37-40 - OFF-STREET RELOCATION OR RENOVATION OF A SUBWAY STAIR

LAST AMENDED
10/7/2021


Where a #development# or an #enlargement# is constructed on a #zoning lot# of 5,000 square feet or more of #lot area# that
fronts on a portion of a sidewalk containing a stairway entrance or entrances into a subway station located within the #Special
Midtown District# as listed in Section 81-46, the #Special Lower Manhattan District# as listed in Section 91-43, the #Special
Downtown Brooklyn District# as listed in Section 101-43, the #Special Long Island City Mixed Use District# as described in
Section 117-44, the #Special Union Square District# as listed in Section 118-50, the #Special East Harlem Corridors District# as
described in Section 138-33, and those stations listed in the following table, the existing entrance or entrances shall be relocated
from the #street# onto the #zoning lot#. The new entrance or entrances* shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of
this Section.

A relocated subway stair or a subway stair that has been renovated in accordance with the provisions of Section 37-50
(REQUIREMENTS FOR PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION SPACE) may be counted as pedestrian circulation space pursuant
to Section 37-50. In addition, for #developments# or #enlargements# on such #zoning lots# where a relocated or renovated
subway stair has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the special #use#, #bulk#, parking, and
streetscape modifications set forth in Sections 66-22 (Special Use Regulations) through 66-25 (Special Streetscape Regulations)
may be applied.


                         STATION                                     LINE


                         The Bronx


                         161st Street**                              Grand Concourse


                         Manhattan


                         8th Street                                  Broadway-60th Street


                         23rd Street                                 Broadway-60th Street


                         23rd Street                                 Lexington Avenue


                         28th Street                                 Lexington Avenue


                         33rd Street                                 Lexington Avenue


                         34th Street-Penn Station                    8th Avenue


                         59th Street/Lexington Avenue-60th St.       Lexington Avenue and Broadway-
                                                                     60th Street


*    Provision of a new subway entrance or entrances pursuant to the requirements of this Section may also require satisfaction
       of additional obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), including the ADA Accessibility
       Guidelines. The New York City Transit Authority should be consulted with regard to any such obligations



**    Access stairways to elevated portions of a station complex are exempt from this requirement