
      38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 60; 61; 62; 63;  64;
      65;  66; 67; 69; 70; 71; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 80; 81; 83; 87;
      92; 93; 94; 95; 97; 101; 102; 103; 107; 111; 112; 113;  114;  115;  116;
      117;  120;  126;  130; 137; 138; 139; 142; 149; 153; 154; 156; 157; 158;
      159; 160; 161; 162; 163; 164; 166; 169; 173; 177; 179;  183;  189;  192;
      193;  202;  208;  219; 224; 227; 231; 233; 236; 244; 248; 249; 252; 413;
      415; 465; 472; 473; 474; 475; 476; 578; 579.
        Block: 2762 Lots: 1; 7; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19;  20;  23;  25;
      35;  37; 40; 42; 44; 45; 47; 49; 51; 54; 56; 57; 59; 60; 61; 62; 63; 64;
      65; 72; 78; 80; 82; 84; 85; 86; 89; 91; 92; 93; 94; 95;  97;  103;  106;
      107;  108;  109;  110; 111; 112; 113; 114; 117; 118; 119; 120; 121; 123;
      129; 130; 131; 132; 137; 142; 143; 144; 145; 146; 147;  148;  149;  153;
      160;  161;  163;  164; 166; 168; 169; 171; 172; 173; 174; 176; 177; 178;
      179; 180; 181; 187; 199; 200; 204; 213; 216; 224; 225;  240;  248;  255;
      257;  272;  280;  290; 294; 299; 300; 309; 314; 316; 365; 408; 421; 435;
      444; 450; 451; 452; 453; 454; 455; 456; 480; 485; 486; 487.
        Block: 2763 Lots: 144; 149; 150; 155; 158; 160; 162;  166;  170;  171;
      172;  173;  174;  175; 176; 177; 178; 179; 180; 185; 190; 195; 206; 212;
      215; 220; 224; 226; 227; 233; 237; 238; 239; 240; 245;  248;  252;  256;
      275;  279;  329;  331; 335; 339; 343; 345; 352; 353; 357; 360; 371; 373;
      379; 384.
        Block: 2764 Lots: 1; 9; 17; 21; 25; 37; 38; 39; 51; 53;  70;  86;  92;
      95.
        Block:  2765  Lots:  1; 5; 11; 13; 15; 20; 22; 29; 31; 34; 42; 46; 56;
      59; 63; 67; 70; 74; 78; 79; 86; 95; 98; 99; 100;  101;  102;  103;  104;
      105;  107;  109;  111; 113; 115; 118; 123; 127; 132; 133; 138; 140; 146;
      150; 151; 152; 153; 154; 155; 156; 161; 162; 163; 164;  165;  166;  168;
      177;  195;  197;  198; 201; 205; 206; 209; 210; 211; 212; 213; 214; 215;
      216; 217; 218; 219; 226; 227; 228; 232; 246; 247; 248;  249;  250;  255;
      256;  257;  258;  259; 261; 263; 264; 266; 267; 268; 269; 273; 274; 276;
      277; 281; 282; 283; 284; 289; 290; 293; 294; 295; 296;  297;  298;  299;
      300;  301;  302;  303; 304; 305; 307; 308; 309; 310; 311; 312; 313; 314;
      316; 647.
        Block: 2766 Lots: 1; 12; 15; 16; 17; 18; 20; 21; 22; 24; 25;  26;  27;
      28;  29; 31; 46; 47; 48; 49; 50; 51; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 60;
      61; 70; 71; 72; 73; 74; 77; 78; 79; 80; 81; 87; 88;  90;  92;  98;  114;
      117;  118;  132;  133; 134; 135; 136; 137; 138; 139; 140; 145; 165; 167;
      168; 180; 184; 190; 196; 204; 206; 208; 212; 214; 217;  218;  226;  230;
      232;  240;  245;  254; 265; 276; 283; 286; 289; 291; 294; 295; 300; 320;
      450; 451; 459; 515; 520; 522; 523; 533; 535; 537; 539; 835.
        Block: 2768 Lots: 1; 5; 9; 12; 15; 23; 33; 34; 41; 49; 53; 60; 65; 77;
      81; 83; 87; 89; 91; 93; 97; 101; 105; 115; 117; 120; 137; 145; 149; 153;
      159; 171; 179; 187; 188; 192; 193; 196; 198; 206; 207;  208;  210;  212;
      216;  218;  222;  226; 228; 230; 233; 237; 241; 246; 249; 251; 253; 258;
      260; 265; 275; 279; 280; 281; 285; 289; 295; 297; 298;  299;  303;  305;
      333; 337; 343; 346; 352; 353; 354; 356; 360; 368; 376; 377; 379; 382.
        Block:  2769  Lots:  1; 5; 10; 12; 13; 17; 19; 21; 27; 32; 38; 44; 49;
      52; 54; 57; 62; 64; 66; 67; 71; 72; 73; 80; 84; 88; 90; 93; 94; 96;  97;
    
      102;  106;  108;  109; 112; 120; 134; 141; 145; 161; 167; 170; 172; 186;
      193; 195; 200; 205; 219; 4593.
        Block: 2770 Lots: 1.
        Block:  2771  Lots:  30; 45; 74; 75; 99; 100; 121; 130; 135; 138; 153;
      161; 165; 170; 173; 174; 175; 177; 181; 185; 201; 203;  210;  211;  212;
      215; 217; 219; 225; 233; 235; 237; 5279.
        Block:  2772  Lots:  1; 9; 13; 15; 17; 19; 20; 25; 31; 35; 41; 43; 49;
      50; 54; 56; 57; 59; 61; 62; 64; 67; 69; 72; 77; 79; 81; 84; 86; 87;  89;
      91;  102;  114;  115;  121; 123; 125; 130; 131; 132; 134; 137; 150; 157;
      163; 170; 213; 217; 219; 225; 230; 234; 236; 237; 241;  244;  245;  256;
      261; 262; 266; 270; 450; 7973.
        Block:  2774  Lots:  125; 142; 146; 152; 163; 165; 170; 172; 191; 196;
      198; 200; 202; 205; 216; 220; 225; 227; 229; 230; 233;  239;  246;  251;
      256;  258;  281;  284; 287; 288; 290; 294; 296; 298; 299; 301; 303; 304;
      305; 306; 308; 316; 321; 322; 323; 328; 329; 331; 333;  334;  335;  337;
      340; 342; 344; 347; 349; 367; 369; 372; 375; 601; 631; 1289.
        Block:  2775  Lots:  1; 9; 16; 18; 20; 27; 29; 30; 34; 36; 38; 40; 44;
      49; 53; 63; 71; 73; 77; 78; 80; 81; 83; 85; 93; 97; 145; 148; 155;  169;
      173;  178;  182;  187; 193; 196; 198; 201; 203; 204; 208; 210; 216; 230;
      236; 238; 279.
        Block: 2777 Lots: 25; 100; 105; 150; 152; 162;  166;  172;  173;  177;
      180;  183;  185;  186; 196; 200; 205; 230; 246; 250; 292; 353; 410; 417;
      418; 420; 428; 433; 442; 446; 447; 449; 451; 453; 455;  457;  600;  901;
      903.
        Block: 2778 Lots: 100.
        Block: 2779 Lots: 1.
        Block: 2780 Lots: 2; 72; 73; 74; 172; 500.
        Block: 2781 Lots: 160; 301; 306; 400; 500; 800.
        Area 2:
        Block: 3513 Lots: 44.
        Block: 3540 Lots: 29; 40; 101.
        Block: 3542 Lots: 1; 13; 20.
        Block: 3576 Lots: 1; 50.
        Block: 3579 Lots: 1.
        Block: 3616 Lots: 1; 12; 17; 30.
        Block: 3617 Lots: 1.
        Block: 3618 Lots: 1.
        Block: 3619 Lots: 1.
        Block: 3696 Lots: 32; 43; 44; 45; 50; 142.
        Block: 3697 Lots: 11; 16; 18.
        Block: 3698 Lots: 31; 34; 36; 47; 58.
        Block: 3699 Lots: 37.
        Block: 3700 Lots: 26; 31; 46; 57; 58; 59; 61; 62; 63.
        Block: 3702 Lots: 1; 49; 101.
        Block: 3706 Lots: 1; 20.
        Block: 3827 Lots: 1; 30; 44; 55; 86; 101; 126; 127; 130; 142; 158.
        Block: 3828 Lots: 37; 39; 41.
        Block: 3829 Lots: 34.
        Block: 3830 Lots: 44.
        Block: 3831 Lots: 35; 36; 40; 65.
        Block: 3832 Lots: 37.
        Block: 3835 Lots: 3; 100.
        Block: 3836 Lots: 1.
        Block: 3837 Lots: 1.
        Block: 3838 Lots: 1; 118; 139; 159; 175; 176; 187; 198; 225; 226; 227;
      250; 260; 301; 311; 318.
        Block: 3840 Lots: 1; 23; 100; 125.
        Block: 3841 Lots: 1.
    
        Block: 3842 Lots: 2; 55.
        Block: 3843 Lots: 1; 45.
        Block: 3844 Lots: 1; 16; 31; 124; 125; 128; 129; 225.
        Block: 3847 Lots: 1; 3; 5; 10; 14; 18; 21.
        Block: 3848 Lots: 30; 55; 57; 65; 81.
        Block: 3849 Lots: 1.
        Block: 3850 Lots: 1; 11.
        Block: 3851 Lots: 1; 5; 20; 24; 35; 60.
        Block: 3852 Lots: 1; 164.
        Block: 3856 Lots: 1; 10; 13; 18.
        Block: 3857 Lots: 9; 15; 16; 21; 27; 33; 40.
        Block: 3858 Lots: 16; 21; 25; 27; 29; 31; 35.
        Block: 3859 Lots: 1; 40.
        Block: 5541 Lots: 7; 8; 14; 200; 210; 215; 275.
        Block: 5559 Lots: 1; 40.
        Block: 5560 Lots: 1; 5; 60; 62; 68; 77.
        Block: 5610 Lots: 5; 6; 16; 87; 120.
        Block:  5611  Lots: 2; 27; 28; 46; 49; 50; 55; 56; 60; 63; 66; 68; 69;
      72; 74; 77; 78; 80; 84; 154.