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Projects & Proposals > Staten Island > Stapleton

Stapleton Waterfront - Approved!
Existing Context

Overview | Existing Context | Proposed Actions | Public Review

The Stapleton waterfront study area consists of the 35-acre Homeport site and eighteen lots west of Front Street and east of the Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) line. The area is currently zoned M2-1 and M3-1, manufacturing districts that do not permit residential uses. (See

Zoning Comparison Chart for key provisions of existing and proposed zoning districts.) Former Navy buildings now on the Homeport site would be razed to prepare the site for redevelopment. Government offices and services that are temporarily located in the navy buildings would be relocated. Other land uses in the study area include several vacant lots, light manufacturing uses, marine and industrial repair shops, an electrical repair shop, a yacht-club house, auto-salvage yard, warehouses, furniture store, and pool hall

Existing Zoning Map
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Land Use Map

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Main access to the study area is from Front Street, which runs north-south through the study area. Bay Street, a main commercial and bus corridor in northeast Staten Island, is one block inland. The SIRT has three stations serving the area: Tompkinsville Station to the north, Stapleton Station at the heart of the site, and Clinton Station to the south. The St. George Ferry Terminal is a five-minute train ride to the north.

Mixed use buildings along Bay Street

The area immediately west of the SIRT is the core of the Stapleton town center surrounding Tappen Park. The town center is zoned C4-2 and comprised predominantly of low-rise buildings with ground-floor commercial spaces and community facilities and two or three stories of residential above. The surrounding residential neighborhoods to the west of the town center are zoned R3-2 and R4. The neighborhoods include the St. Paul’s Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, several townhouse developments, and the Stapleton Houses, a New York City Housing Authority complex. The Bayley-Seton Hospital complex and Edgewater Plaza, an eight-story office building on the waterfront, are near the southern boundary of the study area. The Cromwell Recreation Center, which is run by the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Bay Street Landing condominiums, the future National Lighthouse Museum, and the St. George Ferry Terminal are located to the north.

Overview | Existing Context | Proposed Actions | Public Review

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