Public Design Commission Annual Report

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

23837

Construction of Metropolitan Park (Queens Future), including the construction of a gaming facility, resort, retail, and events complex, parking structures, the reconstruction of Shea Road, and adjacent site work, Roosevelt Avenue, between Grand Central Parkway and Seaver Way, and between the MTA New York City Transit Corona Maintenance Yard and the Whitestone Expressway, adjacent to Citi Field, Corona, Queens

Queens

EDC

DPR

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

23904

Reinstallation of two artworks by Clemente Spampinato, Brooklyn Heights Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BPL

Public

Artwork

Reinstallation

Approved

2

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

23931

Design of a prototypical containerized waste bin for installation near large-scale residential buildings as a pilot for a citywide waste containerization program ("Future of Trash"), Manhattan Community District 9, Manhattan

Manhattan

DSNY

Public

Street furniture

Master plan/Prototype

Withdrawn

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24011

Construction of streetscape improvements (Stillwell Walk) and two multi-level enclosed pedestrian bridges, as part of the Coney Island (The Coney) gaming facility and resort, Stillwell Avenue and West 12th Street between Surf Avenue and Wonder Wheel Way, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

Public and Private

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24165

Construction of an African burial ground memorial landscape, Flatbush African Burial Ground Park, Church Avenue and Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24285

Reconstruction of a playground, Holcombe Rucker Park, north of West 155th Street between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Harlem River Drive, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved w/ conditions

3

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24299

Installation of Feynman Code by Pablo Helguera, Far Rockaway Community Library, 16-37 Central Avenue, Far Rockaway, Queens

Queens

DCLA%

DDC/QPL

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24300

Installation of Life Could be a Dream by Jeffrey Gibson, 40th Police Precinct, 549 East 149th Street, Bronx

Bronx

DCLA%

DDC/NYPD

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24314

Reconstruction of Rocket Playground, adjacent to Robert H. Goddard High School and J.H.S. 202, North Conduit Avenue and Arion Road, Ozone Park, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24331

Construction of an open space (The Baseline) under the ramps to the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge, Dutch Kills Street between Jackson Avenue and the Long Island Rail Road, Long Island City, Queens

Queens

DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Construction

Approved w/ conditions

2

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24338

Reconstruction of Colden Playground, adjacent to P.S. 214, Union Street between 31st Drive and 31st Road, Flushing, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24339

Reconstruction of Anchorage Plaza for use as a pickleball concession (CityPickle), adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge, Washington Street, Prospect Street, and Old Fulton Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public and Private

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24341

Minor modifications to the replacement of rooftop mechanical equipment, Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens

Queens

QPL

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved per delegation

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24342

Installation of a generator, Engine Company 153, 74 Broad Street, Staten Island

Staten Island

FDNY

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved per delegation

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24343

Installation of water management infrastructure and construction of an accessible path, Verdi Square, Broadway at 73rd Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

CPC

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved per delegation

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24344

Installation of rooftop equipment, Dewatering Building, Bowery Bay Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, 43-01 Berrian Boulevard, Astoria, Queens

Queens

DEP

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved per delegation

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24344

Installation of rooftop equipment, Dewatering Building, Bowery Bay Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, 43-01 Berrian Boulevard, Astoria, Queens

Queens

DEP

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24345

Installation of a louver (Production Suite G), Building 77, 141 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BNYDC

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved per delegation

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24346

Minor modifications to the installation of flood protection measures as part of the DEP Wastewater Resiliency Program, Hunt’s Point Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, Ryawa Avenue, Halleck Street, and Barretto Street, Bronx

Bronx

DEP

Public

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved per delegation

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24347

Replacement of rooftop mechanical equipment, Fashion Institute of Technology, David Dubinsky Student Center, 340 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DOE

Public and Private

Building systems & Modifications

Installation of specific elements

Approved per delegation

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24348

Reconstruction of a portion of Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Grand Street, Chrystie Street, Delancey Street, and Forsyth Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24349

Reconstruction of a portion of Mafera Playground, 65th Place, Catalpa Avenue, and Shaler Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24350

Reconstruction of Hallets Point Playground, 1st Street and Astoria Boulevard, Astoria, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24351

Installation of interpretive signage, as part of the reconstruction of the East River Esplanade, 107th Street Pier, and Bobby Wagner Walk, East 94th Street to 107th Street, and East 117th Street to East 124th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

DPR

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24352

Reconstruction of A. Philip Randolph Square, including commemorative site elements, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, West 116th Street, St. Nicholas Avenue, and West 117th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

DOT

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24353

Construction of a life sciences building, Innovation East Life Sciences, 455 First Avenue, First Avenue between East 26th and East 27th Streets, Manhattan

Manhattan

EDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Approved w/ conditions

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24354

Installation of Who Knows Tomorrow by Serge Attukwei Clottey, Baisley Park Community Library, 117-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens

Queens

DCLA%

DDC/QPL

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24355

Installation of lighting as part of the rehabilitation of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (1902), West 88th Street and Riverside Drive, Riverside Park, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24356

Construction of a hospitality building (Player Performance Building), including a parking garage, United States Tennis Association's Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, Queens

Queens

DPR

USTA

Public

Architecture

Construction

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24357

Construction of an exercise pavilion as part of the construction of an annex building, Horizon Juvenile Center, 560 Brooke Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

DDC

ACS

Public

Architecture

Construction

Approved w/ conditions

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24358

Minor modifications to the installation of Brooklyn Museum of Love and Wonder by Vanessa German, Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center, 3002 Foster Avenue between Nostrand Avenue and New York Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DCLA%

DDC/DPR

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Approved w/ conditions

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24359

Installation of A River (Can't Stop Won't Stop) by C.J. Chueca, Davidson Step Street, Davidson Avenue between West 174th Street and Featherbed Lane, Bronx

Bronx

DCLA%

DDC/DOT

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24360

Construction of the Soundview Park Recreation Center, Soundview Park, Lafayette Avenue between Morrison Avenue and Metcalf Avenue, Bronx

Bronx

DDC

DPR

Public

Architecture

Construction

Approved w/ conditions

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24361

Reconstruction of the landscape adjacent to the southwest wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 79th Street Transverse and East Drive, Central Park, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

CPC

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24362

Relocation of a plaque, Liotti Ikefugi Playground, Bismark Avenue and Winter Avenue, Staten Island

Staten Island

DPR

Public

Signage

Relocation

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24363

Installation of signage as part of the rehabilitation of the Boiler Building (formerly the Heating Plant), East Road between 1st Drive and 2nd Drive, Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (now Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility), Manhattan

Manhattan

DEP

DPR

Public

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24364

Installation of Victory by Vinnie Bagwell, Fifth Avenue at East 103rd Street, Central Park, Manhattan

Manhattan

DCLA%

EDC/DPR

Public

Artwork

Installation of specific elements

Approved w/ conditions

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24365

Reconstruction of Damrosch Park, including streetscape improvements, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, West 62nd Street between Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

DOT

Public and Private

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved w/ conditions

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24366

Reconstruction of a portion of Telephone Playground, adjacent to P.S. 205, 75th Avenue between Bell Boulevard and 217th Street, Oakland Gardens, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved w/ conditions

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24367

Reconstruction of Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden, 437 East 114th Street, Manhattan

Manhattan

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24368

Reconstruction of the basketball court, Travers Park, 34th Avenue between 77th Street and 78th Street, Jackson Heights, Queens

Queens

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24369

Reconstruction of Wolfe’s Pond Park Playground, including the construction of pickleball courts, Wolfe's Pond Park, near Cornelia Avenue and Chester Avenue, Staten Island

Staten Island

DPR

Public

Landscape architecture

Reconstruction

Approved w/ conditions

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24370

Removal of a distinctive sidewalk, Fairview Place and Church Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

Public

Distinctive sidewalk

Removal

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24371

Renovation and expansion of Grand Oaks Country Club, including the construction of an entry gate and driveway landscaping, South Shore Golf Course, Huguenot Avenue and Raily Court, Staten Island

Staten Island

DPR

Private

Landscape architecture

Renovation

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24372

Construction of a batting cage for a Minor League Baseball Stadium, Steeplechase Park, Surf Avenue between West 16th and West 20th Street, Coney Island, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DPR

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24373

Construction of a storefront (Kingbridge) and adjacent site work, 209 Brooklyn Navy Yard (formerly Building 275), 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn Navy Yard Industrial Park, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

BNYDC

Public and Private

Architecture

Construction

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24374

Installation of a wayfinding and building signage system for a stadium, as part of Phase II of Willets Point, 126th Street, 127th Street, and Willets Point Boulevard between 38th Avenue and 35th Avenue, Corona, Queens

Queens

EDC

Public and Private

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24375

Installation of a wayfinding and building signage system, as part of the construction of four mixed-use residential towers, a light manufacturing facility, a central plaza open space, and adjacent site work (The Peninsula), Tiffany Street, Spofford Avenue, and Manida Street, Bronx

Bronx

EDC

Public and Private

Signage

Installation of specific elements

Commented

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24376

Installation of prototypical pipe bollards, 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway, between New Utrecht Avenue and 43rd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

DOT

Public

Street furniture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1

2025-06-23T00:00:00.000

24377

Installation of shopping cart area (Foodtown), 5555 Broadway, Bronx

Bronx

DOT

Private

Street furniture

Installation of specific elements

Approved

1