124-311 - Maximum length of blocks

LAST AMENDED
11/13/2008


The maximum length of a #block# shall be 450 feet, except that:

(a)    where a #block# includes a convention center, such length shall be unlimited;

(b)    where a #block# bounds the intersection of 126th Street and Northern Boulevard, such length shall be limited to 675 feet;

(c)    where a #block# bounds the intersection of 126th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, such length shall be limited to 575 feet; and

(d)    #blocks# or portions of #blocks# east of a line 600 feet east of and parallel to 126th Street and west of a line 1,350 feet east of and parallel to 126th Street shall have a maximum distance between
        intersections on a #connector street# of 218 feet, except where a #block# includes a convention center or the minimum two-acre park required pursuant to Section 124-40 (PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
        OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS). Where public pedestrian access between a #connector street# and another #street# on the same #block# is located no less than 218 feet from both intersections on
        a #connector street# through provision of open space pursuant to Section 124-40, inclusive, such #block# or a portion of a #block# east of a line 600 feet east of and parallel to 126th Street and west of
        a line 1,350 feet east of and parallel to 126th Street may have a maximum distance between intersections on a #connector street# that does not exceed 400 feet, provided that there is only one such
        #block# in the Special District.