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Manhattan block 1790, lot 29

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Information about this lot

Address: 2459 SECOND AVENUE, Manhattan, 10035
Area: 0.06 acres (2616 square feet)
Block and Lot: Manhattan, block 1790, lot 29
More information about this lot at OASIS

Political Boundaries

City Council District 8 represented by Diana Ayala
Community District Manhattan 11 ( amescain.cb11@gmail.com / 212-831-8930 ), district manager: Angel D. Mescain
Find all elected officials for this lot at Who Represents Me? NYC

Why is this lot here?

We think this lot is vacant because:

  • In MapPLUTO the city lists this lot's landuse as vacant.
  • In MapPLUTO the city lists this lot's building class as vacant.

Government Agency

New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (public)
Contact: Miriam Gonzalez (212-863-6555 / gonzalm@hpd.nyc.gov)

Housing Preservation and Development is not granting interim licenses now. The only way to have the community access this lot is by getting it transferred to another agency. Look below for Pathways that will guide you.

You can call Ms. Gonzalez at the number listed above and find out if there are any plans for this lot.

Urban Renewal

This lot is part of the Harlem-East Harlem urban renewal plan.

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June 12, 2014, 11:34 p.m.
Paula at 596 Acres said

This lot is part of the Harlem-East Harlem Urban Renewal Plan.

The Harlem–East Harlem plan was adopted in 1968, last revised in 2008, and expires in 2020. It outlines residential, commercial, institutional (including schools, libraries, community centers, hospitals, and other essential service uses), and industrial uses for the site.

No particular use was planned for this lot before it was acquired by the City as part of a scheme to "modernize" the area.

See http://www.urbanreviewer.org/#map=15/40.8008/-73.9416&plan=Harlem - East Harlem

The lot is still in the City inventory. Maybe it's time to ask again?

May 15, 2013, 3:51 p.m.
Paula at 596 Acres said

Allen --

Who specifically did you speak with and which lots are there specific plans for? Did they say when these plans would start being realized or was it a more general "all the land that is under the jurisdiction of HPD is intended to be housing" sort of plan? There IS a big difference but sometimes folks in City agencies aren't that good at articulating it.

For example, when neighbors of 100 Quincy first called HPD in 2012, they were told that development was planned for 2016 (you can see this on the lot's page: http://596acres.org/en/lot/3019730038/ - click the little "+" next to organizing history). 2016 was three years away - too long for any concrete plans for funding a building project to have already been made. The community persisted in its questions and its organizing; HPD eventually independently reviewed the viability of housing ever being built on the site and decided that it was unlikely. The land was transferred to the Parks Department and the group got a GreenThumb license.

Can you share what specific plans there are for these sites if you know? or call back and ask for them!

Onwards!
May 15, 2013, 12:04 p.m.
Allen Covington said

Hello all,

I just spoke to the project manager for this lot#29 block#1790. Well, as of now the lot's (yes plural) all 11 of them are sladed for projects with developers.
So that there is no opportunity to for organizing in this area for public land use.
July 7, 2012, 2:50 p.m.
Paula at 596 Acres said

We put a sign on this lot today.
May 23, 2012, 7:29 p.m.
Oksana said

This lot is owned by HPD. Visit http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/my_community.jsp to view any open Request for Proposals (RFPs) for the lot.