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Design Commission Meeting Agenda
Monday, August 17, 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
9:10 a.m. Consent Items
30492: Relocation of Bulletin Board (2000) by Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan from the lobby to the sixth floor, The Children's Center, 492 First Avenue, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 4, CB 6) DCLA%/ACS
30493: Reconstruction of the trail (South Forest Riverwalk), including construction of seating areas and ADA accessible pathways, New York Botanical Garden, River Road and East Fordham Road, Bronx. (Preliminary) (CC 11, CB 7) DCLA/DPR
30494: Construction of the Bronx Detention Complex, 745 East 141st Street, Bronx. (Final) (CC 8, CB 1) DDC/DOC/DOT
30495: Construction of a sludge thickening facility and sludge storage tanks, Hunts Point Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, 1270 Ryawa Avenue, Bronx. (Preliminary) (CC 17, CB 2) DEP
30496: Construction of a main substation building and adjacent sitework, Bowery Bay Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, 43-01 Berrian Boulevard, Astoria, Queens. (Preliminary) (CC 22, CB 1) DEP
30497: Construction of a CSO dechlorination facility and adjacent site work, 131-33 Avery Avenue, Flushing, Queens. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 20, CB 7) DEP
30498: Construction of a CSO disinfection facility and adjacent site work, 32nd Avenue and College Point Boulevard, College Point, Queens. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 20, CB 7) DEP
30499: Construction of a pumping station, 130 Grasslands Road, Greenburgh, Westchester County. (Preliminary and Final) DEP
30500: Construction of a headhouse and adjacent site work as part of the Owls Head combined sewer overflow (CSO) facility, Gowanus Canal, 2nd Avenue and 6th Street, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 39, CB 6) DEP
30501: Restoration of four historic facilities and adjacent site work as part of the upgrade of Hillview Reservoir, 100 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, Westchester County. (Final) DEP
30502: Rehabilitation of the Beverley Road Bridge over the BMT Subway Brighton Line, between Marlborough Road and East 16th Street, Brooklyn. (Preliminary) (CC 40, CB 14) DOT
30503: Installation of a utility enclosure for electric vehicle charging equipment and adjacent site work, Jerome 190th Street Municipal Parking Garage, 2478 Jerome Avenue, Bronx. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 14, CB 7) DOT
30504: Installation of a reinterment marker, Southside Burial Ground, Redding Street and Albert Road, Ozone Park, Queens. (Final) (CC 32, CB 10) DPR
30505: Reconstruction of Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden, 437 East 114th Street, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 8, CB 11) DPR
30506: Relocation of the bust of Fiorello LaGuardia (1934) by Jo Davidson, Little Flower Playground, Madison Street, Jefferson Street and Cherry Street, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 1, CB 3) DPR
30507: Modifications to the installation of signage, High Line Park, Gansevoort Street to West 34th Street between Washington Street and 10th Avenue, Manhattan. (Amended Final) (CC 3, CB 2 & 4) DPR
30508: Reconstruction of Peter Minuit Playground, adjacent to P.S. 108, Park Avenue between East 108th Street and East 109th Street, Manhattan. (Final) (CC 8, CB 11) DPR
30509: Reconstruction of a dog run, Herbert Von King Park, Marcy Avenue and Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 36, CB 3) DPR
30510: Reconstruction of a portion of Kissena Park, including reconstruction of the cricket field and installation of a subsurface detention system as a part of the Cloudburst Management Program for the Kissena Cloudburst Hub, Booth Memorial Avenue, 150th Street and 56th Avenue between 151st Street and 152nd Street, Flushing, Queens. (Final) (CC 36, CB 3) DPR/DEP
30511: Construction of a ventilation building, east of Bella Abzug Park Block 6, 10th Avenue, between West 38th Street and West 39th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 3, CB 4) DPR/DOT
30512: Construction of an ADA accessible path, Parkside Public Restroom Building, Prospect Park, Parkside Avenue and Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn. (Preliminary) (CC 39, CB 6, 7, 8, 9 & 14) DPR/PPA
30513: Installation of interpretive and informational signage, as part of the construction of a waterfront park at Pier 6, Bush Terminal Industrial Campus (Made in NYC), adjacent to Marginal Way between 41st Street and 43rd Street, Brooklyn. (Final) (CC 38, CB 7) EDC
30514: Installation of a wayfinding and building signage system for a stadium, as part of Phase II of Willets Point, 126th Street, 127th Street, and Willets Point Boulevard between 38th Avenue and 35th Avenue, Corona, Queens. (Final) (CC 21, CB 7) EDC
30515: Modifications to the signage as part of the construction of a commercial office building (ZEROIRVING, formerly 14th@Irving), 124 East 14th Street, Manhattan. (Amended Final) (CC 3, CB 3) EDC
30516: Reconstruction of an entrance and stair, and construction of a distinctive sidewalk, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, West 65th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 6, CB 7) NYPL/DPR/DOT
Public Hearing
9:15 a.m.
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 (formerly the New-York Historical Society), 170 Central Park West, Manhattan. (Preliminary and Final) (CC 1, CB 1) DCAS
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/8-17-26-DCAS-pf-ThomasJeffersonModel-MinorTreatment-NYHS.pdf
Committee Meeting
9:55 a.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/8-17-26-EDC-DPR-p-QF-IntegratedResort.pdf
10:35 a.m. Construction of Bella Abzug Park Blocks 4 and 5, including the shared streets and a fountain plaza, 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue between West 36th Street and West 38th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 3, CB 4) DPR/DOT
Construction of Bella Abzug Park Block 6, including the playground, public restroom building, and maintenance and operations building, 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue between West 38th Street and West 39th Street, Manhattan. (Preliminary) (CC 3, CB 4) DPR/DOT
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/8-17-26-DPR-DOT-p-BellaAbzugPark-Blocks-4-5-6.pdf
11:15 a.m. Design of a streetscape master plan for the reconstruction of Grand Army Plaza, Vanderbilt Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Plaza Street East, Underhill Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. (Conceptual) (CC 35 & 39, CB 6, 7, 8 & 9) DDC/DOT/DPR
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/pres/8-17-26-DOT-c-GrandArmyPlazaCPSD.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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