Public Ground

Plate 115 of 116Staten IslandStaten Island Community Board 1

North Shore Housing

The zoning on this site does not allow homes as of right, so the housing floor area is zero until the site is rezoned.

  • In depth
  • Tracker status: Pre-RFP
  • Lead agency: EDC

View in ZoLa (lot 1 of 3)Checks and sources

Plate 115. North Shore Housing: block 2, lots 15, 18, 22, Staten Island. The site is tinted pink; neighboring lots are outlined and other City-owned lots are hatched.2225560656824575017503110201154055174211121254660701928119820118608210019321475354689941811707151822N01000 ft

Block 2, lots 15, 18, 22Tax lots from MapPLUTO; street names from the Digital City Map. Pink: this site. Hatched: other City-owned lots. Heavy lines: block edges.

Floor area follows exactly from the Zoning Resolution. Homes are a range, because unit size and building efficiency are choices.

Lot area
703,608 sq ft
Zoning district
M1-1
Maximum community facility floor area
1,688,659 sq ft703,608 sq ft × 2.40 FAR

What binds first

Flood hazard

Part of the site is in FEMA's 2015 Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map 1% annual chance floodplain (zone AE). NYC uses this map for flood-resistant construction rules. Flood-resistant construction shapes the ground floor and can reduce usable floor area.

What the neighborhood asked for

Staten Island Community Board 1's formal requests to the City, from its annual Statement of Community District Needs and Budget Requests.

Each quotation below was found word for word on the cited page by script. None reviewed by a person yet.

Could share a building with housing on this lot

Matched by a declared table of uses that commonly occupy the ground floor of an apartment building. A possibility, not a recommendation.

  • Child careChild careExpense request to Department of Education

    Provide, expand, or enhance funding for Child Care and Head Start programs

    “Provide, expand, or enhance funding for Child Care Programs - Increase by a three-fold factor the number of slots available for day care.”

    FY2027 statement, p. 34 · priority 1 of 3 within the agency · awaiting a person's review

    ResponsePlease contact the Agency directly and promptly for more information (917-455-0513)

Other requests in these categories

  • LibrariesCapital request to New York Public Library

    Create a new, or renovate or upgrade an existing public library

    “Create a new, or renovate or upgrade an existing public library - renovate with ada compliance the Port Richmond, St. …”

    FY2027 statement, p. 31 · priority 2 of 2 within the agency · awaiting a person's review

    ResponseThis request includes more than one proposal. The agency has recommended funding for this request in part. OMB supports the agency's position.

  • Open spaceCapital request to Department of Parks and Recreation

    Provide a new or expanded recreational park or playground at the North Shore Greenway

    “Provide a new or expanded recreational park or playground at the North Shore Greenway. Design and build the North Shore Greenway.”

    FY2027 statement, p. 30 · priority 1 of 2 within the agency · awaiting a person's review

    ResponseThe agency requires additional information from the community board regarding this request

2 other requests in these categories are listed on the web page.

What gets in the way

Flags are flags, not verdicts. Each comes from a public layer, named in the sources.

  • Hazard

    In the 1% annual chance floodplain (2015 preliminary map)

    Part of the site is in FEMA's 2015 Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map 1% annual chance floodplain (zone AE). NYC uses this map for flood-resistant construction rules.

  • Hazard

    In the 1% annual chance floodplain (effective 2007 map)

    MapPLUTO flags part of the site in the 1% annual chance floodplain on FEMA's effective 2007 Flood Insurance Rate Map, which flood insurance still uses.

  • Caution

    Partly not recorded as City-owned

    MapPLUTO does not code 1 of its 3 lots as City-owned (owner: Eo Staten Island Property Owner Llc). The City may control it another way, or the tracker point may sit on a neighboring lot.

  • Note

    In the Special St. George District

    SG changes FAR only for C4-2 in the Upland Subdistrict (128-21). This lot is M1-1 in the North Waterfront Subdistrict, so residences stay not permitted and community facility stays at 2.40. The 128-61 special permit is discretionary and does not add residential use. This confirms the recalculation. It does not change the floor area figures above.

  • Note

    Rezoning under discussion

    North Shore Waterfront Plan (Empire Outlets and former New York Wheel sites), CEQR No. 26DME018R. Pending, in environmental scoping. The figures above use current zoning, not the proposed zoning.

Nearest subway station: St George (SIR), 460 ft in a straight line.

What this doesn't account for

This page shows what public data and the zoning text can tell us. These questions need information that isn't public, or a decision that isn't ours.

  • Public land use review (ULURP). Selling or leasing City land, or approving a housing project on it, generally goes through ULURP (community board, borough president, City Planning Commission, City Council), and this estimate does not presume the outcome.
  • Disposition of City property (Charter 384 / UDAAP). Transferring the land needs Mayoral approval under Charter Sec. 384 and, for HPD projects, usually Urban Development Action Area designation and project approval under NY General Municipal Law Article 16.
  • Environmental review (CEQR/SEQRA). Any discretionary approval, disposition or City funding triggers CEQR/SEQRA review, which can require mitigation (e.g. for hazardous materials, noise or historic resources) or reshape the project.
  • (E) designations. A lot with an (E) designation or environmental restrictive declaration for hazardous materials, air quality or noise cannot receive building permits until the Office of Environmental Remediation signs off.
  • Subsurface and site conditions. Unknown soil, rock, groundwater and contamination can shrink or eliminate cellars and add foundation and cleanup costs, and HPD requires every project to investigate and, if needed, remediate contamination.
  • Deed restrictions and reverter clauses. Land the City bought or sold may carry deed restrictions or reverter clauses limiting its use, which must be checked in title records (ACRIS) and DCAS's deed-restriction database.
  • Parkland alienation. If a site is municipal parkland, it cannot be sold or used for housing without an act of the State Legislature signed by the Governor.
  • Current occupants, uses and agency plans. Many City-owned lots are in active use or assigned to an agency, or have funded capital projects, and this estimate does not reflect relocation needs or agency plans (check COLP and the Capital Commitment Plan).
  • Mapped streets, easements and utilities. Mapped-but-unbuilt ('paper') streets, sewer and water easements and utility lines can take land out of the buildable area, and no permit may be issued for a building in the bed of a mapped street.
  • Street access. A lot with no frontage on a mapped street cannot get a building permit on its own and must be combined with a neighboring lot or have access mapped.
  • Landmarks review. Sites that are individual landmarks or inside historic districts need Landmarks Preservation Commission approval, which can limit demolition, height and bulk.
  • Flood-resistant construction. Sites in the 1% annual chance floodplain (or the 0.2% shaded X-Zone for critical facilities) must meet Building Code Appendix G, whose elevation and floodproofing rules can cost usable ground-floor and cellar space.
  • Airport height limits. Near JFK, LaGuardia and Floyd Bennett Field, zoning flight-obstruction surfaces cap building height, and tall structures anywhere need FAA notice.
  • State and federal funding conditions. Federal or State money brings its own requirements (e.g. HUD environmental review under 24 CFR Part 58, Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, Section 3 hiring) that can change cost, timing and program.
  • Zoning capacity is a ceiling, not a plan. The figures show what zoning allows, and actual HPD projects often build less, for example to fit neighborhood context, a community facility or funding limits.

Checks

What has been verified on this page, and by what.

Tax lots (3)
5-00002-0015, 5-00002-0018, 5-00002-0022Confirmed against Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice / MOEC, Notice of Public Scoping: North Shore Waterfront Plan Draft Scope of Work for an EIS (CEQR No. 26DME018R); City Record attachment
Zoning checked against DCP's zoning data
Agrees
Floor area checked by an independent recalculation
Agrees
Notes
Zoning on the 5 documented lots in MapPLUTO (M1-1, Special St. George District) matches DCP's Carto and AGOL zoning data (dcp_mappluto and zoning polygons, 2026-09-24); ZoLa's own requests were not observed; lot 5000029018 is not in MapPLUTO. Lot area 703,608 sf (Lots 15, 18 and 22; Lot 9018 is not in MapPLUTO) matches. M1-1 in the Special St. George District does not allow residences (ZR 42-12), so there is no residential floor area and no homes; the app shows residentialAllowed=false and no units. CF 2.40 (ZR 43-122) gives 1,688,659 sf, which matches.

Open data issues for this site are listed on the method page.

Sources

Superscript numbers next to figures refer to this list. Select one to see the source.

  1. LIFT Tracker (Land Inventory Fast Track), ArcGIS layer LIFT_Tracker/FeatureServer/0Dataset · NYC Mayor's Office · as of July 30, 2026 · retrieved September 23, 2026
  2. Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice / MOEC, Notice of Public Scoping: North Shore Waterfront Plan Draft Scope of Work for an EIS (CEQR No. 26DME018R); City Record attachment, Attachment to City Record request ID 20260819004 (https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20260819004), page 1, project descriptionDocument · as of August 25, 2026
  3. MapPLUTO 26v2Dataset · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 9, 2026 · retrieved September 23, 2026
  4. Zoning Resolution § 43-122, M1-1: 2.40 FARZoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 10, 2026
  5. FEMA 2015 Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (flood hazard zones) 360497_20150130Dataset · FEMA, via NYC Department of City Planning · as of March 16, 2026 · retrieved September 23, 2026
  6. 2022 NYC Building Code, Appendix G (Flood-Resistant Construction), § G102.2Document · NYC Department of Buildings
  7. Special district floor area rules, 26 special districts, 21 floor area rulesZoning Resolution · Public Ground, from the NYC Zoning Resolution
  8. Zoning Resolution § 128-20, Special St. George DistrictZoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 10, 2026
  9. North Shore Waterfront Plan (Empire Outlets and former New York Wheel sites), CEQR No. 26DME018RDocument · City of New York · as of August 26, 2026
  10. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Staten Island Community Board 1 FY2027, PDF p. 34Document · NYC Department of City Planning · retrieved September 23, 2026
  11. FY2027 Register of Community Board Budget Requests (Adopted Budget), Staten Island Community Board 1 FY2027 Adopted, Agency responseDocument · NYC Office of Management and Budget · as of June 30, 2026
  12. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Staten Island Community Board 1 FY2027, PDF p. 31Document · NYC Department of City Planning · retrieved September 23, 2026
  13. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Staten Island Community Board 1 FY2027, PDF p. 30Document · NYC Department of City Planning · retrieved September 23, 2026
  14. MTA Subway StationsDataset · Metropolitan Transportation Authority · as of September 23, 2026 · retrieved September 23, 2026
  15. Digital City Map street centerlinesDataset · NYC Department of City Planning · as of December 1, 2025 · retrieved September 23, 2026
  16. New York City Charter Sec. 197-c (Uniform land use review procedure), Sec. 197-c(a)(8) and (a)(10)Document
  17. NYC Charter Sec. 384 (Disposal of property of the city), Sec. 384(a)Document
  18. CEQR Technical Manual, Chapter 2 (December 2025 edition), PDF p. 1 (printed p. 2-1)Document
  19. Zoning Resolution 11-15 (Environmental Requirements), ZR 11-15(a); last amended 2012-03-28Document
  20. HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026, PDF p. 13, Secs. 1.1.1 and 1.1.4Document
  21. Deed Restriction Database (NYC Open Data rfu7-paqe), dataset descriptionDocument
  22. Handbook on the Alienation and Conversion of Municipal Parkland (NYS OPRHP, revised 2017-09-01), PDF p. 3, 'Parkland Alienation'Document
  23. City Owned and Leased Property (COLP), NYC Open Data fn4k-qyk2, dataset description (version 20260430)Document
  24. NY General City Law Sec. 35, GCL 35Document
  25. NY General City Law Sec. 36, GCL 36Document
  26. LPC - Applications page, page textDocument
  27. 2022 NYC Building Code, Appendix G (as amended by Local Law 77 of 2023), PDF p. 1, Sec. G102.1Document
  28. Zoning Resolution 61-21 (Restriction on Highest Projection of Building or Structure), ZR 61-21; 61-11 designates JFK, LaGuardia and U.S. Naval Air Station (Floyd Bennett Field)Document
  29. HPD ELLA Term Sheet (updated 2020-03-10), PDF p. 4Document
  30. CPC report C 260071 HAM (1727 Amsterdam Avenue), PDF p. 8Document
1. LIFT Tracker (Land Inventory Fast Track)
Dataset · NYC Mayor's Office
Where
ArcGIS layer LIFT_Tracker/FeatureServer/0
As of
July 30, 2026
Retrieved
September 23, 2026

One point per project. BBLs resolved by point-in-lot against MapPLUTO, HPD's Local Law 125 report, or address geocoding; see the method page.

Open source

2. Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice / MOEC, Notice of Public Scoping: North Shore Waterfront Plan Draft Scope of Work for an EIS (CEQR No. 26DME018R); City Record attachment
Document
Where
Attachment to City Record request ID 20260819004 (https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20260819004), page 1, project description
As of
August 25, 2026

The Proposed Project is comprised of three City-owned sites ("Sites 1, 2 and 3", collectively the "Project Sites"), which are all located on Staten Island Block 2 in the St. George neighborhood on the North Shore of Staten Island, New York. Site 1 comprises Lot 15, Site 2 comprises Lots 18, 22, 9018, and a portion of Lot 20, and Site 3 comprises portions of Lots 20 and 601.

Confirms the tax lots that make up this site.

Open source

3. MapPLUTO 26v2
Dataset · NYC Department of City Planning
As of
September 9, 2026
Retrieved
September 23, 2026

Open source

4. Zoning Resolution § 43-122
Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning
Where
M1-1: 2.40 FAR
As of
September 10, 2026

M1-1 | 2.40

Open source

5. FEMA 2015 Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (flood hazard zones) 360497_20150130
Dataset · FEMA, via NYC Department of City Planning
As of
March 16, 2026
Retrieved
September 23, 2026

Open source

6. 2022 NYC Building Code, Appendix G (Flood-Resistant Construction)
Document · NYC Department of Buildings
Where
§ G102.2

Uses FEMA's 2015 Preliminary FIRMs for flood hazard areas, and the higher of the 2007 or 2015 maps for elevations.

Open source

7. Special district floor area rules
Zoning Resolution · Public Ground, from the NYC Zoning Resolution
Where
26 special districts, 21 floor area rules

Floor area rules of special purpose districts, authored from the Zoning Resolution (text as of 2026-09-10) with a quoted section for every value.

Open source

8. Zoning Resolution § 128-20
Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning
Where
Special St. George District
As of
September 10, 2026

The underlying floor area ratio and yard regulations shall apply, except as modified pursuant to the provisions of this Section, inclusive.

Open source

9. North Shore Waterfront Plan (Empire Outlets and former New York Wheel sites), CEQR No. 26DME018R
Document · City of New York
As of
August 26, 2026

Pending, in environmental scoping. EAS, Positive Declaration and Draft Scope of Work issued 2026-08-26; public scoping meeting 2026-09-29; written comments due 2026-10-09. No ZAP project found by live ZAP API text search ('North Shore Waterfront', 'Empire Outlets', 'St. George') or in ZAP open data (refreshed 2026-08-12).

Open source

10. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Staten Island Community Board 1 FY2027
Document · NYC Department of City Planning
Where
PDF p. 34
Retrieved
September 23, 2026

Open source

11. FY2027 Register of Community Board Budget Requests (Adopted Budget), Staten Island Community Board 1 FY2027 Adopted
Document · NYC Office of Management and Budget
Where
Agency response
As of
June 30, 2026

Open source

12. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Staten Island Community Board 1 FY2027
Document · NYC Department of City Planning
Where
PDF p. 31
Retrieved
September 23, 2026

Open source

13. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Staten Island Community Board 1 FY2027
Document · NYC Department of City Planning
Where
PDF p. 30
Retrieved
September 23, 2026

Open source

14. MTA Subway Stations
Dataset · Metropolitan Transportation Authority
As of
September 23, 2026
Retrieved
September 23, 2026

Open source

15. Digital City Map street centerlines
Dataset · NYC Department of City Planning
As of
December 1, 2025
Retrieved
September 23, 2026

Open source

16. New York City Charter Sec. 197-c (Uniform land use review procedure)
Document
Where
Sec. 197-c(a)(8) and (a)(10)

(8) Housing and urban renewal plans and projects pursuant to city, state and federal housing laws; ... (10) Sale, lease (other than the lease of office space), exchange, or other disposition of the real property of the city

Open source

17. NYC Charter Sec. 384 (Disposal of property of the city)
Document
Where
Sec. 384(a)

No real property of the city may be sold, leased, exchanged or otherwise disposed of except with the approval of the mayor and as may be provided by law unless such power is expressly vested by law in another agency.

Open source

18. CEQR Technical Manual, Chapter 2 (December 2025 edition)
Document
Where
PDF p. 1 (printed p. 2-1)

CEQR requires all city agencies to determine whether discretionary actions they directly approve, fund, or undertake may significantly and adversely affect the environment.

Open source

19. Zoning Resolution 11-15 (Environmental Requirements)
Document
Where
ZR 11-15(a); last amended 2012-03-28

Prior to issuing a building permit or temporary or final certificate of occupancy ... on a tax lot that has an (E) designation or an environmental restrictive declaration related to hazardous materials, noise or air quality, the Department of Buildings (DOB) shall be furnished with a notice issued by OER stating that OER does not object

Open source

20. HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026
Document
Where
PDF p. 13, Secs. 1.1.1 and 1.1.4

1.1.1 Avoid excessive excavation. Particularly in areas with unknown subsurface conditions, and where rock or high-water tables are prevalent, proposed cellars may have to be reduced, relocated, or even eliminated.

Open source

21. Deed Restriction Database (NYC Open Data rfu7-paqe)
Document
Where
dataset description

A searchable electronic database of all real property upon which a deed restriction was imposed by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, pursuant to Local Law 176 of 2016.

Open source

22. Handbook on the Alienation and Conversion of Municipal Parkland (NYS OPRHP, revised 2017-09-01)
Document
Where
PDF p. 3, 'Parkland Alienation'

In order to convey parkland away, or to use parkland for another purpose, a municipality must receive prior authorization from the State in the form of legislation enacted by the New York State Legislature and approved by the Governor.

Open source

23. City Owned and Leased Property (COLP), NYC Open Data fn4k-qyk2
Document
Where
dataset description (version 20260430)

City Owned and Leased Properties (COLP) is published by the Department of City Planning (DCP) as required by chapter 204 of the City Charter. It includes the location and current use of all City-owned and leased properties.

Open source

24. NY General City Law Sec. 35
Document
Where
GCL 35

For the purpose of preserving the integrity of such official map or plan no permit shall hereafter be issued for any building in the bed of any street or highway shown or laid out on such map or plan

Open source

25. NY General City Law Sec. 36
Document
Where
GCL 36

No permit for the erection of any building shall be issued unless a street or highway giving access to such proposed structure has been duly placed on the official map or plan

Open source

26. LPC - Applications page
Document
Where
page text

The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) helps preserve the City's designated landmark properties by regulating changes made to these buildings and sites.

Open source

27. 2022 NYC Building Code, Appendix G (as amended by Local Law 77 of 2023)
Document
Where
PDF p. 1, Sec. G102.1

This appendix, in conjunction with the New York City Construction Codes, provides minimum requirements for development located, in whole or in part, in special flood hazard areas and shaded X-Zones within the jurisdiction of New York City

Open source

28. Zoning Resolution 61-21 (Restriction on Highest Projection of Building or Structure)
Document
Where
ZR 61-21; 61-11 designates JFK, LaGuardia and U.S. Naval Air Station (Floyd Bennett Field)

the highest projection of any building or other structure hereafter constructed ... shall not penetrate: (a) the approach surfaces, the transitional surfaces, the horizontal surface, or the conical surface, whichever is more restrictive, within the Airport Approach District of the flight obstruction area

Open source

29. HPD ELLA Term Sheet (updated 2020-03-10)
Document
Where
PDF p. 4

Projects funded with Federal funds require compliance with Section 3 new hires and Davis Bacon prevailing wages, as applicable.

Open source

30. CPC report C 260071 HAM (1727 Amsterdam Avenue)
Document
Where
PDF p. 8

while CHO increased the maximum floor area permitted on the project site, the project sponsor does not intend to take advantage of the additional floor area.

Open source