New York City Educational Construction Fund
Notice of Completion of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
ECF East 96th Street Project
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the NYC Educational Construction Fund, as lead agency, has accepted a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed ECF East 96th Street project. The Draft EIS is available from the New York City Educational Construction Fund, 30-30 Thomson Avenue, 1st Floor, Long Island City, NY 11101 and online at http://schools.nyc.gov/community/facilities/ecf.htm. A public hearing on the DEIS will be held at a later date to be announced. Advance notice will be given of the time and place of the hearing. Written comments on the DEIS are requested and would be received and considered by the Lead Agency until the 10th calendar day following the close of the public hearing.
The co-applicants, ECF and AvalonBay Communities, Inc., are seeking a rezoning and other actions to allow the construction of a mixed-use building, a replacement facility for the existing School of Cooperative Technical Education (SCTE), a new facility for the relocation of two existing neighborhood public high schools, and relocation of an existing jointly-operated playground on Block 1668, Lot 1, in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. The proposed project involves the construction of a mixed-use tower on Second Avenue containing a 135,000-gross square foot (gsf) public technical school—a replacement facility for the existing SCTE on the project site—as well as approximately 25,000 gsf of retail space, and approximately 1,015,000 gsf of residential floor area (1,100-1,200 units), of which 70 percent will be market rate and 30 percent will be permanently affordable. Following the demolition of the existing SCTE, the co-applicants will construct a 135,000 gsf building on First Avenue that will house two public high schools. The jointly-operated playground currently on the western portion of the project site would be relocated to the center of the project block. It is anticipated that site preparation and construction for the project would commence in 2018 and is expected it would be complete and operational in 2023.
Lead Agency: New York City Educational Construction Fund
Sponsoring Agency: New York City Educational Construction Fund
Contact: Jennifer Maldonado, Executive Director
New York City Educational Construction Fund
RE: COOP Tech @ East 96th Street
30-30 Thomson Avenue, First Floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
E96thStreet@schools.nyc.gov
SEQRA/CEQR Classification: Type I
Location of Action: The project site is Block 1668, Lot 1, the full block bounded by East 96th and 97th Street and First and Second Avenues in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. It is located in Manhattan Community District 11. The western portion of the project site is currently occupied by the Marx Brothers Playground, which is jointly operated by DOE and DPR. The playground area facing Second Avenue is currently in use by MTA as a staging area for Second Avenue Subway construction. The eastern portion of the project site is occupied by a 4-story school building, currently in use by SCTE, a DOE facility for high school students.