Community Board #5 Covering Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale and Ridgewood will hear a plan for development on Fresh Pond Road lot.
The owners of Rosa Pizzeria on Fresh Pond Road will testify at the Community Board #5 meeting next week to build a 7-story, 54 unit development with 7.000 square feet for commercial and parking for 19 cars. The empty lot on Fresh Pond Road between Bleecker and Menahan has been vacant for over a decade. The request is to rezone from a current R5b district with a commercial overlay to an R6a, with a commercial overlay and would allow for a building height of 73 feet. 16 residential units would be deemed affordable.
This hearing will be followed by a presentation from Outreach Development Corp. The regular Community Board meeting will follow, including the district manager’s report and reports by the cannabis, transportation, parks, land use and library committees. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 11, beginning at 7:30PM at Christ The King High School cafeteria located at 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village.
