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The Manhattan Plan

The Manhattan Plan is an initiative to add 100,000 new homes to the borough over the next decade and cross the million homes mark. The initiative includes the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan that is currently underway and will come to encompass neighborhoods and corridors and public sites. Learn more about the Manhattan Plan.

Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan

The Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan (MSMX) will focus on Manhattan’s Midtown South manufacturing districts and strategies to foster a more vibrant, 24/7 mixed-use neighborhood. The study area is a job- and amenity-rich neighborhood where new housing is not permitted under today’s zoning rules. Learn more about the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan.

SoHo/NoHo Neighborhood Plan

SoHo and NoHo are dynamic mixed-use neighborhoods with a diverse blend of residential, office, creative and retail spaces. The SoHo/NoHo Neighborhood Plan seeks to expand housing opportunities for New Yorkers and promote equity, support continued cultural and economic success in a holistic way and reduce regulatory burdens for the people who live and work there. Learn more about the SoHo/NoHo Neighborhood Plan. - (Adopted - 12/15/21)

Special Garment Center District

DCP is proposing a zoning text amendment for the Special Garment Center District. The proposal will remove manufacturing preservation requirements and promote a healthy mix of uses. Learn more about the Special Garment Center District. - (Adopted - 12/20/18)

Block 675 Planning Framework

On May 8, 2017, the Department of City Planning presented a planning framework to the City Planning Commission, articulating the Department’s vision for developments on Block 675 in northern Chelsea, located between 11th and 12th Avenues and West 29th and 30th Streets, within Manhattan Community District 4. Learn more about the Block 675 Planning Framework.

Greater East Midtown

DCP is proposing a zoning text amendment and map change for the Greater East Midtown neighborhood. The proposal would permit higher as-of-right densities for new state-of-the-art office building construction in order to ensure that East Midtown remains a highly competitive business district. New development would facilitate public realm improvements and the preservation of area landmarks. Learn more abut the Greater East Midtown neighborhood - (Adopted - 8/9/17)

East Harlem Neighborhood Study

The East Harlem Neighborhood Study, one of our neighborhood planning studies, is a comprehensive, community-focused effort that will identify opportunities for the creation of new mixed-income housing and the preservation of existing affordable units, as well as the identification of complementary initiatives to address key community wellness, infrastructure, economic development, and workforce issues. Learn more about the East Harlem Neighborhood Study - (Adopted - 11/30/17)

Resilient Neighborhoods - East Village - Lower East Side - Two Bridges

Resilient Neighborhoods - East Village - Lower East Side - Two Bridges identifies changes to zoning and land use to address specific local conditions not addressed by the citywide Flood Resilience Zoning Text Amendment, and other citywide resiliency efforts. Learn more about the Resilient Neighborhoods - East Village - Lower East Side - Two Bridges.

Resilient Neighborhoods - West Chelsea

Resilient Neighborhoods - West Chelsea identifies local planning strategies to increase the neighborhood’s ability to withstand and recover from coastal storms and flooding. Learn more about the Resilient Neighborhoods - West Chelsea.

Vanderbilt Corridor

The Department of City Planning is proposing a zoning text amendment and City Map change to facilitate commercial development along Madison and Vanderbilt avenues in Manhattan, improve pedestrian circulation within Grand Central Terminal and its vicinity, and allow greater opportunity for area landmarks to transfer their unused development rights. . Learn more about Vanderbilt Corridor - (Adopted - 5/ 27/15)

Archived Projects

Projects with Approved Zoning
Adopted Date

Water Street Upgrades Text Amendment
06/21/2016

Water Street POPS Programming
06/12/2013

Manhattan Core Public Parking Text Amendment
05/08/2013

West Harlem Rezoning
11/13/2012

Upper West Side Neighborhood Retail Streets
06/28/2012

M1-6D Text Amendment
09/29/2011

Special 125th Street District Sidewalk Cafes Text Amendment
06/29/2011

West Clinton Rezoning
06/14/2011

Lower Manhattan Arcades Text Amendment
05/11/2011

Washington & Greenwich Streets Rezoning
10/27/2010

Hudson Yards / West Chelsea Follow-up Text Amendment
10/27/2010

Third Avenue Corridor
10/27/2010

North Tribeca Rezoning
10/13/2010

The Hudson Yards Parking Text Amendment
04/14/2010

125th Street Follow-Up Text Amendment
11/19/2008

East Village / Lower East Side
11/19/2008

Hudson Yards District/Clinton District Follow-Up Zoning Text Changes
09/04/2008

125th Street
04/30/2008

Upper West Side
09//25/2007

Far West Village
10/11/2005

West Chelsea
06/23/2005

Hudson Yards
01/19/2005

Ladies Mile
08/12/2004

Small Sidewalk Cafes Proposal
05/05/2004

Frederick Douglass Boulevard
11/03/2003

Hudson Square
08/19/2003

East Harlem
06/24/2003

Unenclosed Sidewalk Cafes
01/29/2003

Chelsea Rezoning Becomes Effective
09/09/1999

Other Projects

Study for the Potential Expansion of the Special West Chelsea District

East River Waterfront Study

Theater Subdistrict Fund Text Amendment (Application Withdrawn - February 27, 2017)

East Midtown

City Planning's recommendations for the redevelopment of the WTC site

Sherman Creek Study (Currently Inactive)

Virtual Tour of Malcolm X Boulevard

Manhattan Waterfront Greenway (2004)

Chinatown Bus Study, 2009

The East Houston Street Pedestrian Project, 2006

Harlem / Morningside Heights Transportation Study, 2005

Midtown Manhattan Pedestrian Network Development Project -- Phase 1, 2000

Lower Manhattan Pedestrianization, 1997

Taxi Stands in Times Square and the Theater District, 2001

Upper Manhattan Pedestrian Project, 2008

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