§ 81-682 Priority Improvement List for qualifying sites
ZR § 81-682
In accordance with the provisions of Section 81-641 (Additional floor area for transit improvements on qualifying sites), any applicant for a development or enlargement on a qualifying site in the Grand Central Transit Improvement Zone Subarea, or the Other Transit Improvement Zone Subarea, shall select a transit improvement, or combination thereof, to be completed in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
(a)Selecting an ImprovementAn applicant shall select a transit improvement from the Priority Improvement List in paragraph (b) of this Section based on the floor area such improvement generates relative to the minimum floor area required and maximum floor area permitted for completion of such improvement pursuant to Section 81-641, and based on the following geographical and technical considerations:
(1)First, the applicant shall select a transit improvement in the same Subarea of the East Midtown Subdistrict as the proposed development or enlargement on a qualifying site;
(2)If none of the transit improvements on the Priority Improvement List meet the criteria of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section, the applicant shall select a transit improvement on a transit route that passes through, and has stations or other facilities in the same Subarea of the East Midtown Subdistrict as the proposed development or enlargement on a qualifying site;
(3)If none of the transit improvements on the Priority Improvement List meet the criteria of paragraphs (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section, the applicant shall select from any remaining improvement on the list.
In addition, applicants shall consult with the applicable City or State agencies with jurisdiction over and control of the proposed improvement to ensure that the selected improvement will meet the operational and long-term planning needs of the station or transit route, including any phasing requirements, and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
(b)The Priority Improvement ListThe Priority Improvement List (the “Improvement List”), set forth in the tables below, details physical improvements to subway stations and other rail mass transit facilities in, or adjacent to, the East Midtown Subdistrict, that an applicant for a development or, where permitted, an enlargement on a qualifying site may complete to obtain additional floor area.Three levels of improvements are available for completion, which, accordingly, generate three different amounts of additional floor area:
In consultation with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the City Planning Commission may, by rule, modify the Improvement List to reflect new improvements needed in the transit network.
PRIORITY IMPROVEMENT LIST
TYPE 1 IMPROVEMENTS
Location
Type of Improvement
Transit Line
Lexington Avenue/ 53rd – 51st Street station
Replace escalator and stair connecting downtown Lexington platform to underpass with widened stair
Lexington Avenue Line/53rd Street Line
Provide new street entrance to uptown Lexington platform from 50th Street
42 St - Bryant Park /5th Ave station
Provide ADA elevator between Flushing platform and mezzanine level
Flushing Line/6th Avenue Line
Provide new street entrance from north side of West 42nd street
Provide ADA elevator between Sixth Avenue northbound platform and mezzanine level
Provide ADA elevator between Sixth Avenue southbound platform and mezzanine level
Lexington Av - 59th Street station
Provide new street stair capacity at northeast and northwest corners of East 60th Street and Lexington Avenue
Lexington Avenue Line/Broadway-60th Street Line
Provide ADA elevator between local IRT platform and street level
Provide ADA elevator between 60th Street (BMT) line platform and mezzanine level
Provide new platform stair and widen existing stairs between 60th Street (BMT) line platform and mezzanine level
Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station
Provide new street entrance on East 53rd Street west of Madison Avenue
53rd Street Line
Grand Central/42nd Street station
Widen platform stair at east end of Flushing platform
Flushing Line
Widen two stairs between uptown Lexington platform and Flushing and Lexington platforms
TYPE 2 IMPROVEMENTS
Lexington Avenue/ 53rd–51st Street station
Provide widened escalator between 53rd Street platform and mezzanine
Lexington Av-59th Street station
Provide ADA elevator between northbound local Lexington Avenue Line platform, northbound express Lexington Ave Line platform, and the 60th Street (BMT) line mezzanine
Provide ADA elevator between southbound local Lexington Avenue Line platform, southbound express Lexington Avenue Line platform, and the 60th Street (BMT) line mezzanine
47th/50th Streets Rockefeller Ctr station
Provide two new platform stairs and widen seven platform stairs
6th Avenue Line
Fifth Av/53rd Street station
Provide a new stair from mezzanine level to upper platform, and a new stair from upper platform to lower platform
Provide ADA elevator from mezzanine to upper platform, and to lower platform
Provide two escalators from mezzanine to upper platform
Provide new mezzanine area under East 53rd Street with fare control to accommodate street entrance and new access core
Provide new access core between platforms and street level to accommodate escalators, elevator, and stairs
Provide new Flushing platform stair and expand transfer passageway to accommodate the addition of the stair
TYPE 3 IMPROVEMENTS
Renovate to contemporary standards the south end of the Grand Central Lexington Subway mezzanine from the Shuttle Passageway and 125 Park Avenue entrances to join the renovated areas on the north end of the mezzanine
Flushing Line/Lexington Avenue Line
