The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has released a Request for Proposals to redevelop Parcel E at Hunter’s Point South in Long Island City, Queens. When complete, the project will deliver a new multi-building, mixed-use development on a formerly vacant waterfront site. Redevelopment of Parcel E is part of a larger transformation of the 30-acre Hunter’s Point South area, led by HPD, and aims to bring new housing, primarily affordable, as well as commercial and community spaces and open public areas.
Parcel E is the sixth of seven total parcels to be developed in Hunter’s Point South. This phase will build on the more than 3,000 homes, two schools, and a waterfront park already completed in earlier phases. At least one building will be 100 percent affordable, and the project overall will include around 70 percent affordable housing for households earning less than 120 percent of the area median income. Additional elements include commercial retail, community facility space, and an approximately 1,800-square-foot publicly accessible open space.
Hunter’s Point South parcel E, via nyc.gov
The planning process leading up to the RFP included community engagement efforts, including multilingual outreach and public events. Over 1,300 residents shared feedback, emphasizing the need for deeply affordable family-sized housing, inclusive retail, and flexible gathering spaces.
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The nearby LIRR rail yard really needs a lid over it with thousands of new housing units.
The yard needs to be submerged around 20 feet (working around the Q-M Tunnel of course) so development and street connections could more logically take place. It would also create an opportunity for a new more useful LIC station on the path of a new pair of LIRR/Amtrak tubes to/from Penn, rather than the silly dead end terminal station for diesel territory trains it serves now.
Years ago I drafted a plan to shift the 7 northern yard tracks eastward by using the formerly vacant lot that is now an iFly to free up more land on the north and western side of the yards for a transition zone so they could be decked and cantilevered over without needed to dig down as much.
@matthew That’s a good idea.
The East River Tunnel goes directly under this rail yard. Digging this site down 20 ft. is not an option.
The East River Tubes range from 60+ feet below grade on the west end of the yard to around 40 feet below grade on the east end of the yard, and the QMT runs directly below Broden Av. Excavating a box 20 feet deep is perfectly feasible here.
Borden Av