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Design Commission Meeting Agenda
Monday, July 20, 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
9:40 a.m. Consent Items
30458: Installation of a ramp, Queens Supreme Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 27, CB 12) DCAS
30459: Minor repair of a quill, Thomas Jefferson (1833) by Pierre-Jean David (David D'Angers), as part of the long-term loan to the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 1, CB 1) DCAS
30460: Modifications to the landscape as part of the construction of a maintenance and operations facility and adjacent site work, Orchard Beach, between Park Drive and the Promenade, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx. (Amended Final) (CC 13, CB 10) DDC/DPR
30461: Construction of an electrical distribution building and adjacent site work, New Clove Pumping Station, 1270 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island. (Final) (CC 49, CB 1) DEP
30462: Reconstruction of the bypass facility, East Delaware Tunnel Outlet, Rondout Reservoir, 1229 Route 55A, Sullivan County. (Preliminary and Final) DEP
30463: Design of prototypical package lockers (LockerNYC) as a pilot for installation citywide. (Preliminary) DOT
30464: Construction of flood protection measures as part of the North-West Battery Park City Resiliency master plan, West Street between Chambers Street and North Moore Street, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 1, CB 1) DOT
30465: Construction of a skate park, Broad Channel American Park, Cross Bay Boulevard, West 22nd Street, Shad Creek Road, and West 20th Street, Broad Channel, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 32, CB 14) DPR
30466: Reconstruction of a parking lot, Broad Channel American Park, Shad Creek Road, Broad Channel, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 32, CB 14) DPR
30467: Reconstruction of Kaltenmeier Playground, Clinton Avenue, Anderson Street, and Virginia Avenue, Staten Island. (Preliminary) (CC 49, CB 1) DPR
30468: Installation of Al Qalam: Poets in the Park by Sara Ouhaddou, Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza, Greenwich Street, Edgar Street, Trinity Place, and Morris Street, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 1, CB 1) DPR
30469: Installation of glazed façades, Union Square Pavilion, 20 Union Square West, Union Square Park, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 2, CB 5) DPR
30470: Installation of sports lighting, Frank Principe Park, 54th Avenue between Maurice Avenue and 63rd Street, Maspeth, Queens. (Final) (CC 30, CB 5) DPR
30471: Installation of sports lighting, Inwood Hill Park, softball field adjacent to Inwood Hill Nature Center, West 218th Street and Indian Road, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 10, CB 12) DPR
30472: Reconstruction of a playground, Holcombe Rucker Park, north of West 155th Street between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Harlem River Drive, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 9, CB 10) DPR
30473: Reconstruction of a public restroom building, Lt. Lia Playground, St. Marks Place, Wall Street, and Belmont Place, Staten Island. (Final) (CC 49, CB 1) DPR
30474: Reconstruction of ABC Playground, adjacent to P.S. 20 (Anna Silver School), East Houston Street, Essex Street, and Norfolk Street, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 1, CB 3) DPR
30475: Reconstruction of Eae J. Mitchell Park, East 174th Street and Longfellow Avenue, Bronx. (Final) (CC 17, CB 3) DPR
30476: Installation of informational signage for park entrances and public restroom buildings, Central Park, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 6, CB 5, 7, 8, 10 & 11) DPR/CPC
30477: Reconstruction of a skate park, Brower Park, adjacent to P.S. 289, St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn Avenue, and Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 36, CB 8) DPR/EDC
30478: Reconstruction of a waterfront esplanade, including the reconstruction of a portion of Pier 84, Hudson River Park, West 40th Street to West 44th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 3, CB 4) DPR/HRPT
30479: Modifications to the facade as part of the construction of Residential Building 3 for the construction of a residential building, streetscape, and plazas, as part Phase I of Willets Point, 38-02 126th Lane, Willets Point, Corona, Queens. (Amended Final) (CC 21, CB 7) EDC
Public Hearing
9:45 a.m.
30480: Construction of a public restroom building, Ruppert Park, East 90th Street, Second Avenue, and East 91st Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 5, CB 8) DPR
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/7-20-26-DPR-p-RuppertParkPRB.pdf
10:25 a.m.
30481: Rehabilitation of the Conservatory Water Basin and Boathouse Terrace and construction of an ADA path, Central Park, Fifth Avenue between East 72nd Street and East 76th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 6, CB 5, 7, 8, 10 & 11) DPR/CPC
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/7-20-26-DPR-CPC-p-CentralParkWaterBasinBoathouseTerrace.pdf
11:05 a.m.
30482: Construction of the Roy Wilkins Recreation Center, Roy Wilkins Park, Merrick Boulevard between 118th Road and 119th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 27, CB 12) DDC/DPR
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/7-20-26-DDC-DPR-p-RoyWilkinsRecCenter.pdf
11:45 a.m.
30483: Installation of Past, Present, Future by Glendalys Medina, Walter Gladwin Recreation Center, Walter Gladwin Park (formerly Crotona Park), East Tremont Avenue between 3rd Avenue and Arthur Avenue, Bronx. (Preliminary) (CC 15, CB 6) DCLA%/DDC/DPR
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/7-20-26-DCLA-pfa-DDC-DPR-p-Past-Present-Future.pdf
12:25 p.m. BREAK
12:35 p.m.
30484: Installation of A Vision of the Past, Present, and a Hopeful Future by Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Soundview Park Recreation Center, Soundview Park, Lafayette Avenue between Morrison Avenue and Metcalf Avenue, Bronx. (Conceptual) (CC 18, CB 9) DCLA%/DDC/DPR
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/7-20-26-DCLA-pfa-DDC-DPR-c-VisionOfThePastPresentAndHopefulFuture.pdf
Committee Meeting
1:15 p.m. Construction of a broadcasting facility, including the construction of an addition to an existing broadcasting facility, and adjacent site work, United States Tennis Association's Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, Queens. (Conceptual) (CC 21 & 24, CB 3, 4, 6, 7 & 8) DPR
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/7-20-26-DPR-c-USTA-BroadcastingFacility.pdf
1:55 p.m. Construction of a housing facility, Crossroads Juvenile Center, 17 Bristol Street, Brooklyn. (Conceptual) (CC 41, CB 16) DDC/ACS
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/7-20-26-DDC-ACS-c-CrossroadsJuvenileCenter.pdf
All times are approximate and subject to change without notice, and those who are testifying remotely should follow along on the livestreamed meeting on the Design Commission’s YouTube channel to know when to join the meeting. If testifying at City Hall, please plan to arrive early in the event the meeting is ahead of schedule. Details on giving public testimony can be found here: https://www.nyc.gov/site/designcommission/design-review/testimony/public-testimony.page
Items on the consent agenda are not presented. If you wish to testify regarding a design-related issue of a project on the consent agenda, please notify staff as soon as possible.
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