Offi cials break ground on PS 375 at Hunters Point
Long-awaited LIC school expected to open in 2021 will seat more than 600 students
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELLDOMENECH
A new school is on its way
to the Hunters Point South
Development site in Long
Island City.
On Jan. 17, officials, parents
and students gathered between
56th and 57th Avenues in Long
Island City to take part in a
ground breaking ceremony
for the new school, which was
touted as a great victory for a
community struggling with
over crowded schools.
“Over the last decade, Long
Island City has experienced a
building and baby boom, and our
community desperately needs
more schools to keep up with
growth,” said City Councilman
Jimmy Van Bramer.
The new school in the
large development site will
seat 612 students from prekindergarten
to fifth grade
and is expected to open in
September 2021.
The school will be fully air
conditioned and will feature
Officials break ground on a new school at the Hunters Point South Development site in Long Island
City. Courtesy of Van Bramer’s offi ce
all the normal amenities of an
elementary school, including
a library, cafeteria, a hybrid
gymnasium/auditorium (a
gymnatorium) and outdoor
playgrounds.
It will be fully accessible and
house 20 standard classrooms
and two special education
rooms. Luxuries like an
early childhood playground,
two reading room, a speech
resource room and a music
suite will also be a part of the
state-of-the-art school.
“As Long Island City
continues to grow, it is
imperative that we create
neighborhood schools that
are worthy of the children
who will attend them,”
Queens Borough President
Melinda Katz said. “With the
construction of the state-ofthe
art PS 375, we are doing
exactly that.”
The Hunters South Point
is a 5,000-acre development
site that will feature two
affordable and senior
residential buildings
currently referred to as Parcel
F and Parcel G. The The new
school is being constructed in
Parcel F, which is currently a
vacant lot.
According to the NYC
Economic Development
Corporation, when construction
on the 30-acre development is
complete, it will feature local
retail, a community facility,
arts and cultural space, a waterbased
park.
Reach reporter Alejandra
O’Connell-Domenech by e-mail
at adomenech@qns.com or by
phone at (718) 224-5863 ext. 226.
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