Definition: waterfront block or waterfront zoning lot (Applicable to Article VI - Chapter 2)
A “waterfront block” or "waterfront zoning lot” is a block or zoning lot in the waterfront area having a boundary at grade coincident with or seaward of the shoreline . For the purposes of this Chapter: (a) a block within the waterfront area shall include the land within a street that is not improved or open to the public, and such street shall not form the boundary of a block ; (b) a block within the waterfront area that abuts a public park along the waterfront shall be deemed to be part of a waterfront block ; and (c) a zoning lot shall include the land within any street that is not improved or open to the public and which is in the same ownership as that of any contiguous land. However, any block or zoning lot in the waterfront area having a boundary within or coincident with the boundaries of the Gowanus Canal, as shown on the City Map, shall be a waterfront block or waterfront zoning lot , respectively. Any zoning lot , the boundaries of which were established prior to November 1, 1993, and which is not closer than 1,200 feet from the shoreline at any point and which does not abut a public park along the waterfront, shall be deemed outside of the waterfront block .