Woodside: 257-unit rezoning at 50-02 Queens Blvd advances
A proposed M1-1 to R7X/R6A rezoning at 50-02 Queens Blvd would allow 257 apartments, 64 income restricted. Community Board 2 voted 35-1; the Council is next.
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A Woodside industrial block along Queens Boulevard is moving through the city’s rezoning process for a 12-story, 257-apartment building, and the local board has already signed off with conditions. The applicant, 5002 Woodside Development LLC, is asking to change the site from M1-1 manufacturing zoning to R7X residential with a C2-4 commercial overlay, plus R6A on the blocks to the south.
For a builder or land buyer, the practical read is that Queens Boulevard industrial lots near the 7 line are being treated as housing sites when the application carries a mandatory inclusionary housing set-aside. Anyone pricing a nearby M1 parcel on Monday should treat this as the current comparable for how far the review has gone, not as a finished entitlement.
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Why it matters
The proposal is for roughly 261,100 square feet, with about 240,120 square feet of residential space, 16,700 square feet of commercial and 4,760 square feet of community facility use. Sixty-four of the 257 units would be income restricted under the Appendix F text amendment that maps MIH to the site. This is a proposal. Nothing is approved until the City Council votes.
The numbers
- 257 residential units, 64 income restricted, 12 stories.
- Community Board 2 voted 35 to 1 with no abstentions on Sept. 10, 2026, a conditional favorable recommendation.
- The application was certified June 1, 2026 as ULURP C240316ZMQ (map) and N240317ZRQ (text).
- ZAP shows the Borough President review window closed Oct. 9 and marks the City Planning Commission review step complete as of Oct. 28, while the project status still reads In Public Review.
What’s next
The remaining step is the City Council, which can approve, modify or reject the rezoning. We have not pulled a Council vote date or a recorded CPC vote, and the Borough President’s recommendation is not posted on the ZAP page yet. We will update when those appear. For market context see New York.
On the record
Queens Community Board 2 voted 35 in favor, 1 against, 0 abstaining (36 appointed) on Sept. 10, 2026, recommending conditional approval
Public record · zap.planning.nyc.gov
Primary record
- Public recordZAP lists the zoning map action (C240316ZMQ) as certified and the Appendix F text action (N240317ZRQ) as referred, with certification dated June 1, 2026View the record on zap.planning.nyc.gov