NYC Special Zoning Districts

by | Last updated Jul 10, 2020 | NYC Zoning

New York City is broken into many different zoning districts. In certain areas there are Special Purpose Districts that have additional regulations beyond the basic underlying district. Unless otherwise indicated in the code for the Special Zoning District, the requirements for the underlying zoning district apply as well as the special district’s rules.

 

NYC Special Purpose Zoning Districts

 


City Wide Special Purpose Districts:

SPECIAL COASTAL RISK DISTRICT:

  • CR-1 Zoning – Broad Channel, Queens
  • CR-2 Zoning – Hamilton Beach, Queens
  • CR-3 Zoning – Buyout Areas, Staten Island

SPECIAL ENHANCED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT:

  • EC-1 Zoning –  Fourth Avenue, Park Slope and South Park Slope, Brooklyn
  • EC-2 Zoning –  Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue, Upper West Side Manhattan
  • EC-3 Zoning –  Broadway, Upper West Side, Manhattan
  • EC-4 Zoning –  Broadway, Bedford-Stuyvesant
  • EC-5 Zoning –  Ocean Hill and East New York, Brooklyn
  • EC-6 Zoning –  East New York Brooklyn

SPECIAL LIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT:

  • LC Zoning

SPECIAL MIXED USE DISTRICTS:

  • MX-1 Zoning –  Port Morris, Bronx
  • MX-2 Zoning –  DUMBO, Brooklyn
  • MX-4 Zoning –  Flushing/Bedford, Brooklyn
  • MX-5 Zoning –  Red Hook, Brooklyn
  • MX-6 Zoning –  Hudson Square, Manhattan
  • MX-7 Zoning –  Morrisania, Bronx
  • MX-8 Zoning –  Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Brooklyn
  • MX-9 Zoning –  Northern Hunters Point Waterfront, Queens
  • MX-10 Zoning –  Atlantic and Howard Avenues, Brooklyn
  • MX-11 Zoning –  Gowanus, Brooklyn
  • MX-12 Zoning –  Borough Park, Brooklyn
  • MX-13 Zoning –  Lower Concourse, Bronx
  • MX-14 Zoning –  Third Avenue/Tremont Avenue, Bronx
  • MX-15 Zoning –  West Harlem, Manhattan
  • MX-16 Zoning –  Ocean Hill / East New York, Brooklyn

SPECIAL NATURAL AREA DISTRICT:

  • NA-1 Zoning –  Emerson Hill, Dongan Hills, Todt Hill, Lighthouse Hill and the central wetlands of Staten Island
  • NA-2 Zoning –  Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil and Fieldston, Bronx
  • NA-3 Zoning –  Shore Acres Area, Staten Island
  • NA-4 Zoning –  Fort Totten, Queens

See another post we have on the Special Natural Area Districts.

SPECIAL PLANNED COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT:

  • PC Zoning

SPECIAL SCENIC VIEW DISTRICT:

  • SV Zoning

 


Manhattan Special Purpose Districts:

 

SPECIAL 125th STREET DISTRICT:

  • 125 Zoning

SPECIAL BATTERY PARK CITY DISTRICT:

  • BPC Zoning

SPECIAL CLINTON DISTRICT:

  • CL Zoning

SPECIAL ENHANCED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT:

  • EC2 Zoning – Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue, Upper West Side Manhattan
  • EC3 Zoning – Broadway, Upper West Side, Manhattan

SPECIAL GARMENT CENTER DISTRICT:

  • GC Zoning

SPECIAL GOVERNORS ISLAND DISTRICT:

  • GI Zoning

SPECIAL HUDSON RIVER PARK DISTRICT:

SPECIAL HUDSON SQUARE DISTRICT:

SPECIAL HUDSON YARDS DISTRICT:

SPECIAL LIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT:

SPECIAL LINCOLN SQUARE DISTRICT:

SPECIAL LITTLE ITALY DISTRICT:

SPECIAL LOWER MANHATTAN DISTRICT:

SPECIAL MADISON AVENUE PRESERVATION DISTRICT:

  • MP Zoning

SPECIAL MANHATTANVILLE MIXED USE DISTRICT:

  • MMU Zoning

SPECIAL MIDTOWN DISTRICT:

SPECIAL MIXED USE DISTRICT:

  • MX-6 Zoning –  Hudson Square, Manhattan
  • MX-15 Zoning –  West Harlem, Manhattan

SPECIAL PARK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT:

SPECIAL PLANNED COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT:

  • PC Zoning

SPECIAL SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT ISLAND DISTRICT:

  • SRI Zoning

SPECIAL TRANSIT LAND USE DISTRICT:

  • TA Zoning

SPECIAL TRIBECA MIXED USE DISTRICT:

  • TMU Zoning

SPECIAL UNION SQUARE DISTRICT:

  • US Zoning

SPECIAL UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT:

SPECIAL WEST CHELSEA DISTRICT:

  • WCh Zoning

 


 

Bronx Special Purpose Districts:

 

SPECIAL CITY ISLAND DISTRICT:

  • CD Zoning

SPECIAL GRAND CONCOURSE DISTRICT:

  • C Zoning

SPECIAL HARLEM RIVER WATERFRONT DISTRICT:

SPECIAL HUNTS POINT DISTRICT:

  • HP Zoning

SPECIAL MIXED USE DISTRICTS:

  • MX-1 Zoning –  Port Morris, Bronx
  • MX-7 Zoning –  Morrisania, Bronx
  • MX-13 Zoning –  Lower Concourse, Bronx
  • MX-14 Zoning –  Third Avenue/Tremont Avenue, Bronx

SPECIAL NATURAL AREA DISTRICT:

  • NA-2 Zoning –  Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil and Fieldston, Bronx

SPECIAL PLANNED COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT:

  • PC Zoning

 


Brooklyn Special Purpose Districts:

SPECIAL BAY RIDGE DISTRICT:

  • BR Zoning

SPECIAL CONEY ISLAND DISTRICT:

  • CI Zoning

SPECIAL CONEY ISLAND MIXED USE DISTRICT:

  • CO Zoning

SPECIAL DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN DISTRICT:

  • DB Zoning

SPECIAL ENHANCED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT:

  • EC-1 Zoning –  Fourth Avenue, Park Slope and South Park Slope, Brooklyn
  • EC-4 Zoning –  Broadway, Bedford-Stuyvesant
  • EC-5 Zoning –  Ocean Hill and East New York, Brooklyn
  • EC-6 Zoning –  East New York Brooklyn

SPECIAL MIXED USE DISTRICTS:

  • MX-2 Zoning –  DUMBO, Brooklyn
  • MX-4 Zoning –  Flushing/Bedford, Brooklyn
  • MX-5 Zoning –  Red Hook, Brooklyn
  • MX-8 Zoning –  Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Brooklyn
  • MX-10 Zoning –  Atlantic and Howard Avenues, Brooklyn
  • MX-11 Zoning –  Gowanus, Brooklyn
  • MX-12 Zoning –  Borough Park, Brooklyn
  • MX-16 Zoning –  Ocean Hill / East New York, Brooklyn

SPECIAL OCEAN PARKWAY DISTRICT:

  • OP Zoning

SPECIAL SCENIC VIEW DISTRICT:

  • SV Zoning

SPECIAL SHEEPSHEAD BAY DISTRICT:

 


Queens Special Purpose Districts:

 

SPECIAL COLLEGE POINT DISTRICT:

  • CP Zoning

SPECIAL DOWNTOWN FAR ROCKAWAY DISTRICT:

  • DFR Zoning

SPECIAL DOWNTOWN JAMAICA DISTRICT:

  • DJ Zoning

SPECIAL FOREST HILLS DISTRICT:

SPECIAL LONG ISLAND CITY MIXED USE DISTRICT:

  • LIC Zoning

SPECIAL MIXED USE DISTRICTS:

  • MX-9 Zoning –  Northern Hunters Point Waterfront, Queens

SPECIAL NATURAL AREA DISTRICT:

  • NA-4 Zoning –  Fort Totten, Queens

SPECIAL PLANNED COMMUNITY PRESERVATION DISTRICT:

  • PC Zoning

SPECIAL SOUTHERN HUNTERS POINT DISTRICT:

  • SHP Zoning

WILLETS POINT SPECIAL DISTRICT:

  • WP Zoning

 


Staten Island Special Purpose Districts:

 

SPECIAL HILLSIDES PRESERVATION DISTRICT:

  • HS Zoning

SPECIAL NATURAL AREA DISTRICT:

  • NA-1 Zoning –  Emerson Hill, Dongan Hills, Todt Hill, Lighthouse Hill and the central wetlands of Staten Island
  • NA-3 Zoning –  Shore Acres Area, Staten Island

SPECIAL SOUTH RICHMOND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT:

  • SRD Zoning

SPECIAL ST. GEORGE DISTRICT:

  • SG Zoning

SPECIAL STAPLETON WATERFRONT DISTRICT:

  • SW Zoning

 


 

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Jorge Fontan

Jorge Fontan

This post was written by Jorge Fontan AIA a Registered Architect and owner of New York City architecture firm Fontan Architecture. Jorge Fontan has earned 3 degrees in the study of architecture including two degrees from the City University of New York and a Masters Degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University. Jorge has a background in construction and has been practicing architecture for 20 years where he has designed renovations and new developments of various building types.