Public Design Commission Annual Report

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

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

Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

17134

Construction of an electrical building and adjacent site work, Bowery Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant, 4301 Berrian Boulevard, Astoria, Queens

Queens

DEP

Public

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

17149

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 166 West 125th Street, southeast corner of 7th Avenue and West 125th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

17150

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 79-01 Broadway, northwest corner of Broadway and Baxter Avenue, Elmhurst, Queens

Queens

DCA

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

17216

Installation of rooftop exhaust and HVAC equipment, St. Mary's Recreation Center, St. Mary's Park, St. Anne's Avenue, East 149th Street, Jackson Avenue, and St. Mary's Street, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

17255

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 777 7th Avenue, southeast corner of 7th Avenue and West 51st Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

17327

Construction of Prospect Plaza Park, adjacent to P.S. 178 Annex, Sterling Place, Park Place, and Howard Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

17460

Construction of a mixed-use development, including a hotel tower and residential tower, 495 11th Avenue, 11th Avenue between 39th Street and 40th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

17461

Rehabilitation of the Richmond Hill Community Library, 118-14 Hillside Avenue, Richmond Hill, Queens

Queens

QPL

Public

Architecture

Rehabilitation

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

19159

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 248 West 88th Street, southeast corner of Broadway and West 88th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

19918

Installation of a prototypical newsstand, 305 East 86th Street, northeast corner of Second Avenue and East 86th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCA

DOT

Private

Newsstand

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

19956

Installation of Colorful Companions by Olalekan Jeyifous, Brooklyn Animal Care Center, 832 Shepherd Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DCLA%

DDC

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

20760

Reconstruction of Sheepshead Bay Piers, Emmons Avenue between 21st Street and 27th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Architecture

Reconstruction

Approved with conditions

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

20861

Installation of eleven distance markers, Canarsie Park, between Seaview Avenue and the Shore Belt Parkway, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

20863

Installation of four distance markers, Marine Park, Filmore Avenue, East 33rd Street, Avenue U, and Stuart Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

20864

Installation of seven distance markers, Soundview Park, Lafayette Avenue, Colgate Avenue, the Bronx River, and Morrison Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

20866

Installation of seventeen distance markers, Inwood Hill Park, between West 207th Street and Spuyten Duyvil Creek, west of Seaman Avenue and Indian Road, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

20918

Reconstruction of the Passerelle bridge and plaza, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Roosevelt Avenue and Meridian Road, Corona, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Bridge

Reconstruction

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21090

Conversion of Building 20 into a light-industrial building, Morris Avenue, Third Street, Dock Avenue, and Fourth Street, Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BNYDC

Private

Architecture

Renovation

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21152

Removal of a distinctive sidewalk, Prospect Park West between 15th Street and 18th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

Public and Private

Distinctive sidewalk

Removal

Approved with conditions

3

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21187

Construction of the North Tower and reconstruction of open spaces, East River Science Park (Alexandria Center for Life Science), 500 East 30th Street between First Avenue, the FDR Drive, East 28th Street and East 30th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21204

Installation of a bike rental kiosk and bike rack, Central Park, Grand Army Plaza between East 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public and Private

Architecture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

2

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21232

Installation of a distinctive sidewalk, 1241 Broadway, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOT

Public and Private

Distinctive sidewalk

Installation of specific elements

Approved

2

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21251

Reconstruction of a streetscape, Travis Avenue between Victory Boulevard and Mulberry Avenue, Staten Island

Staten Island

EDC

DOT

public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21276

Reconstruction of Del Valle Square, Hunts Point Avenue, 163rd Street, and Bruckner Boulevard, Bronx

Bronx

DDC

DPR/DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved with conditions

2

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21398

Reconstruction of a portion of Bath Beach Park, Shore Parkway, Bay 16th Street, and 17th Court, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21402

Design of a flood-protection master plan (South Battery Park City Resiliency), The Battery, Battery Place and the Hudson River between 1st Place and Greenwich Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

BPCA/DPR//DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Master plan/Prototype

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21407

Construction of Vanderbilt Plaza and installation of security bollards, One Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt Avenue, 42nd Street, Madison Avenue, and 43rd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21408

Renovation of Buildings A and C (Made in NY-North), Bush Terminal Industrial Campus, 13 42nd Street and One 43rd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

EDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Renovation

Approved with conditions

2

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21417

Installation of security infrastructure, Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Avenue, West 33rd Street, and West 34th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DDC

DOT

Public

Street furniture

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21419

Installation of the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument by Meredith Bergmann, Literary Walk, The Mall, Central Park, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Approved with conditions

2

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21435

Installation of streetscape improvements as part of Phase III of the construction of CityPoint, Gold Street, Willoughby Street, Flatbush Avenue, Fleet Street, and Albee Square, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

Public and Private

Distinctive sidewalk

Installation of specific elements

Approved

2

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21460

Construction of an animal care center, 832 Shepherd Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DDC

DOHMH

Public

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21462

Renovation of the Red Hook Library and adjacent site work, 7 Wolcott Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

EDC

BPL

Public

Architecture

Renovation

Commented

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21463

Installation of an interim asphalt crosswalk, Times Square, West 46th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DDC

DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Approved with conditions

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21464

Installation of a fueling station, access hatches, and ventilation equipment, 79th Police Precinct, 263 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DDC

NYPD

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21465

Construction of the Jamaica Bay Greenway, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved with conditions

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21466

Reconstruction of a distinctive sidewalk, The Morgan Library and Museum, 33 East 36th Street, East 36th Street and Madison Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOT

Public and Private

Distinctive sidewalk

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21467

Construction of a boathouse, and adjacent site work, Sherman Creek Park, 3725 Tenth Avenue, Harlem River Drive, Academy Street, and Sherman Creek, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Approved with conditions

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21468

Construction of Gateway Park (Gateway Estates), Phase II, Vandalia Avenue, Ashford Street, Schroeders Avenue, and Walker Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21469

Reconstruction of a portion of Michaelis-Bayswater Park, Bay 32nd Street, Beach Channel Drive, Beach 35th Street, and Norton Avenue, Far Rockaway, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21470

Reconstruction of a portion of Quarry Ballfields, Oak Tree Place, Hughes Avenue, and East 181st Street, Bronx

Bronx

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved with conditions

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21471

Reconstruction of Al Stabile Playground, 103rd Street, Centreville Street, and 133rd Avenue, Ozone Park, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21472

Reconstruction of Monsignor Kett Playground, West 204th Street between Nagle Avenue and Tenth Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21473

Installation of interpretive signage, Fairview Park, Englewood Avenue, Arthur Kill Road, Veterans Road West, and Bricktown Way, Staten Island

Staten Island

DPR

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21474

Construction of a prototypical comfort station, South Park, Freshkills Park, Arthur Kill Road, Woodrow Road, Arden Avenue, and the West Shore Expressway, Staten Island

Staten Island

DPR

Public

Architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21475

Construction of athletic fields, including parking areas and adjacent site work, South Park, Freshkills Park, between Arthur Kill Road and West Shore Expressway, Staten Island

Staten Island

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21476

Construction of sand volleyball courts, an adult fitness area, lawn, and seating areas, Rockaway Beach, Shore Front Parkway between Beach 77th Street and Beach 81st Street, Arverne, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21477

Installation of a shade structure, Beach 59th Street Playground, Rockaway Beach, Shore Front Parkway between Beach 59th Street and Beach 60th Street, Arverne, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2019-10-21T00:00:00.000

21478

Reconstruction of the playground, Beach 59th Street Playground, Rockaway Beach, Shore Front Parkway between Beach 59th Street and Beach 60th Street, Arverne, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1