VIDEO shows what Hunters Point South will look like
18 Jan
Hunter’s Point South is a proposed mixed-use, middle-income housing development situated on approximately 30 acres of prime waterfront property in Long Island City, Queens. Up to 5,000 housing units, 60 percent of which will be affordable to middle income families, are expected to be developed on the site.
Phipps Houses, Related Companies, and Monadnock Construction have been selected to complete Phase I construction of the project. This includes two mixed-use buildings of more than 900 housing units and roughly 20,000 square feet of new retail space. 100 percent of the housing in this phase will be for low, moderate and middle-income families. Other additions will include five acres of new waterfront parkland, a new school, new retail space, and parking. Phase I construction is expected to finish in 2014.
The new housing units are a part of Mayor Bloomberg’s $7.5 billion New Housing Marketplace Plan to build and preserve 165,000 units of affordable housing over ten years - the largest municipal affordable plan in the nation.
In addition to housing, the Hunter’s Point South will also include retail space, community/cultural facilities, school space, parking and a new continuous waterfront park.
via NYCEDC
Does anybody know what the’re doing on the warehouse on 50th & 5th St? Any asbestos in there? Will this become heavy commercial traffic next to LIC Kids?
Also
http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/01/17/waterfilled_party_wall_wins_moma_ps1_architecture_contest.php
The video didn’t show the site inundated with East River flood waters from our next storm.
Is there an actual update on the project? It’s been years and we have a half finished school and not a single building starting to go up. So glad the city shut down the Tennisport and Water Taxi Beach.
I think park is to open this year (part of it) and Related is starting is to start work on the first tower
I have yet to see any plans for how the influx of people (5000 units it says on the billboard) will access public transport. The Vernon Jackson Subway station and the 7 train is already overcrowded in rush hours. I expect to see a significant increase in water taxi services(even a jetski park?.
The other side of this is that the development will stimulate old and new businesses, especially service industries.
C, They have actually done a ton of work underground (water mains, sewerage, electric)and the street scape is coming along. The high-school is scheduled to be delivered this September.
This is such a waste of prime real estate. The city needs to re-think its focus on “middle income” housing. Market rate development would bring far more benefit to LIC, including more reasonable rents and home prices.
Isn’t this a flood zone? How is the 7 train gonna handle these many people?
The 7 train is going to be a nightmare.
It already is………
It’s gonna be like the L’s Bedford stop.
There does need to be more public transportation options in Hunters Point. One of the options would be to put in another E/M stop on Vernon. This would enable, perhaps, lower-scale development north of “Battery Park City East”. That would help and is much less annoying, not to mention less overpriced, than ferries
How can one apply to get a rental here? Anyone know?
Build a pedestrian bridge/bikeway from Hunters Point South to Manhattan.
would be awesome, especially with bike parking near both ends of the bridge