154 COMMISSION ON BUILDING DISTRICTS 



mends a height of twice the width of the street, should be limited to one 

 and a half times the width. 



In the northern part of the island, at least north of 156th Street — if 

 possible, north of 126th Street — the height should be limited to once and a 

 quarter times the width of the street. 



The Bronx 



The area in which the Commission recommends twice the width of the 

 street should be limited to one and a half times the width. 



The area north of this strip along the waterfront up to 177th Street 

 and Tremont Avenue, from the Ship Canal to Bronx Park, should be limited 

 to one and a quarter times the width of the street, with a maximum of five 

 stories, west of the Bronx River. 



The area bounded by 177th Street, Tremont Avenue, Bronx Park, 

 Fordham Road, Webster Avenue, 200th Street, Jerome Avenue, Kingsbridge 

 Road and Spuyten Duyvil, the area south of the Bronx and Pelham Park- 

 way, east of the Bronx River and a block each side of Broadway from 

 Spuyten Duyvil to City Line should be restricted to once the width of the 

 street, with a maximum of four stories. 



The rest of the borough should be limited to once the width of the 

 street, with a maximum of three stories. 



Brooklyn 



The maximum height in Brooklyn should be one and a half times the 

 width of the street. This should be permitted only along the waterfront. 



The Brooklyn Heights section, Eastern Parkway, Court Street and the 

 main business streets should be restricted to a height of one and a quarter 

 times the width of the street, with a maximum of nine stories. 



The rest of the borough should be restricted to once the width of the 

 street, with a maximum of four stories in Greenpoint, Williamsburg. South 

 Brooklyn to Sunset Park, and the northern part of Brownsville, and three 

 stories in the rest of the borough. Areas not near industrial districts, where 

 the predominating value of land is less than $5.00 per front foot, should 

 be restricted to single or two-family houses. 



Queens 



The waterfront area, for which the Commission recommends a height 

 twice the width of the street, should be restricted to one and a half times 

 the width. 



The rest of Long Island City and the main business streets of old 

 Flushing and Jamaica should be restricted to a height of one and a quarter 

 times the width of the street, with a maximum of five stories. 



The remainder of the borough should be restricted to once the width of 

 the street, with a maximum of three stories, and with the same restrictions 

 to one or two-family houses as suggested for Brooklyn. 



Richmond 



This borough should be limited to one and a quarter times the width of 

 the street, with a maximum — along the northern and eastern shores — of 

 four stories, and in the rest of the borough of three stories, with the same 

 restrictions to one and two-family houses as suggested for Brooklyn and 

 Queens. 



Area Restrictions Recommended 



In areas designated B, by the Commission, only 65 per cent of the 

 area of interior lots should he occupied, and 85 per cent of the area of 



