Staten Island

Sanitation Complex Opens At 1000 West Service Road In Fresh Kills, Staten Island

By Max Gillespie

Construction is finished on the Staten Island Districts 1 and 3 Garage, a two-story municipal facility at 1000 West Service Road in Fresh Kills, Staten Island. Designed by TEN Arquitectos and Andrea Steele Architecture and delivered by the New York City Department of Design and Construction for the Department of Sanitation, the structure spans 140,000 square feet and consolidates operations for two of the borough’s three sanitation districts. Completion clears the way for a former garage site at 539 Jersey Street to be redeveloped into 232 affordable homes, public open space, and a grocery store, removing heavy sanitation truck traffic from the residential blocks of New Brighton.

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$15 Million Reconstruction Complete On Aesop Park And Greencroft Playground On Staten Island

By Max Gillespie

Construction is finished on Aesop Park and Greencroft Playground, a pair of jointly operated playgrounds in Tottenville and Bay Terrace, Staten Island. Designed in-house by NYC Parks landscape architects, Jordan Weber for Aesop Park and Jennifer Lauzon for Greencroft Playground, the $15 million capital program spans approximately 2.85 acres and yields new play equipment for children ages 2 to 5 and 5 to 12, accessibility ramps, spray showers, and shade trees. The Greencroft reconstruction carries an $8.4 million budget funded by the New York City Council and the Mayor’s Office, while the $6.64 million Aesop Park project was funded by the Staten Island Borough President and the City Council.

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Bloomingdale Park, via NYC Parks.

Staten Island Parks And Cultural Institutions To Receive $30M In Capital Upgrades

By Max Gillespie

Mayor Eric Adams and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella have announced a joint investment of nearly $30 million in capital funding to support improvements at three public spaces across Staten Island: Bloomingdale Park playground, Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, and the Staten Island Zoo. The funding, allocated through the Fiscal Year 2026 Adopted Budget, will be used to enhance access, safety, and the quality of cultural and recreational facilities throughout the borough.

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Rendering of North Shore Waterfront, credit: FXCollaborative.

Renderings Reveal Reimagined Empire Outlets & Former New York Wheel Site On Staten Island’s North Shore

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

A new set of renderings were released following this week’s announcement for a new vision of Empire Outlets and the former New York Wheel site on Staten Island‘s North Shore. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by theNew York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), the proposal, which was shaped through feedback from more than 1,000 residents, outlines the creation of a mixed-use waterfront neighborhood featuring over 2,500 new homes, open public space, community facilities, and expanded retail options in the reimagined mixed-use waterfront master plan. The site would span between the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and Empire Outlets to the east, and the North Shore Waterfront Esplanade Park to the west.

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