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AREAS IN THE COUNTY OF BRONX: MOTT HAVEN: The area bounded by East 159th Street; Third Avenue; East 161st Street; Prospect Avenue; East 149th Street; Jackson Avenue; Bruckner Expressway; Major Deegan Expressway; Morris Avenue; East 149th Street and Park Avenue. ALDUS GREEN: The area bounded by East 169th Street; East

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§ 5-10 Neighborhood Preservation Program Areas.

RCNY § 5-10

AREAS IN THE COUNTY OF BRONX: MOTT HAVEN: The area bounded by East 159th Street; Third Avenue; East 161st Street; Prospect Avenue; East 149th Street; Jackson Avenue; Bruckner Expressway; Major Deegan Expressway; Morris Avenue; East 149th Street and Park Avenue. ALDUS GREEN: The area bounded by East 169th Street; East 167th Street; Westchester Avenue; Sheridan Expressway; Longfellow Avenue; Randall Avenue; Tiffany Street; Longwood Avenue; Bruckner Expressway; East 149th Street; and Prospect Avenue. MORRISANIA: The area bounded by Cross Bronx Expressway; Park Avenue; East 174th Street; Washington Avenue; Cross Bronx Expressway; Arthur Avenue; Crotona Park North; Waterloo Place; East 175th Street; Southern Boulevard; Cross Bronx Expressway; Sheridan Expressway; East 167th Street; East 169th Street; Prospect Avenue; East 161st Street; Third Avenue; East 159th Street; Park Avenue; and Webster Avenue. HIGHBRIDGE-CONCOURSE: The area bounded by Washington Bridge-Cross Bronx Expressway; Webster Avenue; Park Avenue; East 149th Street; and the Harlem River. WEST TREMONT: The area bounded by West Fordham Road; East Fordham Road; Webster Avenue; Cross Bronx Expressway; George Washington Bridge; and the Harlem River. BELMONT-BRONX PARK SOUTH: The area bounded by Southern Boulevard; Bronx Park South; Boston Road; East 180th Street; Bronx River Parkway; Cross Bronx Expressway; Crotona Parkway; East 175th Street; Waterloo Place; Crotona Park North; Arthur Avenue; Cross Bronx Expressway; Washington Avenue; East 174th Street; Park Avenue; Cross Bronx Expressway; and Webster Avenue. KINGSBRIDGE: The area bounded by Van Cortlandt Park South; West Gun Hill Road; Jerome Avenue; Bainbridge Avenue; East 211th Street and its prolongation; Conrail right-of-way; Bedford Park Boulevard; Webster Avenue; East Fordham Road; West Fordham Road; the Harlem River; Marble Hill Avenue; West 230th Street; Riverdale Avenue; Greystone Avenue; Waldo Avenue; Manhattan College Parkway; and Broadway. SOUND VIEW: The area bounded by the Cross Bronx Expressway; Bronx River Parkway; East Tremont Avenue; White Plains Road; Randall Avenue; Olmstead Avenue; Lacombe Avenue; Westchester Creek; East River; Bronx River; Westchester Avenue; and Sheridan Expressway. PELHAM PARKWAY: The area bounded by Adee Avenue; Mathews Avenue; Williamsbridge Road; Pelham Parkway South; Yates Avenue; Lydig Avenue; Williamsbridge Road; Neil Avenue; Bogart Avenue; East Tremont Avenue; Bronx River Parkway; and Bronx Park East. AREAS IN THE COUNTY OF KINGS (BROOKLYN): WILLIAMSBURG: The area bounded by Metropolitan Avenue; Union Avenue; Conselyea Street; Wood Point Road; Frost Street; Morgan Avenue; Meserole Street; Bushwick Avenue; Flushing Avenue; Union Avenue; Division Avenue; and the East River. BEDFORD-STUYVESANT: The area bounded by Myrtle Avenue; Broadway; Ralph Avenue; Atlantic Avenue; and Nostrand Avenue. BUSHWICK: The area bounded by Flushing Avenue; Cypress Avenue; Menahan Street; St. Nicholas Avenue; Gates Avenue; Wyckoff Avenue; Eldert Street; Irving Avenue; Chauncey Street; Central Avenue; property line of the Cemetery of the Evergreens; Conway Street; and Broadway. EAST-NEW YORK: The area bounded by Jamaica Avenue; Elderts Lane; Atlantic Avenue; Fountain Avenue; New Lots Avenue; and Sheffield Avenue. SOUTH BROOKLYN (A): The area bounded by The Buttermilk Channel; Congress Street; Hicks Street; Hamilton-Gowanus Parkway; the Gowanus Canal; and the Gowanus Bay. SOUTH BROOKLYN (B): The area bounded by Fourth Avenue; Pacific Street; Flatbush Avenue; Sixth Avenue; and 15th Street. SUNSET PARK: The area bounded by the Upper New York Bay; the Gowanus Bay; 15th Street; Prospect Park S.W.; Coney Island Avenue; Caton Avenue; Fort Hamilton Parkway; 37th Street; Eighth Avenue; Long Island Railroad right-of-way; Gowanus Expressway; 64th Street; Shore Parkway; and the Long Island Railroad right-of-way. CROWN HEIGHTS: The area bounded by Pacific Street; Vanderbilt Avenue; Atlantic Avenue; Ralph Avenue; East New York Avenue; Utica Avenue; Winthrop Street; Flatbush Avenue; Parkside Avenue; Ocean Avenue; Empire Boulevard; Washington Avenue; Eastern Parkway; Grand Army Plaza; and Flatbush Avenue. CONEY ISLAND: The area bounded by the Coney Island Creek; Stillwell Avenue; the Boardwalk West; and West 37th Street. FLATBUSH: The area bounded by Parkside Avenue; Flatbush Avenue; Winthrop Street; New York Avenue; Clarendon Road; East 31st Street; Newkirk Avenue; Nostrand Avenue; Foster Avenue; New York Avenue; Avenue H; Flatbush Avenue; Avenue K; and Coney Island Avenue. EAST FLATBUSH: The area bounded by Clarkson Avenue; Utica Avenue; East New York Avenue; East 98th Street; Church Avenue; Ralph Avenue; Clarendon Road; and New York Avenue. BROWNSVILLE: The area bounded by Broadway; Rockaway Avenue; Atlantic Avenue; East New York Avenue; Christopher Avenue; Glenmore Avenue; Powell Street; Sutter Avenue; Van Sinderen Avenue; Dumont Avenue; Junius Street; Livonia Avenue; Stone Avenue; Linden Boulevard; Rockaway Avenue; Hegeman Avenue; Hopkinson Avenue; Riverdale Avenue; East 98th Street; East New York Avenue; Ralph Avenue; Atlantic Avenue; and Saratoga Avenue. AREAS IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK (MANHATTAN): LOWER EAST SIDE: The area bounded by East 14th Street; the East River; Delancey Street; Chrystie Street; East Houston Street; and Avenue A. MANHATTAN VALLEY: The area bounded by Cathedral Parkway (West 110th Street); Central Park West; West 100th Street; and Broadway. EAST HARLEM: The area bounded by East 142nd Street; the Harlem River; East 96th Street; and Fifth Avenue. CENTRAL HARLEM: The area bounded by West 145th Street; the Harlem River; Fifth Avenue; Cathedral Parkway (West 110th Street); Morningside Avenue; West 123rd Street; St. Nicholas Avenue; West 141st Street; and Bradhurst Avenue. HAMILTON HEIGHTS: The area bounded by West 155th Street; Bradhurst Avenue; West 141st Street; Convent Avenue; West 140th Street; Amsterdam Avenue; West 133rd Street; and Riverside Drive. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS: The area bounded by the Harlem River; Teunissen Place; West 230th Street; Marble Hill Lane; the Harlem River; West 155th Street; and the Hudson River. AREAS IN THE COUNTY OF QUEENS: HALLETS POINTS: The area bounded by the East River-East Channel, Hallets Cove and Pot Cove; Hoyt Avenue South; 21st Street; 31st Avenue; Vernon Boulevard; and 35th Avenue. JACKSON HEIGHTS-CORONA-EAST ELMHURST: The area bounded by Grand Central Parkway; Long Island Railroad right-of-way; 110th Street; Corona Avenue; Long Island Expressway; Junction Boulevard; Roosevelt Avenue; and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway East. RIDGEWOOD: The area bounded by Grand Avenue; Rust Street; 59th Drive; 60th Street; Bleecker Street; Forest Avenue; Myrtle Avenue; the Long Island Railroad right-of-way; and Queens-Brooklyn boundary line. JAMAICA SOUTH: The area bounded by the Long Island Railroad right-of-way; New York Boulevard; Southern Parkway (Sunrise Highway) and Van Wyck Expressway. FAR ROCKAWAY: The area bounded by the Jamaica Bay-Mott Basin; Queens-Nassau boundary line; Far Rockaway Beach; Beach 32nd Street; and Norton Drive. AREAS IN THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND): PORT RICHMOND: The area bounded by the Kill Van Kull; Jewett Avenue and its prolongation; Forest Avenue; and the Willow Brook Expressway. NEW BRIGHTON: The area bounded by the Kill Van Kull; Westervelt Avenue; Brook Street; Castleton Avenue; and North Randall Avenue and its prolongation. STAPLETON: The area bounded by Victory Boulevard; the Upper New York Bay; Vanderbilt Avenue; Van Duzer Street; Cebra Avenue; and St. Pauls Avenue. FOX HILLS: The area bounded by Vandervilt Avenue; the Upper New York Bay; the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway right-of-way; and the Staten Island Expressway.

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