The New York State Department of Transportation’s (NYSDOT) Kosciuszko Bridge Project includes open space opportunities, including development of a new public park in Queens. The location of the new park, which was selected in conjunction with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and approved by Queens Community Board #2, is approximately bounded by 43rd Street, 55th Avenue, 54th Avenue and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (see map below). Design of the new park will begin this year, and it’s anticipated it will be completed between 2020 and 2021. The new Brooklyn-bound bridge currently under construction will include a bikeway/walkway that will touch down on Laurel Hill Boulevard at 54th Road, a short distance from the new park.
The Queens park consists of two (2) parcels, located north and south of 54th Road. The smaller parcel (approximately 8,000 square feet) and the larger parcel (approximately 24,000 square feet) will provide opportunities for a variety of active and passive features. The new park will include a comfort station. To identify those features that would be most suitable for the area, we would like the input of the local community and other potential users of this destination park.
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5 comments:
BUT WILL IT BE MAINTAINED?? THATS THE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION !!
Isn't this an industrial zone? Who is the local community?
1. It will not be maintained - no park in Queens is maintained for their purpose is honest graft - every 10 years a headline for a pol who is hailed as a hero by the local muchkins, and millions of wasted dollars moving around a running track like they are doing in Astoria and some hack gets a gravy train windfall.
2. The other bene is a transfer of 'wasted' air rights. Yea, you got that right.
3. Local community? In most areas (with a few notable exceptions) there are no local communities anymore. Queens no longer has 'communities' only voting districts.
YOUR NEW COMMUNITY OF HOMLESS SHELTERS COMING SOON.
The wind alone makes it inhospitable for bikes
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