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Design Commission Meeting Agenda
Monday, June 22, 2026
Meeting Location: Public Design Commission meetings are being held in-person at the Public Design Commission Board Room on the 3rd floor of City Hall. Members of the public can attend and give testimony either in-person or remotely. The entrance to City Hall, restrooms, and the boardroom are wheelchair accessible.
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The meeting will be livestreamed on the Public Design Commission’s YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/nycdesigncommission.
Public Meeting
9:30 a.m. Consent Items
30411: Construction of carport structures and installation of photovoltaic panels, the Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. (Preliminary)
(CC 35, CB 9) DCLA
30412: Modifications to the installation of Urban Poet by Alexandre Arrechea, Atlantic Avenue median between Conduit Boulevard and Fountain Avenue, Brooklyn. (Amended Preliminary) (CC 30, 32 & 37, CB 5 & 9) DCLA%/DDC/DOT
30413: Construction of a pavilion, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street, Elder Avenue between 134th Street and 136th Street, Flushing, Queens. (Final) (CC 20, CB 7) DCLA/DPR
30414: Modifications to the installation of an interim sally port and bail payment center, Manhattan Detention Complex, 100 Centre Street, Manhattan. (Amended Final) (CC 1, CB 1) DDC/DOC
30415: Reconstruction of the Queens Detention Complex, 126-02 82nd Avenue,
Kew Gardens, Queens. (Final) (CC 29, CB 9) DDC/DOC/DOT
30416: Construction of a reading garden and installation of an ADA ramp, Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71st Avenue, Forest Hills, Queens. (Preliminary)
(CC 29, CB 6) DDC/QPL
30417: Reconstruction of an office building for use as DEP Police 7th Precinct, 750 McLean Avenue, Yonkers, Westchester County. (Final) DEP
30418: Rehabilitation of the Croton Lake Downtake Chamber and adjacent site work, Upper Catskill Aqueduct, 985 Chapman Road, Westchester County. (Preliminary and Final) DEP
30419: Rehabilitation of the Harlem Railroad North Siphon Chamber and adjacent site work, Upper Catskill Aqueduct, adjacent to Saw Mill River Parkway, Westchester County. (Preliminary and Final) DEP
30420: Rehabilitation of the Hunter Brook North Siphon Chamber and adjacent site work, Upper Catskill Aqueduct, adjacent to Jacob Road and Hunter Brook Road, Westchester County. (Preliminary and Final) DEP
30421: Rehabilitation of the Rondout Drainage Chamber and adjacent site work, Upper Catskill Aqueduct, 143 Canal Road, Ulster County. (Preliminary and Final) DEP
30422: Rehabilitation of the Wallkill Drainage Chamber and adjacent site work, Upper Catskill Aqueduct, 123 Forest Glen Road, Ulster County. (Preliminary and Final) DEP
30423: Reconstruction of Temple Square, Schermerhorn Street, Third Avenue, Lafayette Avenue, and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn. (Preliminary)
(CC 33, CB 2) DOT
30424: Construction of a pedestrian bridge, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital and Pavilion, 1275 York Avenue and 1235 York Avenue, above East 67th Street between First Avenue and York Avenue, Manhattan. (Final)
(CC 5, CB 8) DOT
30425: Installation of a gas tank storage enclosure, Department of Transportation facilities lot, Pier 36, 303 South Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 1, CB 3) DOT
30426: Installation of a seating platform and a vehicular gate, Clarkson Street between Hudson Street and Varick Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 3, CB 2) DOT
30427: Construction of a public restroom building, Holcombe Rucker Playground, north of West 155th Street between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Harlem River Drive, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 9, CB 10) DPR
30428: Construction of a public restroom building, Ruppert Park, East 90th Street, Second Avenue, and East 91st Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 5, CB 8) DPR
30429: Reconstruction of a multipurpose playground, Dongan Playground, adjacent to P.S. 52, Dongan Hills Avenue, Mason Avenue, and Buel Avenue, Staten Island. (Preliminary) (CC 50, CB 2) DPR
30430: Reconstruction of Silver Lake Park Playground, adjacent to Silver Lake Field House, Revere Street and University Place, Staten Island. (Preliminary) (CC 49, CB 1) DPR
30431: Construction of a public restroom building, Peña Herrera Playground, adjacent to P.S. 001, Third Avenue between 46th Street and 47th Street, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 38, CB 7) DPR
30432: Construction of Willoughby Playground, adjacent to P.S. 23K, Willoughby Avenue, Tompkins Avenue, and Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 36, CB 3) DPR
30433: Reconstruction of a public restroom building and a maintenance and operations facility, Park of the Americas (formerly Linden Park), 41st Avenue, 104th Street, 42nd Avenue, and 103rd Street, Corona, Queens. (Final) (CC 21, CB 4) DPR
30434: Reconstruction of a public restroom building and an amphitheater, Haffen Park, Burke Avenue, Ely Avenue, Hammersley Avenue, and Gunther Avenue, Bronx. (Final) (CC 12, CB 12) DPR
30435: Reconstruction of a public restroom building, Raymond O’Connor Park, 33rd Avenue between Corporal Kennedy Street and 210th Street, Bayside, Queens. (Final) (CC 19, CB 11) DPR
30436: 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. (Final) (CC 51, CB 3) DPR
30437: Rehabilitation of a public restroom building, Mathews-Palmer Playground, West 45th Street between 9th Avenue and 10th Avenue, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 3, CB 4) DPR
30438: Rehabilitation of a public restroom building, Colden Playground, Union Street between 31st Drive and 31st Road, Flushing, Queens. (Final)
(CC 20, CB 7) DPR
30439: Relocation of the Annadale Memorial (1953) within the park perimeter, as part of the reconstruction of Annadale Green, Annadale Green, Jefferson Boulevard and Annadale Road, North Railroad Street, Staten Island. (Final) (CC 51, CB 3) DPR
30440: Installation of a pavilion and adjacent site work, Success Garden, Livonia Avenue between Williams Avenue and Alabama Avenue, Brooklyn. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 42, CB 5) DPR
30441: Installation of a reinterment marker, Southside Burial Ground, Redding Street and Albert Road, Ozone Park, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 32, CB 10) DPR
30442: Conservation of the Bronx Victory Memorial (1930), Pelham Bay Park, south side of Shore Road, Bronx. (Final) (CC 13, CB 10 & 12) DPR
30443: Installation of informational signage for park entrances and public restroom buildings, Central Park, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 6, CB 5, 7, 8, 10 & 11) DPR/CPC
30444: Reconstruction of Bronx Skate Park, Bronx Park, Bronx Park East and Britton Street, Bronx. (Final) (CC 11, 12 & 15, CB 11) DPR/EDC
30445: Minor modifications to the construction of a concrete facility (SRM Concrete, formerly US Concrete and Ferrara Brothers) 738 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn. (Amended Final) (CC 38, CB 7) EDC
30446: Relocation of Cityscape (1976) by Romare Bearden, from the second floor to the first floor, Bellevue Hospital, 462 First Avenue, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 2, CB 6) HHC
Public Hearing
9:35 a.m.
30447: Construction of Kissena Greenway, as part of the Destination Greenways! master plan, including Kissena Corridor Park, Kissena Park, and Kissena Park Golf Course Connection, Flushing, Queens. (Preliminary)
(CC 20, CB 7) DPR
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/6-22-26-DPR-p-KissenaGreenwayQN.pdf
10:15 a.m.
30448: Reconstruction of the Manhattan Detention Complex, 125 White Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 1, CB 1) DDC/DOC/DOT
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/6-22-26-DDC-DOC-DOT-p-DetentionComplexMN.pdf
Committee Meeting
11:10 a.m. Reproduction and installation of Immigration on the Lower East Side of New York (1989) by Richard Haas, Manhattan Detention Complex, 125 White Street, Baxter Street façade, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 1, CB 1) DDC/DOC/DCLA%
Reinstallation of The Judgement of Pao Kung and The Judgement of Solomon (1989) by Richard Haas, Manhattan Detention Complex, 125 White Street, Baxter Street façade, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 1, CB 1) DDC/DOC/DCLA%
Reinstallation of The Seven Columns of the Temple of Wisdom (1992) by Kit-Yin Snyder, Manhattan Detention Complex, Centre Street between White and Bayard Streets, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 1, CB 1) DDC/DOC/DCLA%
Replication and installation of Upright (1992) by Kit-Yin Snyder, Manhattan Detention Complex, 125 White Street, White Street between Baxter Street and Centre Street, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 1, CB 1) DDC/DOC/DCLA%
Reproduction and installation of Solomon's Throne (1992) by Kit-Yin Snyder, Manhattan Detention Complex, White Street between Baxter and Centre Streets, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 1, CB 1) DDC/DOC/DCLA%
Reinstallation of Enlightenment and Arms of the City of New York (1940) by Rene Paul Chambellan, Manhattan Detention Complex, 125 White Street, White Street between Baxter Street and Centre Street, Manhattan. (Conceptual) (CC 1, CB 1) DDC/DOC
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/6-22-26-DDC-DOC-DCLA-pfa-c-DetentionComplexArtworksMN.pdf
12:05 p.m. BREAK
12:15 p.m. Reconstruction of a streetscape, including a plaza (Keltch Park), Jerome Avenue between East 164th Street and West 184th Street, West Tremont Avenue between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Grand Concourse, intersection of Sedgwick Avenue and West Tremont Avenue, and intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and West 181st Street, Bronx. (Preliminary) (CC 14 & 16, CB 4 & 5) DDC/DOT/DPR
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/6-22-26-DDC-DOT-DPR-p-JeromeAveBX.pdf
12:55 p.m. Construction of a gaming facility, resort, retail, and events complex (Integrated Resort), as part of the master plan for the Metropolitan Park (Queens Future), north of Roosevelt Avenue, between Grand Central Parkway and Seaver Way, south of the World’s Fair Marina, and adjacent to Citi Field, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Corona, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 21, CB 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9) EDC/DPR
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/6-22-26-EDC-DPR-p-IR-MetropolitanParkQN.pdf
1:35 p.m. Reconstruction of the esplanade, adjacent to Bank Street, between Nicholas Street and Hamilton Avenue, Staten Island. (Preliminary) (CC 49, CB 1) EDC
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/6-22-26-EDC-p-NS-EsplanadeSI.pdf
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