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Design Commission Meeting Agenda
Monday, March 16, 2020
The Committee Meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m.
Public Meeting
12:15 p.m. Election of Officers
12:20 p.m. Consent Items
Consent Items Deferred from 2/18/2020 meeting:
27363: Reconstruction of a swimming pool and skating rink (Lasker Rink) and adjacent site work, between East Drive and the Harlem Meer, Central Park, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 6, CB 5, 7, 8, 10 & 11) DPR/CPC
27364: Restoration of windows on the north portion of the east elevation, Heckscher Building, 1230 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 8, CB 11) DCAS
27365: Installation of Inhale/Exhale and Independent Lines by Monika Goetz, 122 Community Center, 150 First Avenue, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 26, CB 3) DCLA%/DDC
27366: Installation of Unity by Hank Willis Thomas, Tillary Street, between Cadman Plaza East and Adams Street, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 33, CB 2) DCLA%/DDC/DOT
27367: Construction of EMS Station 17, 1257 Morris Avenue, Bronx. (Preliminary) (CC 16, CB 4) DDC
27368: Installation of a fuel tank access hatch, Engine Company 22, 159 East 85th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 5, CB 8) DDC
27369: Installation of manholes, vent pipe, and overfill signage, Engine Company 218, 650 Hart Street, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 34, CB 4) DDC
27370: Installation of a manhole cover, fuel tank access, and ventilation equipment, Engine Company 28, 222 East 2nd Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 2, CB 3) DDC/ FDNY
27371: Installation of fuel tank access and ventilation equipment, including bollards, 7th Police Precinct, 19 ½ Pitt Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 1, CB 3) DDC/ NYPD
27372: Installation of a fuel tank and adjacent site work, Payson Playground, Inwood Hill Park, Dyckman Street at Henshaw Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 10, CB 12) DDC/DPR
27373: Construction of a perimeter fence with flood protection measures, Ely Avenue Pump Station, 2401 Ely Avenue, Bronx. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 13, CB 11) DEP
27374: Installation of an emergency generator hook-up, Ely Avenue Pump Station, 2401 Ely Avenue, Bronx. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 13, CB 11) DEP
27375: Installation of flood mitigation measures as part of the NYC Wastewater Resiliency Plan, Tallman Island Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, 127-01 Powell Cove Boulevard, College Point, Queens. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 19, CB 7) DEP
27376: Installation of a prefabricated office trailer, Sanitary Station, 11-11 Hazen Street, Rikers Island, Bronx. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 22, CB Q1) DOC
27377: Installation of prefabricated locker room, office, and training facility trailers, Emergency Service Unit, 16-06 Hazen Street, Rikers Island, Bronx. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 22, CB Q1) DOC
27378: Installation of two mobile telecom equipment boxes on light poles Citywide. (Preliminary and Final) DoITT/DOT
27379: Installation of security infrastructure, Heschel School, 30 West End Avenue, West End Avenue, West 60th Street, and West 61st Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 6, CB 7) DOT
27380: Redesign of the Garment District Needle and Button sculpture, northeast corner of Seventh Avenue and 39th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 3, CB 5) DOT
27381: Reconstruction of Ericsson Playground, adjacent to M.S. 126, Manhattan Avenue and Leonard Street, Brooklyn. (Preliminary) (CC 33, CB 1) DPR
27382: Installation of a temporary artificial turf field, Peters Field, Second Avenue between East 20th Street and East 21st Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 2, CB 6) DPR
27383: Installation of a temporary artificial turf field, Robert Moses Playground, First Avenue between East 41st Street and East 42nd Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 4, CB 6) DPR
27384: Installation of a temporary artificial turf field, St. Vartan Park, First Avenue, East 36th Street, Second Avenue, and East 35th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 4, CB 6) DPR
27385: Reconstruction of Nautilus Playground, Roy Wilkins Park, Merrick Boulevard and Baisley Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 27, CB 12) DPR
27386: Construction of Gateway Park (Gateway Estates), Phase II, Vandalia Avenue, Ashford Street, Schroeders Avenue, and Walker Street, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 42, CB 5) DPR
27387: Installation of sports lighting and a scoreboard, Bill Rainey Park, Dawson Street, Intervale Avenue, Beck Street, Kelly Street, and Longwood Avenue, Bronx. (Final) (CC 17, CB 2) DPR
27388: Installation of sports lighting and scoreboards, Julio Carballo Fields, Manida Street between Spofford Avenue and Lafayette Avenue, Bronx. (Final) (CC 17, CB 2) DPR
27389: Reconstruction of a garage, including construction of a wash bay structure, Cunningham Park, south of Union Turnpike at 199th Street, Hollis, Queens. (Final) (CC 23, CB 8) DPR
27390: Reconstruction of a portion of Bath Beach Park, Shore Parkway, Bay 16th Street, and 17th Court, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 43, CB 11) DPR
27391: Construction of a concrete facility (US Concrete, formerly Ferrara Brothers) 738 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 38, CB 7) EDC
27392: Construction of Buildings 2A and 2B and a central plaza as Phase II 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. (Preliminary) (CC 17, CB 2) EDC
27393: Construction of the North Tower and reconstruction of open spaces, East River Science Park (Alexandria Center for Life Science), 500 East 30th Street between First Avenue, the FDR Drive, East 28th Street, and East 30th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 4, CB 6) EDC
27394: Installation of rooftop photovoltaic panels, Building 12, Reilly Boulevard between Sears Street and Kelly Street, Randall's Island, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 8, CB 11) FDNY
27395: Installation of rooftop antennae and Wi-Fi equipment, 123rd Police Precinct, 116 Main Street, Staten Island. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 51, CB 3) NYPD
New Consent Items
27396: Rehabilitation of Arlington Branch Library and adjacent site work, 203 Arlington Avenue, Brooklyn. (Preliminary) (CC 37, CB 5) DDC/BPL
27397: Installation of rooftop mechanical equipment, Carroll Gardens Library, 396 Clinton Street, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 39, CB 6) DDC/BPL
27398: Construction of a portion of the Jamaica Bay Greenway (Canarsie Pier Connector), Shore Parkway Service Road North, Rockaway Parkway, and Canarsie Veterans Circle, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 46, CB 18) DDC/DOT
27399: Construction of a Waterfowl Management Program Building, Kensico Reservoir, 19 Westlake Drive, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County. (Preliminary) DEP
27400: Rehabilitation of the former Kensico Laboratory, Kensico Reservoir, 19 Westlake Drive, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County. (Preliminary) DEP
27401: Reconstruction of power centers 4 and 7 and installation of transformers, Wards Island Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, Wards Island, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 8, CB 11) DEP
27402: Rehabilitation of five pre-houses, Primary Settling Tanks, 3rd Drive between B Road and H Road, Wards Island Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, Wards Island, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 8, CB 11) DEP
27403: Installation of flood protection measures as part of the DEP Wastewater Resiliency Program, Port Richmond Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, 1801 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 49, CB 1) DEP
27404: Installation of flood protection measures as part of the DEP Wastewater Resiliency Program, Red Hook Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, West Street between East Way and Little Street, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 33, CB 2) DEP
27405: Installation of signage, P.S. 194 (Raoul Wallenberg Elementary School), 3117 Avenue W, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 46, CB 15) DOE
27406: Construction of a storage building, Staten Island Ferry Building 45, 14 Murray Hulbert Avenue at the Stapleton Waterfront, Staten Island. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 49, CB 1) DOT
27407: Construction of an ADA ramp, 101st Police Precinct, 16-12 Mott Avenue, Far Rockaway, Queens. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 31, CB 14) DOT
27408: Reconstruction of a portion of Gorman Playground, 84th Street, 25th Avenue, 85th Street, and 30th Avenue, East Elmhurst, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 22, CB 3) DPR
27409: Reconstruction of Ten Eyck Plaza, Ten Eyck Street and Stagg Street between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street, Brooklyn. (Preliminary) (CC 34, CB 1) DPR
27410: Reconstruction of the East River Esplanade, Phase II, East 115th Street to East 117th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 8, CB 11) DPR
27411: Construction of a temporary plaza, Waterside Pier, East 38th Street to East 41st Street, and the East River, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 4, CB 6) DPR
27412: Rehabilitation of a track and turf field, Baisley Pond Park, Baisley Boulevard South, North Conduit Avenue, and 150th Street, Jamaica, Queens. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 28, CB 12) DPR
27413: Reconstruction of Al Stabile Playground, 103rd Street, Centreville Street, and 133rd Avenue, Ozone Park, Queens. (Final) (CC 32, 10) DPR
27414: Installation of security infrastructure, between Surf Avenue, West 37th Street, The Riegelmann Boardwalk, and Brighton 15th Street, Coney Island Beach at Surf Avenue, Brooklyn. (Preliminary) (CC 47 & 48, CB 13) DPR/DOT
27415: Installation of security infrastructure, Carl Schurz Park, East End Avenue between Gracie Square and East 89th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 5, CB 8) DPR/DOT
27416: Construction of a park and adjacent site work, including shade structures, Pier 97 between West 57th Street and West 59th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 6, CB 4) DPR/HRPT
27417: Installation of a shade structure and adult fitness equipment, Harmony Playground, Prospect Park West between 9th Street and 11th Street, Prospect Park, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 39, CB 6, 7, 8, 9 & 14) DPR/PPA
27418: Installation of a vault, 625 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 35, CB 2) EDC
27419: Reconstruction of a storefront, 300 Cadman Plaza West (One Pierrepont Plaza), Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 33, CB 2) EDC
27420: Construction of an interim streetscape, Surf Avenue, West 21st Street, and West 20th Street, Coney Island, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 47, CB 13) EDC/DOT
27421: Installation of rooftop mechanical equipment and an exhaust fan, Engine Company 22, 159 East 85th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 5, CB 8) FDNY
All times are approximate and subject to change without notice. All attendees, including members of the public, are encouraged to arrive at least 45 minutes in advance of the estimated time.
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