Public Design Commission Annual Report

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

12775

Installation of a tennis bubble, McCarren Park, Nassau Avenue, North 12th Street, Bayard Street, and Lorimer Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Private

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

14525

Reconstruction of a skate park, Rockaway Beach, Shore Front Parkway between Beach 91st Street and Beach 92nd Street, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

15634

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 787 7th Avenue, southeast corner of West 52nd Street and 7th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16519

Design of a master plan for the construction of four mixed-use residential towers, a light manufacturing facility, a central plaza open space, and adjacent site work as part of The Peninsula, Tiffany Street, Spofford Avenue, and Manida Street, Bronx

Bronx

EDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Design

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16694

Construction of a prototypical planted median, Grand Concourse Boulevard, Phase II and III, from East 165th Street to East 171st Street, Bronx

Bronx

DDC

DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16768

Installation of a hoist and roll down gate, 569 West Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

Private

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Found incomplete

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16771

Installation of flood barriers, Hunts Point Water Pollution Control Plant, East River near Halleck Road and Ryawa Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

OEM

DEP

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16856

Construction of the 40th Police Precinct and adjacent site work, East 149th Street and St. Ann's Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

DDC

Public

Architecture

Construction

Approved with conditions

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16929

Construction of a utility building and installation of diesel fuel storage tanks, Pier C, Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park, 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

EDC

BNYDC

Public

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16939

Reconstruction of a field house, Shore Park and Parkway, Shore Road and 95th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Withdrawn

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16951

Construction of flood resiliency infrastructure, New York Aquarium, Coney Island Boardwalk, West 5th Street, Surf Avenue, and West 8th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DCLA

DPR/WCS

Private

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16952

Reconstruction of the East River Esplanade, Phase I, East 88th Street to East 90th Street and East 114th Street to East 115th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved with conditions

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16953

Reconstruction of a playground, Evergreen Park, adjacent to P.S. 68, St. Felix Place, Seneca Avenue, and 75th Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved with conditions

2

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16967

Installation of distinctive lighting, World's Fair lightpoles, Phase I, Jamaica Avenue from Forest Parkway to 98th Street, Jamaica, Queens

Queens

DOT

Public

Distinctive lighting

Installation of specific elements

Approved with conditions

2

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16968

Reconstruction of a playground and construction of a sidewalk, Ida Court Park, North Railroad Street, Ida Court (formerly Heenan Avenue), Drumgoole Road East, and Korean War Veterans Parkway, Staten Island

Staten Island

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

2

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16970

Reconstruction of Bergen Beach playground, adjacent to P.S. 312, Avenue N and East 71st Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16972

Construction of a Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Elmhurst Park

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Withdrawn

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16978

Reconstruction of Epiphany Playground, Berry Street between South 9th Street and South 10th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16979

Reconstruction of Newport Playground, including a comfort station, adjacent to P.S. 41, Riverdale Avenue between Thatford Avenue and Osborn Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16980

Reconstruction of Playground 35 XXXV, Steinway Street and 35th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16982

Removal and conservation of Abstraction (1942) by Ilya Bolotowsky, Day Room B-11, Coler-Goldwater Specialty Care Hospital and Nursing Facility, Roosevelt Island, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

Public

Artwork

Removal

Approved with conditions

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16983

Installation of Wi-Fi equipment, Phase II, One Police Plaza, Manhattan

Manhattan

NYPD

Public

Street furniture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16984

Installation of rooftop equipment, Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens

Queens

QPL

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16985

Construction of two mixed-use residential towers and adjacent site work, Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Furman Street, Atlantic Avenue, and Bridge Park Drive, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BBP

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Approved with conditions

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16986

Rehabilitation of the ground floor and adjacent site work, Building 77, Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park, 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BNYDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16987

Reconstruction of the Greenpoint Branch Library and Environmental Education Center, 107 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BPL

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Found incomplete

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16988

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 121 East 59th Street, northeast corner of 59th Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Withdrawn

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16989

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 205 Montague Street, northwest corner of Cadman Plaza and Montague Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Withdrawn

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16990

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 23 West Broadway, northeast corner of Barclay Street and West Broadway, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16991

Installation of rooftop HVAC equipment, Eastchester Branch Library, 138 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx

Bronx

DDC

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16992

Installation of signage, Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School, 1 Wells Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOE

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16993

Construction of a park, including a storage shed, West 20th Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Found incomplete

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16994

Installation of an emergency generator, Engine Company 313, 44-01 244th Street, Flushing, Queens

Queens

FDNY

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Found incomplete

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16995

Installation of an emergency generator, Engine Company 311, 145-50 Springfield Boulevard, Springfield Gardens, Queens

Queens

FDNY

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16996

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 590 Sixth Avenue, southeast corner of Sixth Avenue and East 17th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16997

1215 5th Avenue Distinctive Sidewalk at East 102nd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOT

Private

Distinctive sidewalk

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16998

Installation of nine distance markers, Astoria Park, Astoria, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

16999

Reconstruction of an artificial turf field, construction of an artificial turf field, and adjacent site work, Bloomingdale Park, Lenevar Avenue between Drumgoole Road West and Ramona Avenue, Staten Island

Staten Island

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17000

Rehabilitation of Broadway Malls, West 102nd Street to West 104th Street and West 137th Street to West 139th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Rehabilitation

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17001

Construction of Hudson Park and Boulevard, Phase IIA, 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue from 36th Street to 37th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17002

Construction of a garage, Brooklyn Community District 3, 559 Park Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DSNY

Public

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17003

Design of prototypical subway entrances, citywide

Citywide

NYCT

Public

Architecture

Design

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17004

Removal and temporary storage of six artworks by Clemente Spampinato, Brooklyn Heights Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BPL

EDC

Public

Artwork

Removal

Commented

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17005

Installation of HVAC equipment, Manhattan Family Court, 60 Lafayette Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCAS

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved with conditions

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17006

Installation of coping, Spuyten Duyvil Branch Library, 650 West 235th Street, Bronx

Bronx

DDC

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17007

Installation of two exhaust fans, 4409 Park Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

DDC

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17008

Rehabilitation of the Jerome Park Reservoir, Goulden Avenue, Sedgwick Avenue, and Reservoir Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

DEP

Public

Landscape architecture

Rehabilitation

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17009

Installation of an emergency generator, Eric M. Taylor Center, 10-10 Hazen Street, Rikers Island, East Elmhurst, Queens

Queens

DOC

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17010

Construction of a fenced-in planted area, 339 Pacific Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

Private

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2017-02-13T00:00:00.000

17011

Construction of stairs and a planted area, 2018 East 7th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

Private

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved

1