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§ appendix-b-index-special-purpose-districts — APPENDIX B — Index of Special Purpose Districts

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This section provides an index of special purpose districts in New York City, detailing their respective zoning maps and adoption dates. The information is relevant for those involved in land use and development within these districts. Applies to building owners and property operators within designated special purpose districts.

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§ appendix-b-index-special-purpose-districts APPENDIX B — Index of Special Purpose Districts

ZR § appendix-b-index-special-purpose-districts

(11/12/25)

SPECIAL DISTRICT (SYMBOL)

SECTION NUMBER

ZONING

MAP(S)

CP/ULURP NUMBER*

CPC ADOPTION

BOE/COUNCIL ADOPTION

125th Street District (125)

97-00

5c 6a 6b

080100(A) ZRM

3/10/08

4/30/08

Battery Park City District (BPC)

Substantially modified

84-00

12a 12b

22479

810412(A) ZRM

11/14/73

10/19/81

12/28/73

11/13/81

Bay Ridge District (BR)

114-00

22a 22b

780285 ZRK

050133 ZRK

9/25/78

3/2/05

11/2/78

3/23/05

Bay Street Corridor District (BSC)

135-00

21c 21d

190114(A) ZRR

4/22/19

6/26/19

Brooklyn Navy Yard (BNY)

144-00

12d

210463(A) ZRK

10/20/21

12/15/21

City Island District (CD)

112-00

4c 4d

23258

12/13/76

1/20/77

Clinton District (CL)

96-00

8a 8c 8d

22758

10/21/74

11/21/74

Coastal Risk District 1 (Broad Channel - CR-1)

137-00

24b 24d 30a 30c

170257 ZRQ

6/7/17

6/21/17

Coastal Risk District 2 (Hamilton Beach - CR-2)

18b

170267 ZRQ

Coastal Risk District 3 (S.I. East Shore - CR-3)

27b 27d 34a

170374 ZRR

8/9/17

9/7/17

Coastal Risk District 4 (Gerritsen Beach - CR-4)

29a

210131 ZRK

3/17/21

5/12/21

Coastal Risk District 5 (Edgemere - CR-5)

30c 31a

220233 ZRQ

5/11/22

7/14/22

College Point District (CP)

126-00

7b 10a

090318 ZRQ

6/3/09

7/29/09

Coney Island District (CI)

131-00

28d

090273(A) ZRK

6/17/09

Coney Island Mixed Use District (CO)

106-00

22785

12/23/74

1/9/75

Downtown Brooklyn District (DB)

101-00

12d 16c

000244(B1) ZRY

6/13/01

7/26/01

Downtown Far Rockaway District (DFR)

136-00

31a 25b

170244(A) ZRQ

7/10/17

9/9/17

Downtown Jamaica District (DJ)

115-00

14d 15a 15b

070315(A) ZRQ

7/11/07

9/10/07

Eastchester-East Tremont Corridor District (ETC)

East Harlem Corridors District (EHC)

138-00

6a, 6b

170359 ZRM

10/2/17

11/30/17

Enhanced Commercial District - 1 (EC-1)

132-00

16c 16d

110387 ZRK

10/19/11

11/29/11

Enhanced Commercial District - 2 and 3 (EC-2 and EC-3)

5d 8c

120144 ZRM

5/9/12

6/28/12

Enhanced Commercial District - 4 (EC-4)

13b 17a

120295 ZRK

9/5/12

10/11/12

Enhanced Commercial District - 5 and 6 (EC-5 and EC-6)

17c

160050 ZRK

2/24/16

4/20/16

Flushing West District (FW)

127-00

10a, 10b

200034 ZRQ

11/4/20

12/10/20

Forest Hills District (FH)

86-00

14a

090103 ZRQ

1/21/09

3/24/09

Governors Island District (GI)

134-00

16a

130189(A) ZRM

6/5/13

7/24/13

Gowanus District (G)

139-00

210178 ZRK

9/22/21

11/23/21

Grand Concourse District (C)

122-00

1d 3b 3c 3d 6a

890229 ZRX

9/6/89

9/28/89

Harlem River Waterfront District (HRW)

87-00

6a

090302 ZRX

5/20/09

6/30/09

Hillsides Preservation District (HS)

119-00

21a 21b 21c 21d

870002 ZRR

6/3/87

6/30/87

Hudson River Park (HRP)

89-00

12a

160308 ZRM

10/17/16

12/15/16

Hudson Square District (HSQ)

88-00

120381(A) ZRM

1/23/13

3/20/13

Hudson Yards District (HY)

93-00

8b 8d

040500(A) ZRM

11/22/04

1/19/05

Hunts Point Special District (HP)

108-00

6c

080248 ZRX

5/21/08

7/23/08

Inwood Special District (IN)

142-00

1b 1d 3a 3c

180205(A) ZRM

6/25/18

8/8/18

Jerome Corridor District (J)

141-00

3b 3c

180050(A) ZRX

1/17/18

3/22/18

Limited Commercial District (LC)

83-00

12c

20779

8/14/69

10/9/69

Lincoln Square District (L)

82-00

8c

20365(A)

3/19/69

4/24/69

Little Italy District (LI)

109-00

760061 ZRM

1/3/77

2/3/77

Long Island City Mixed Use District (LIC)

117-00

8d 9b

000407(A) ZRQ

5/23/01

Lower Manhattan District (LM)

91-00

12a 12b 12d

980314 ZRM

7/20/98

8/27/98

Madison Avenue Preservation District (MP)

99-00

5d 6b 8c

22350

11/7/73

12/20/73

Manhattanville Mixed Use District (MMU)

104-00

5c 6a

070496 ZRM

11/26/07

12/19/07

Midtown District (MID)

81-00

8c 8d

820253 ZRM

3/16/82

5/13/82

Mixed Use District - 1 (MX-1) Port Morris, The Bronx

123-00

6a 6b

970751 ZRX

11/5/97

12/10/97

Mixed Use District - 2 (MX-2) DUMBO, Brooklyn

090310 ZRK

7/1/09

Mixed Use District - 4 (MX-4) Flushing/Bedford, Brooklyn

12d 13b

000110 ZRK

3/26/01

5/9/01

Mixed Use District - 5 (MX-5) Red Hook, Brooklyn

020046 ZRK

12/19/01

1/30/02

Mixed Use District - 6 (MX-6) Hudson Square, Manhattan

030236 ZRM

070575 ZMM

6/18/03

6/4/08

8/19/03

Mixed Use District - 7 (MX-7) Morrisania, The Bronx

3d 6c

030334 ZRX

7/23/03

Mixed Use District - 8 (MX-8) Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Brooklyn

12c 12d 13a 13b

040137 ZRK

8/25/04

9/28/04

Mixed Use District - 10 (MX-10) Atlantic and Howard Avenues, Brooklyn

17a

070448 ZRY

9/5/07

10/29/07

Mixed Use District - 11 (MX-11) Gowanus, Brooklyn

16c

090049 ZRK

2/17/09

3/11/09

Mixed Use District - 12 (MX-12) Borough Park, Brooklyn

22c

100346 ZRK

8/25/2010

10/27/10

Mixed Use District - 13 (MX-13) Lower Concourse, the Bronx

Mixed Use District - 14 (MX-14) Third Avenue /Tremont Avenue, The Bronx

3c 3d

100408 ZRX

9/15/10

10/13/10

Mixed Use District - 15 (MX-15) West Harlem, Manhattan

120310 ZRM

11/13/12

Mixed Use District - 16 (MX-16) Ocean Hill/East New York, Brooklyn

2/14/16

Mixed Use District - 17 (MX-17) Hunts Point, The Bronx

180122 ZRX

2/14/18

Mixed Use District - 18 (MX-18) Mott Haven, The Bronx

190337 ZRX

9/3/19

10/17/21

Mixed Use District - 19 (MX-19) Brownsville, Brooklyn

17d

200057 ZRK

Mixed Use District - 21 (MX-21) Arverne, Queens

31a

210071 ZRQ

2/17/21

3/25/21

Mixed Use District - 22 (MX-22) Bushwick, Brooklyn

13b

200343 ZRK

5/27/21

Mixed Use District - 23 (MX-23) Ravenswood, Queens

9a

210026 ZRQ

10/21/21

Mixed Use District - 24 (MX-24) Astoria, Queens

9b

220367 ZRQ

9/21/22

11/22/22

Mixed Use District - 25 (MX-25) Gowanus, Brooklyn

210349 ZRK

9/7/22

10/27/22

Mixed Use District - 26 (MX-26) Coney Island, Brooklyn

Mixed Use District - 27 (MX-27) Wallabout, Brooklyn

Natural Area District - 1 (NA-1)

105-00

21b 26a 26b 26c 26d 27a 27b

22748(A)

11/18/74

12/19/74

Natural Area District - 2 (NA-2)

1a 1b 1c 1d

22890(A)

5/14/75

5/21/75

Natural Area District - 3 (NA-3)

21d

770272 ZRY

11/9/77

12/1/77

Natural Area District - 4 (NA-4)

7d 11c

821255 ZRQ

3/23/83

4/28/83

Ocean Parkway District (OP)

113-00

16d 22c 22d 28c 28d

23284

12/22/76

Park Improvement District (PI)

92-00

5d 6b 8c 9a

22240

2/28/73

4/23/73

Planned Community Preservation District (PC)

103-00

3b 4b 6a 9b 9d 10d 11b 14c 15a

22501

6/12/74

7/18/74

Scenic View District (SV-1)

102-00

12b 12d

22750

9/23/74

10/24/74

Sheepshead Bay District (SB)

94-00

22171

9/5/73

10/4/73

SoHo-NoHo Mixed Use District (SNX)

143-00

12a 12c

210423 ZRM

South Richmond Development District (SRD)

107-00

26b 26d 27b 32c 32d 33a 33b 33c 33d 34a 35a 35c

22972

7/23/75

9/11/75

Southern Hunters Point District (SHP)

125-00

8d

080363 ZRQ

9/24/08

11/13/08

Southern Roosevelt Island District (SRI)

133-00

130077 ZRM

5/8/13

St. George District (SG)

128-00

21c

080425 ZRR

9/10/08

10/23/08

Stapleton Waterfront District (SW)

116-00

060468 ZRR

9/27/06

10/25/06

Transit Land Use District (TA)

95-00

6b 8c 8d 9a 12c 12d

22441

Tribeca Mixed Use District (TMU)

Was Lower Manhattan Mixed Use District; renamed 8/27/98, 980314ZRM

111-00

23198

6/1/76

6/11/76

Union Square District (US)

118-00

841006 ZRM

11/26/84

1/10/85

United Nations Development District (U)

85-00

21014

1/21/70

3/20/70

West Chelsea District (WCh)

98-00

8b

050161(A) ZRM

5/25/05

6/23/05

Willets Point District (WP)

124-00

10a 10b

080382 ZRQ

Index of Special Purpose Districts - Eliminated or Replaced

Atlantic Avenue District (AA)

Eliminated & replaced by Downtown Brooklyn District

22670

7/10/74

8/15/74

Brooklyn Center Development District (BC)

Eliminated 10/9/86, 860210 ZRK

22008

5/31/72

7/20/72

Fifth Avenue District (F)

Eliminated & replaced by Midtown District

21498

3/3/71

3/25/71

Franklin Street Mixed Use District (FR)

Eliminated 5/11/05, 050110(A) ZRK

23028

9/3/75

Fulton Mall District (FM)

770236 ZRK

2/8/78

3/16/78

Garment Center District (GC)

Eliminated and replaced by Midtown South Mixed USe District

Greenwich Street Development District (G)

Eliminated & replaced by Lower Manhattan District

12b

21418

1/6/71

1/14/71

Hunters Point Mixed Use District (HP)

Eliminated & replaced by Long Island City Mixed Use District

810538 ZRQ

10/26/81

12/3/81

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center District(CC)

Eliminated & replaced by Hudson Yards District

900053 ZRM

12/27/89

2/22/90

Lower Manhattan Mixed Use District (LMM)

Renamed Tribeca Mixed Use District 8/27/98

Manhattan Bridge

District (MB)

Terminated 9/1/91

801024 ZRM

6/22/81

8/20/81

Manhattan Landing District (MLD)

22498

Mixed Use District - 2

Fulton Ferry (MX-2)

Eliminated & replaced by DUMBO (MX-2)

8b 8d 12c

990452 ZRK

7/21/99

9/9/99

Mixed Use District - 3 (MX-3)

Eliminated & replaced by West Chelsea District

990001 ZRK

2/17/99

3/30/99

Mixed Use District - 9

Northern Hunters Point Waterfront, Queens (MX-9)

Eliminated & replaced by Long Island City Mixed Use District (N 250177 ZRQ, adopted 12 Nov. 2025)

Mixed Use District - 20

Crown Heights West, Brooklyn (MX-20)

Eliminated & replaced by Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use District (N 250015 ZRK, adopted 28 May 2025)

New York City Convention and Exhibition Center Development District (CC)

Eliminated 2/22/90, 900053 ZRM

8a 8c

22264

3/29/73

5/24/73

Northside Mixed Use District (N)

22424

23158

3/10/76

9/13/73

3/18/76

Park District (P)

Deleted by court order, 4/24/78

22128(A)

11/8/72

12/7/72

South Street Seaport District (S)

21975

Theater District (T)

20000

11/1/67

12/7/67

Yorkville - East 86th Street District (Y)

Eliminated 6/29/89, 880799 ZRM

22529

4/3/74

5/29/74

CPC reports may be obtained at http://a030-cpc.nyc.gov/html/cpc/index.aspx

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