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$16M Provided to Restore Newtown Creek
By Andres Soto
The Newtown Creek is a 3.5-mile long estuary that forms part of the border between Brooklyn and Queens. The creek is crossed by the Pulaski Bridge, Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, and the Kosciuszko Bridge. During the second half of the 19th century the creek became a major industrial waterway and before 1950, bulk-oil storage facilities nearby were spilling petroleum.
An estimated 30 million US gallons of spilled oil, raw sewage from New York City’s sewer system and other accumulation from a total 1,491 sites were dumped. The creek was declared a federal Superfund site in 2010 which the NY Daily News says is “a designation that compels companies responsible for polluting the site to pay to clean it up.”
After many years of negligence Newtown Creek is getting some love. One of the many companies held responsible for polluting the Creek and admitting to dumping hazardous materials, Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc and Getty Terminals Corp., has agreed to pay $16,000,000 to help start the cleanup. This amount is the result of an agreement between Getty and the federal government as part of their 2011 Bankruptcy process.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement, “For more than a century, irresponsible industrial activities turned Newtown Creek into a tributary of toxic waste.” Today’s settlement ensures that Getty takes responsibility for its contribution to that sad legacy, and pays a fair share of clean-up costs at the site.”
The Environmental Protection Agency is currently taking samples from the creek in preparation for its $500 million cleanup that will take around a decade to complete. Hopefully by then more dolphins will appear in the water.
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Steps to Landmark Long Island City
Clock Tower are in Motion
By Andres Soto
The Bank of Manhattan Clock Tower rises above train tracks as the 7, N and Q trains make their rounds around Queensboro Plaza. This Neo Gothic creation by architect Morrel Smith was built in 1927 and at the time was the tallest building in Queens and has mainly been vacant for close to three decades.
Within the midst of the constant change and construction happening in and around Queens Plaza, it's nice to know that two local residents are attempting to preserve a piece of the areas worthy building history. Matthew Chrislip and Michael Hall sent a request to the Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) in spring of 2014 to evaluate the Bank of Manhattan Clock Tower building located at 29-27 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City.
As for their next step, Matthew and Michael recently reached out to the Queens Community Board 1 (QBC1) to seek support for their efforts and to ask community members to submit letters encouraging the land-marking of the tower. The LPC is reviewing the building, according to a spokeswoman and QCB1 voted to advocate the campaign.
I remember seeing the Clock Tower every day since my college days as I commuted on the 7 train to and from Manhattan. For an area that's consistently changing its scene, some may say it’s being over developed, with new construction buildings it’s refreshing to see some fondness to preserve Long Island City’s history. Hall and Chrislip say their request only applies to the property's exterior, not its interior. "We are not opposed to development, but we think it's important to protect worthy buildings like the Clock Tower," Hall told members of QCB1.
If you would like to assist in Hall and Chrislip's efforts, and I encourage you to do so, please email them at everyone@pluspartners.org.
Sources: untappedcities.com,dnainfo.com,newtownpentacle.com
New rental units to built on a Graveyard
New Look for old 5 Pointz location
Clock Tower are in Motion
By Andres Soto
The Bank of Manhattan Clock Tower rises above train tracks as the 7, N and Q trains make their rounds around Queensboro Plaza. This Neo Gothic creation by architect Morrel Smith was built in 1927 and at the time was the tallest building in Queens and has mainly been vacant for close to three decades.
Within the midst of the constant change and construction happening in and around Queens Plaza, it's nice to know that two local residents are attempting to preserve a piece of the areas worthy building history. Matthew Chrislip and Michael Hall sent a request to the Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) in spring of 2014 to evaluate the Bank of Manhattan Clock Tower building located at 29-27 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City.
As for their next step, Matthew and Michael recently reached out to the Queens Community Board 1 (QBC1) to seek support for their efforts and to ask community members to submit letters encouraging the land-marking of the tower. The LPC is reviewing the building, according to a spokeswoman and QCB1 voted to advocate the campaign.
I remember seeing the Clock Tower every day since my college days as I commuted on the 7 train to and from Manhattan. For an area that's consistently changing its scene, some may say it’s being over developed, with new construction buildings it’s refreshing to see some fondness to preserve Long Island City’s history. Hall and Chrislip say their request only applies to the property's exterior, not its interior. "We are not opposed to development, but we think it's important to protect worthy buildings like the Clock Tower," Hall told members of QCB1.
If you would like to assist in Hall and Chrislip's efforts, and I encourage you to do so, please email them at everyone@pluspartners.org.
Sources: untappedcities.com,dnainfo.com,newtownpentacle.com
New rental units to built on a Graveyard
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A giant new megaproject is coming to Queens Plaza in Long Island City, on the site of what was once a cemetery, owned by a family that settled there 350 years ago.
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust has teamed up with developer Tishman Speyer to built a "landmark luxury residential rental development" next to Gotham Center, an office building at Queens Plaza and 28th Street. Construction is set to begin in 2015, It will be a 42 stories tower with 1,600 rental apartments and 30,000 square feet of retail space, in addition to the regular amenities.
According to The New York Times The Van Alst family cemetery was rediscovered only a little more than a decade ago, after the city decided to rezone the mostly industrial tract for residential, retail and office development.
As part of the proposed rezoning of the development site in Long Island City by the City Planning Commission, an archaeological consulting firm, Historical Perspectives, was hired in 2000 to research the environmental impact.
The consultant found that in 1925, Harry Van Alst, a Queens lawyer who lived in Long Island City, received an anonymous telephone call informing him that workers expanding the West Disinfecting Company’s complex had unearthed bones and remnants of caskets, roughly at Jackson Avenue and Orchard Street. He had them moved to Cypress Hills Cemetery and reburied.
But the consultant was unable to determine how many family members had been buried in the family plot originally, how many had been removed earlier and how many were reinterred in 1925 in Cypress Hills, and concluded: “There is still the possibility that undisturbed burials exist within the potential development site.”
New Look for old 5 Pointz location
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The construction for the Rental twin towers at 22-44 Jackson Avenue will begin in three to five months.
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Another file permit for a new construction on crescent street in Long Island City. SLCE architects could not provide details but it seems to be a construction with very high ceiling with more than 12 feet per floor and the units will be condominiums.
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On July 30th, 2014 Architects Studios NY filed a permit to built a 8 story building at 42-44 Crescent Street in Long Island City. The site sits a block and a half south of the Queensboro bridge, The new construction will include 12 condos with 2,060 square feet in the ground level available for commercial use.
Demolition to begin soon for 22-44 Jackson Avenue,well known as 5 Pointz
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The two new towers will contain a total of 1.2 million square feet of floor space, the majority of which will be over a 1,000 rentals apartments with nearly 40,000 square feet commercial space. Additional features include over 200 parking spaces, street level retail and 20 artists' studios.
42-14 Crescent Street Long Island city, the design has been revealed
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Construction is expected to start this fall and wrap up by the end of 2015
42-14 Crescent ST Long Island City, N.Y.
42-14 Crescent ST Long Island City, N.Y.
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Will it be a boutique residential property or just a cookie cutter rubber stamp? Fingers crossed on something well crafted with attention to detail.
New Building 43-22 Queens Street
Long Island City, NY
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43-22 Queens Street is located just a few blocks from the E,M,N,Q,R,7 and G trains (talk about great transportation options!). While no completion date for the new building has been announced, the new filings suggest progress is imminent.
New building coming to 43-25 Hunter Street
New building coming to 43-25 Hunter Street
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A New building proposal has been submitted by Rockrose development at 43-25 Hunter St in the Court Square neighborhood of Long Island City. Based on the DOB filing the properties final address may be 25-25 44th Drive.
The building will consist of ground floor retail space and 974 apartments with 20% set aside as affordable apartments. The amenities for the building will include a basketball court, billiard room, and yoga studio. The 38th floor will include a roof deck with spectacular views of Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. 43-25 Hunter St will become one of the tallest building in Long Island city, standing 50 stories. The building is estimated to be completed by 2017.
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