
A Town Center at City’s Edge
And that, in turn, is largely why Amar Singh, a software consultant who works in Midtown, moved here last year. “It was getting way crazy with too many people” in Richmond Hill, his address from 2002 to 2006, said Mr. Singh, who sold his house without having another lined up. He first become a renter in Floral Park.
A quarter of all South Asians in New York live in overcrowded homes, with more than one person per room, and often in illegal basement apartments, Ms. Agnani said; these basement units exist in Floral Park and occasionally cause tension with longtime residents, community leaders acknowledge.
Relief probably won’t come in the form of larger houses. To keep growth in check, the City Planning Department may shrink Floral Park’s zoning from R2 to R2A, which stipulates that a house take up no more than 30 percent of a lot, down from 37 percent. Adding attic rooms would also become tougher, as height limits would be 35 feet.
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You've photographed the wrong block!
Take a walk around the vicinity of 265th Street
south of Union Turnpike.... spreading out.
You'll witness the proliferation of Mc Mansions....
termed "Garage Mahals" by the locals....
that are being built by south Asians.
They take an existing post WWII home
and build out over the driveway.....
up and around to the maximum allowable footprint.
Then, voila'.....you've got a "Garage Mahal"!
Floral Park has, in fact, become synonymous
with this overstated "architectural style".
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