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CPC certifi es proposal to begin ULURP
process for Flushing waterfront project
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BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
The City Planning Commission
on Dec. 16 certified a
proposal by The Flushing Willets
Point – Corona Local Development
Corporation (FWCLDC)
to begin the ULURP
process of the redevelopment
of the Special Flushing Waterfront
District.
The proposals were drafted
in collaboration with Langan
Engineering and Environmental
Services and contain
new renderings from Hill West
Architects offering a first look
at the future redeveloped site,
according to New York Yimby.
The project area is bound
by 40th Road to the south, College
Point Boulevard to the
east, 36th Avenue to the north,
and Flushing Creek to the
west. The proposal includes
nine buildings spread across
four neighboring sites.
“This is a very good project
and will benefit the neighborhood,”
said Claire Shulman,
of The Flushing Willets Point-
Corona Local Development
Corporation.
The Flushing Willets Point
– Corona Local Development
Corporation aims to transform
the underutilized, vacant, and
environmentally-challenged
areas into a vibrant, new
mixed-use community.
New York Yimby reported
that the overall project
will comprise of 1,725 apartments,
1,397,040 square-feet of
commercial area, and 21,913
square-feet of community facilities.
Commercial components
will include 298,811 square-feet
of retail, a 714,588 square-foot
hotel, and 383,641 square-feet
of office space. There will also
be 1,533 parking spaces and a
total of 3.14 acres of publicly
accessible open space.
According to Shulman, they
are also working on a project
to construct a promenade from
Roosevelt Avenue to Northern
Boulevard that will eventually
connect to the Skyview Flushing
Creek promenade.
“The 40 acres will be developed
and we’re doing a lot
of things to clean up the water
so we can have modest maritime
use off the promenade,”
Shulman said.
In 2010, The Flushing Willets
Point – Corona Local
Development Corporation received
a $1,505,700 grant under
the New York State Brownfield
Opportunity Areas Program
(BOA) to develop plans to revitalize
the Flushing waterfront
area, according to Schulman.
In 2018, The Flushing Waterfront
BOA received official
BOA Designation from
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office.
The New York Department of
State, which administers the
program, determined if the
project met the necessary requirements
and criteria for
designation.
According to the City Planning
Department, now that the
project has begun public review,
it will go to Community
Board 7 for a a public hearing
and vote, followed by the Borough
President. Both Community
Board 7 and the Borough
President will issue advisory
recommendations on the proposal.
After that, the proposal
will return to the City Planning
Commission for a public
hearing and a binding vote.
If the CPC votes to approve or
modify the application, it will
then go to the City Council for
a public hearing and vote.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.com or
by phone at (718) 260–4526.
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