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West Brighton Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA)

Updates

May 4, 2016 - West Brighton BOA Nomination Report

DCP and the West Brighton Community Local Development Corporation are pleased to announce the release of the West Brighton BOA Nomination Report as part of the formal request for the designation of the West Brighton BOA to the New York State Department of State. View the Nomination Report.

The Nomination Report is a product of the many contributions from residents, business owners, property owners, and stakeholders that participated in the BOA’s public outreach events and workshops held over the past two years. This public input helped formalize and refine the community’s vision for the BOA and produce a strategic plan for achieving this vision.

The Nomination Report includes a description of the public participation efforts for the BOA, an existing conditions analysis of the BOA study area, and a set of recommendations for the redevelopment of strategic sites and guiding future planning efforts in the area.

In the upcoming months, the BOA team will schedule presentations of the BOA recommendations. A copy of the presentation and the recommendations action agenda can be viewed here. If you are interested in attending in these presentations or would like additional information regarding the BOA, please contact us at westbrightonboa@planning.nyc.gov.

Introduction

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West Brighton Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA)

Following up on the North Shore 2030 Report’s recommendations, the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) is partnering with the West Brighton Local Development Corporation (WBLDC) to work with the community and stakeholders through early 2015 to craft a strategic plan for the West Brighton area with the goals of improving public access to waterfront and public parks, supporting new and existing maritime industrial uses, expanding retail and community services and providing a safe, multi modal transportation network along Richmond Terrace. The planning process will consist of evaluating existing conditions -- such as land use, zoning, transportation, infrastructure, socioeconomics, market conditions and retail trends -- and result in a proposed zoning and infrastructure framework to support these long-term goals for Staten Island’s North Shore.

The study area boundaries include both waterfront and upland properties, stretching from Westervelt Avenue in the east to Rector Street in the west and including the neighborhoods of New Brighton and West Brighton. This planning effort is being completed in coordination with the Port Richmond Brownfield Opportunity Area to provide transit opportunities, and neighborhood connections from St. George to Mariners Harbor.

This effort is funded by a grant from the New York State’s Department of State Brownfield Opportunity Area program. These grants support community-based planning efforts to identify neighborhood revitalization strategies and the redevelopment of underutilized potential brownfield sites.

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North Shore 2030

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North Shore 2030: The Department of City Planning and the Economic Development Corporation released the North Shore 2030: Improving and Reconnecting the North Shore’s Unique and Historic Assets in December 2011, the culmination of a collaborative two-year effort among City and State agencies, over 200 local experts – residents, business leaders and civic stakeholders - to craft a vision for the North Shore of Staten Island. The final report details long-term recommendations necessary to meet the 2030 Vision that will guide public and private investment and land use decisions over the next 20 years.

Public Participation

Interactive Visioning Exercise

A key element of planning for the future of the West Brighton BOA is understanding the community’s vision for the neighborhoods that make up our study area. In addition to a series of public workshops conducted at Walker Park, we are providing a website platform that allows the public to provide additional input and to answer focused questions for strategic sites in the BOA.

Each of the four BOA subareas has been mapped and labeled with the key planning concepts specific to that area. Please review each map and click the comment button to access the comment sheet. Scroll down below to get started!

Jersey Street South – Opportunities and Zoning Districts - Tell us what you think!

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What are Jersey Street South’s best assets?

If the DSNY Garage were available for redevelopment, how could the site be used to promote quality jobs and workplaces and provide new uses for the neighborhood?

What businesses/services are needed to revitalize the Jersey Street Commercial Corridor?

What other suggestions do you have for planning the future of Jersey Street South?

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Jersey Street North – Opportunities and Zoning Districts - Tell us what you think!

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As the North Shore is redeveloped, what physical improvements to Jersey Street are needed to meet the needs of residents and visitors alike?

How can transportation options – pedestrian, bicycle, auto, and transit – be improved in Jersey Street North?

If a public/private partnership were possible with the owner of the former Uniform site, what new uses and opportunities would benefit the neighborhood?

What other suggestions do you have for planning the future of Jersey Street North?

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New Brighton – Opportunities and Zoning Districts - Tell us what you think!

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What types of improvements are needed on Richmond Terrace? How many lanes? Wider sidewalks? Bike Lanes? Landscaping? Any other suggestions?

What is an appropriate building type/size that will attract developers to invest and build on the North Shore to meet the community’s desire for an inviting Richmond Terrace with jobs, shopping and dining? Use the Small, Medium, and Large scale development options diagrams as a guide.

If New Brighton is redeveloped with new shops, dining, housing, and improved transit options, how necessary will car ownership be to new residents?

What other suggestions do you have for planning the future of New Brighton?

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New Brighton Development Options - Tell us what you think!

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New Brighton is strategically located between two of the North Shore’s biggest assets – Snug Harbor and the St. George district. In order to help create a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly mixed-use corridor between these assets, City Planning would like to know what the public thinks is an appropriate scale of development for the properties fronting on Richmond Terrace between Jersey Street and Snug Harbor.

Please take a look at the three development options to the left. Assume that as part of any rezoning and redevelopment scenario, the area’s transportation infrastructure – Richmond Terrace, sidewalks, bike lanes, transit – would all be improved. After you’ve had time to consider your preference, please answer question 2 from the list below.

What types of improvements are needed on Richmond Terrace? How many lanes? Wider sidewalks? Bike Lanes? Landscaping? Any other suggestions?

What is an appropriate building type/size that will attract developers to invest and build on the North Shore to meet the community’s desire for an inviting Richmond Terrace with jobs, shopping and dining? Use the Small, Medium, and Large scale development options diagrams as a guide.

If New Brighton is redeveloped with new shops, dining, housing, and improved transit options, how necessary will car ownership be to new residents?

What other suggestions do you have for planning the future of New Brighton?

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West Brighton – Opportunities and Zoning Districts - Tell us what you think!

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What are the best assets in West Brighton?

What physical improvements are needed to reconnect the neighborhood to the waterfront?

If an improved transit stop is provided at Broadway and Richmond Terrace, what types of jobs, housing or retail should be encouraged in West Brighton?

What other suggestions do you have for planning the future of West Brighton?

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Steering Committee Members

The West Brighton BOA Steering Committee consists of representatives of civic organizations, elected officials, and public agencies with local perspectives and expertise in transportation, environmental, waterfront, residential and business issues. The Committee plays a key role in informing the study through steering committee meetings and one-on-one listening sessions with the project team. In addition, the Steering Committee assisted in outreach efforts to ensure their membership and the community at large was engaged in the North Shore planning effort.

The following organizations and agencies are represented on the Committee:

Office of Staten Island Borough President James S. Oddo

Office of City Council Member Deborah Rose

Staten Island Community Board 1

West Brighton Local Development Corporation

New York Department of State

Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation

New York City Economic Development Corporation

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens

American Institute of Architects, Staten Island Chapter

College of Staten Island Engineering Science and Physics Department

Caddell Dry Dock and Repair

Casandra Properties

Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries of Staten Island

NYS BOA Program

Program Purpose

The Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) Program is a New York State Department of State, Office of Communities and Waterfronts grant program that provides funding assistance to communities for activities related to the creation of neighborhood revitalization plans for areas affected by multiple brownfield sites and economic distress. Through a community supported planning process, the BOA program is intended to help communities formulate effective strategies to return vacant and underutilized sites and areas back to productive use while simultaneously restoring environmental quality.

The goal of the BOA program enables communities to:

Address the range of problems and community development opportunities created by a concentration of multiple brownfields

Build consensus and a shared community vision for the future of the area and the reuse and redevelopment of brownfield, vacant, abandoned, and underutilized sites

Develop the public-private sector partnerships necessary to leverage investment in clean-up and redevelopment of strategic sites for neighborhood revitalization

The program consists of three steps:

Step 1: Pre-Nomination Study
Preliminary analysis of existing conditions and justification of study area boundaries

Step 2: Nomination
In-depth analysis, including economic and market trends analysis, of existing conditions and concludes with recommendations to advance redevelopment of strategic sites and revitalize the area

Step 3: Implementation Strategy
Exploration of the techniques and actions to implement the area-wide plan and compliance with SEQRA

In New York City, Brownfield Opportunity Area programs have been funded across the five boroughs. To learn more about the BOA program please visit the Department of State, Office of Communities & Waterfronts.

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