Real Estate
New School in LIC
BY ANGELA MATUA
AMATUA@QNS.COM
Plans are underway to start construc-tion
on a new elementary school in Long
Island City.
Permits were filed with the Depart-ment
of Buildings on Jan. 4 for a four-story,
75,093-square-foot building at
1-35 57th Ave.
P.S. 375Q will be built near the Hunt-ers
Point South affordable housing com-plex
and is a part of the project’s second
phase of construction.
Officials first announced that the
school would be built in February 2016
at the cost of $60 million. Parents in
the neighborhood have been asking for
additional schools to cater the influx of
families moving in.
Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2016 allocated
$225 million for the construction of
three new schools in the area and one
school in neighboring Woodside.
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According to the SCA, the school
will accommodate 612 students and
feature an art classroom, a music class-room,
a science resource classroom,
a gymatorium, a library, guidance and
medical suites, a cafeteria and an out-door
playground.
The second phase of construction
at Hunters Point South will also include
almost 1,200 units, 800 of which will be
affordable. The two residential towers
will stand 55 and 44 stories, respectively.
Photo courtesy of School Construction Authority
The school will accommodate
612 students and feature
an art classroom, a music
classroom, a science resource
classroom, a gymatorium, a
library, guidance and medical
suites, a cafeteria and an
outdoor playground.