East Side Coastal Resiliency
Community Board 6 Land Use & Waterfront Committee
433 1st Avenue (NYU School of Dentistry), Room 210
May 28, 2019 PRESENTATION AGENDA
PROJECT OVERVIEW & SCHEDULE
DESIGN REVIEW
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW & APPROVALS
2 PROJECT OVERVIEW & SCHEDULE
3 PROJECT GOALS & ORIGIN
Provide a reliable, integrated flood protection system; minimize use of closure structures.
Improve waterfront open spaces and access. 25TH STREET Achieve implementation milestones and project funding allocations as established by HUD. ESCR
Respond quickly to the urgent need for increased flood protection and MONTGOMERY STREET resiliency.
4 PROVIDE FLOOD PROTECTION
5 OVERALL PROJECT AREA PROJECT AREA 1 AND 2
MONTGOMERY ST
14TH ST 20TH ST 23RD ST
DELANCEY ST
FDR DRIVE
HOUSTON ST
6TH ST
FDR DRIVE
10TH ST
FDR DRIVE
(Not to scale)
6 FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT AREA 2
14TH ST 20TH ST 23RD ST
10TH ST FDR DRIVE
PROJECT AREA 1 PROJECT AREA 2
(Not to scale)
SWING GATE ROLLER GATE
FLOODWALL (ABOVE GRADE) FLOODWALL (BELOW GRADE)
7 IMPROVED WATERFRONT ACCESS REPLACING, IMPROVING AND CREATING NEW CONNECTIONS
2 3R D S T 2 0T H S T PRESERVE E. 20TH STREET CONNECTION E V I 14 T R H S D T
R 10 T D H S F T
6T H S E. 20TH STREET FERRY T C U E REPLACE E N E. 10TH ST. BRIDGE AV
H O U S TO N CREATE S T PROJECT FLYOVERAREA 2 BRIDGE AT PINCH POINT PRESERVE PROJECT AREA 1 E. 6TH ST. BRIDGE E D E V L R I A N D C E D R Y F S T
REPLACE DELANCEY ST. BRIDGE
IMPROVE REPLACE E. HOUSTON STREET BRIDGE LANDING CORLEARS HOOK BRIDGE EAST RIVER LEGEND
FDR DRIVE Park Access (Bridge)
MONTGOMERY ST Park Access (At Grade) East River Park Floodwall Protection CORLEARS Existing VA Hospital Floodwall HOOK FERRY
8 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
EAST RIVER PARK IMPROVED SCHEDULE OPERABLE SYSTEMS FOR 2023 HURRICANEMURPHY BROTHERS SEASON PLAYGROUND, STUYVESANT COVE PARK & ASSER LEVY PLAYGROUND
GROUND FINISH BREAKING
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
EAST RIVER PARK
MURPHY BROTHERS PLAYGROUND
STUYVESANT COVE PARK
ASSER LEVY PLAYGROUND
OPERABLE FINISH GROUND FLOOD PROTECTION BREAKING SYSTEM
9 PROJECT SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
GRO N ES GN ONSTR T ON RE NG
ONSTR T ON ON E T RE M N RY ES GN N ES GN RO REMENT ONSTR T ON
EN RONMENT RE E
E S E S R T S O E O R T SS E SS E OR E S RE E
5 TY NN NG OMM SS ON O NT R E S HE R NG RO S ERM TT NG
ON E T R RE M N RY O NT ERM T TY O N N RE R T ON ES GN ERT T ON ES GN T ON RE E EN S ES GN
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OMM N TY ENG GEMENT
NTER T E OMM N TY E S R OMM N TY OMM N TY MEET NGS HE R NG MEET NGS MEET NGS O EN HO SES
OMM N TY O R MEET NGS
OMM TTEES O R S OMM TTEES O R S O R S
2 NTER 2 S R NG 2 S MMER 2 2 NTER 2 2 S R NG 2 2
10 STAKEHOLDER & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
MEETINGS TO DATE
STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY BOARD AND COUNCIL MEMBER MEETINGS • Peter Stuyvesant Little League • CB6 Land Use/Waterfront Committee • Waterside Plaza Tenants Association Leadership • CB6 Full Board • Waterside Plaza Management • CB6 Working Group • Stuyvesant Town- Peter Cooper Village • CB3/CB6 Joint Waterfront Task Force Tenants Association • Council Member Keith Powers • Solar One • Council Member Daniel Garodnick • Peter Cooper Village • Stuyvesant Town • Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Management • Design and Programming workshops for Murphy Brothers and Asser Levy Playgrounds • Multiple Asser Levy Alignment Meetings • VA Hospital • NYU Langone • Large-scale Public Engagement Meetings: Most recent meetings held 12/10/2018; 12/11/2018 • Project Open Houses 05/14/2019 & 05/15/2019 • Various other targeted Stakeholder Meetings • Public School Athletic League (PSAL) 11 DESIGN REVIEW
12 OVERALL PROJECT AREA PROJECT AREA 1 AND 2
MONTGOMERY ST
14TH ST 20TH ST 23RD ST
DELANCEY ST
FDR DRIVE
HOUSTON ST
6TH ST
FDR DRIVE
10TH ST
FDR DRIVE
(Not to scale)
13 PIER 42 AREA PRELIMINARY DESIGN
14 CORLEARS HOOK TO DELANCEY STREET PRELIMINARY DESIGN
RE-CONSTRUCTED DELANCEY ST. BRIDGE
NATURE EXPLORATION
MAINTENANCE AREA FIREBOAT HOUSE
CORLEARS HOOK PARK BRIDGE BASKETBALL COURTS
NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERING LAWN
AMPHITHEATER
EMBAYMENT
15 HOUSTON STREET PRELIMINARY DESIGN
FIELDS 5 & 6
FIELDS 3 & 4
MULTI-USE FIELD TENNIS HOUSE
TENNIS COURTS TENNIS COURTS
RECONSTRUCTED TRACK HOUSE & MANHATTAN ESPLANADE TRACK AND FIELD GREENWAY STEP DOWN RE-CONSTRUCTED DELANCEY ST. BRIDGE EMBAYMENT
HOUSTON BASKETBALL LAWN COURTS
16 Reaches E-G Preliminary Redesign TRACK & EAST 10TH STREET PRELIMINARY DESIGN
RE-CONSTRUCTED E. 10TH STREET BRIDGE BASKETBALL MANHATTAN COURTS GREENWAY RE-CONSTRUCTED TRACK HOUSE E. 10TH S T. MAINTENANCE YARD PLAYGROUND & COMFORT STATION RECONSTRUCTED FIELD 7 TRACK & FIELD
CHALLENGE COURSE
FITNESS FIELD 6 E. 6TH S T. AREA BRIDGE
BBQ
STEP DOWN
17 Reaches H-J Preliminary Redesign FLYOVER BRIDGE PRELIMINARY DESIGN
STUYVESANT COVE PARK
20TH STREET FERRY AVENUE C
14TH STREET MURPHY BROTHERS PLAYGROUND
CON ED
18 PROJECT AREA 2 PRELIMINARY DESIGN
25TH STREET
23RD STREET ASSER LEVY PLAYGROUND
20TH STREET
SOLAR ONE
FDR DRIVE STUYVESANT COVE PARK
20TH STREET FERRY
AVENUE C
MURPHY BROTHERS PLAYGROUND
CON ED FACILITY
19 Reaches L-N Aerial View MURPHY BROTHERS PLAYGROUND PRELIMINARY DESIGN
20 MURPHY BROTHERS PLAYGROUND PRELIMINARY DESIGN
21 STUYVESANT COVE PARK PRELIMINARY DESIGN
22 STUYVESANT COVE PARK PRELIMINARY DESIGN
23 STUYVESANT COVE PARK 20TH STREET PARK GATES
24 ASSER LEVY PLAYGROUND PRELIMINARY DESIGN
TIE-IN WITH EXISTING ASSER LEVY VA HOSPITAL PLACE AMENITIES FLOODWALL
EXISTING ASSER EXISTING PLAYGROUND HANDBALL COURT LEVY BATH HOUSE VEHICLE YARD BASKETBALL OPEN & INVITING LANDSCAPE COURT EDGE TO PARK INTEGRATION WITH FLOODWALL
25 ASSER LEVY PLAYGROUND PRELIMINARY DESIGN
26 ENHANCING DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE INTERIORSTORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM COMPONENTS DRAINAGE AND DESIGN CRITERIA AKRF
2 3R THE INTERIOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS D S DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND A 5-YEAR T 2 0T NOAA RAINSTORM OCCURRING AT THE H S SAME TIME AS A 100-YEAR STORM SURGE T INTERCEPTOR
1 GATE BUILDING 4T H S THE INTERIOR DRAINAGE IS ALSO T 1 0T DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND THE H S FUTURE RISK OF A 2-YEAR NOAA T
RAINSTORM OCCURRING AT THE 6T H S SAME TIME AS A 100-YEAR STORM T C SURGE AND 2050s SEA LEVEL RISE U E E N AV
H O UPLAND DRAINAGE STRATEGY: U S TO N PARALLEL CONVEYANCE S T PROJECT AREA 2
PROJECT AREA 1
E D E V L R I A N D C E D R Y F S T
LEGEND
Existing Interceptor
New Parallel Conveyance
Interceptor Gate Building
EAST RIVER INTERCEPTOR New Flood Protection
FDR DRIVE GATE BUILDING
MONTGOMERY ST Floodwall
Existing VA Hospital Floodwall
2015 FEMA 100-YEAR Flood Hazard Boundary 2050s FEMA 100-YEAR Flood Hazard Boundary
27 IMPROVED DRAINAGE NORTH INTERCEPTOR GATE CHAMBER BUILDING
GATE BUILDING
STUYVESANT TOWN
PETER COOPER VILLAGE
20TH STREET
AVE C
28 NORTH GATE BUILDING SITE PLAN
20TH STREET 5’-8” 64’
MOBILE
28’ GENERATOR
10’-8” AREA
INTERCEPTOR SEWER 5’-8”
RESIDENTIAL ENTRANCE 20TH STREET LOOP STREET 20TH
620 E. 20THST.
N 0’ 5’ 20’ 40’
SCALE: 1/16” = 1’
29 NORTH GATE BUILDING PERSPECTIVE VIEW FROM NORTH
30 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW & APPROVALS
31 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW STANDARDS
COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER 3 STATUTES:
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will satisfy requirements of all three statutes • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) • State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) • City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR)
LEAD AGENCIES:
Environmental review coordinated by head agencies, with cooperating, involved and inter- ested Federal, State and City agencies • NEPA - NYC Office of Management and Budget • SEQRA/CEQR - Department of Parks & Recreation
32 OVERVIEW OF EIS ALTERNATIVES
ALTERNATIVE 1: No Action Alternative
ALTERNATIVE 2: Flood Protection System on the West Side of East River Park – Baseline
ALTERNATIVE 3: Flood Protection System on the West Side of East River Park – Enhanced Park and Access
ALTERNATIVE 4: Flood Protection System with a Raised East River Park (Preferred Alternative)
ALTERNATIVE 5: Flood Protection System East of FDR Drive
33 UNIFORM LAND USE REVIEW PROCEDURE PROPOSED ACTIONS ACQUISITION (EASEMENTS): Project Area One • Gouverneur Gardens Cooperative • East River Housing Corporation • NYCHA (Riis Houses and Baruch Houses)
Project Area Two • Con Edison – For Operations & Maintenance of the Flood Protection System • Con Edison Power Station • Con Edison Office and Parking Lot • VA Medical Center – For Operations & Maintenance of the Flood Protection System • VA Hospital • Captain Patrick J. Brown Walk – For Construction of the Flyover Bridge
A zoning text amendment is necessary to acknowledge compliance of the pro- posed design with the City’s Zoning regulations for a portion of the project area
City Map change (anticipated at a later date) for reconstruction of pedestrian bridges. 34 DEIS IMPACT ANALYSIS OVERVIEW
DEIS Impact Analysis Overview
DEISDEIS OPERATIONALOPERATION ANALYSES: ANALYSES DEISDEIS CONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTIONAL NALYSES: ANALYSES Socioeconomics • Land Use, Zoning, and Public Policy (Ch. 5.1) • (Ch. 6.1) Open Space** • Socioeconomics (Ch. 5.2) • (Ch. 6.2) Historic and Cultural Resources • Open Space (Ch. 5.3) • (Ch. 6.3) Urban Design and Visual Resources (views) • Historic and Cultural Resources (Ch. 5.4) • (Ch. 6.4) Natural Resources • Urban Design and Visual Resources (Views)** (Ch. 5.5) • (Ch. 6.5) Hazardous Materials • Natural Resources (Ch. 5.6) • (Ch. 6.6) Water and Sewer Infrastructure • Hazardous Materials (Ch. 5.7) • (Ch. 6.7) Energy • Water and Sewer Infrastructure (Ch. 5.8) • (Ch. 6.8) Transportation* • Transportation (Ch. 5.9) • (Ch. 6.9) Air Quality • Neighborhood Character (Ch. 5.10) • (Ch. 6.10) Greenhouse Gas Emissions • Environmental Justice (Ch. 5.11) • (Ch. 6.11) Noise and Vibration** (Ch. 6.12) *Potential for Significant Adverse Effects • Public Health (Ch. 6.13) **Unavoidable • 19
35 NYCNYC PARKS ANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS INTERIMINTERIM RECREATION RECREATION PARK UPGRADES MORE PROGRAMMING, NEW PARK SPACES
BEFORE
AFTER Precedent Images: Van Alst, Queens PRECEDENT: STROUD BROOKLYN SPORTS COATING RAIN GARDENS ACCOMMODATING FIELD USERS LAGUARDIA BATH HOUSE
BEFORE
AFTER Precedent Images: Fountain of Youth, Bronx PAINTING TREE PLANTING MORE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING PIER 42 PHASE 1: UPLAND PARK
BEFORE
AFTER Precedent Images: JJ Byrne, Brooklyn Image courtesy of SHoP Architects ASPHALT TO TURF SOLAR FIELD LIGHTS MORE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK STAFF PIER 35
36 NYC PARKS ANTICIPATED NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS
1. Sports Coating 7. BBQs 2. Painting 8. Tennis 3. Trees and Rain Gardens 9. Cool Pools: Dry Dock 4. Ballfields 10. New Spaces: • Increased Lighting • LaGuardia Bathhouse • Asphalt to Turf • Baruch Bathhouse • Turf improvements • Pier 42 5. Park Staffing • Pier 35 • Flyover Bridge 6. Recreational Programming
37 DEIS - CONSTRUCTION PERIOD EFFECTS PROJECT AREA 2 - ANALYSES, ASSUMPTIONS AND RESULTS
TRANSPORTATION
1ST AVENUE • Traffic impacts during construction identified at the following intersections (and effects could be fully * mitigated with signal timing changes): • East 23rd Street and First Avenue • East 23rd Street and Avenue C
• Maintenance and Protection of Traffic (MPT) Plans
E 20TH STREET E 23RD STREET are being developed to ensure safety of the public and maintenance of traffic flow during construction
AVENUE C *
FDR DRIVE (ABOVE)
38 EAST RIVER GREENWAY REROUTING DETOUR ROUTE DURING CONSTRUCTION
DETOUR DURING EAST RIVER DETOUR DURING FLYOVER PARK CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION SIGNS WILL BE INSTALLED AT SIGNS ON AND OFF THE SOUTHBOUND CYCLISTS THE KEY DECISION POINTS IN GREENWAY WILL DIRECT WISHING TO TRAVEL THE BIKE NETWORK TO INFORM CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS TO BEYOND 23RD STREET CYCLISTS OF THE CLOSURE USE 10TH STREET AVENUE C SHOULD USE THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES E 34 St SIGNS WILL BE INSTALLED ONE ON 2ND AVENUE BLOCK WEST OF THE GREENWAY TO INFORM PEDESTRIANS OF THE CLOSURE Waterside Plaza E 10 St
Stuyvesant Cove
STUYVESANT COVE FERRY ACCESS WILL BE MAINTAINED ON 20TH STREET
East River Park
Williamsburg Bridge CONSTRUCTION CLOSURES CONVENTIONAL BIKE LANE NORTHBOUND CYCLISTS MAY USE PIKE/ ALLEN STREET OR CLINTON STREET, PROTECTED BIKE LANE SHARED LANE ST Brooklyn Manhattan AND DELANCEY STREET TO REACH 1 Bridge Bridge AVENUE 39 DEIS - CONSTRUCTION PERIOD EFFECTS PROJECT AREA 2 - ANALYSES, ASSUMPTIONS AND RESULTS
NORTH INTERCEPTOR GATE CHAMBER AND BUILDING
• 20th Street Gate/Gate House construction is GATE BUILDING anticipated to last for approximately 1 year
STUYVESANT TOWN • Approximately 11 parking spaces could be lost on East 20th Street during construction and completion of the Interceptor Gate House
20TH STREET • Potential air emission reduction measures include fugitive dust suppression program and an Air Emission AVE C Reduction Program (e.g., fuel and idling restrictions)
• Potential construction noise mitigation measures include specifying use of quieter equipment models or methods, as well as use of noise barriers and equipment enclosures
• Preliminary staging areas include existing parking areas under the FDR Drive and the median on East 20th Street 40 NIGHT WORK CONSTRUCTION
East Broadway
Essex St E 22n d St
R u tgers St
E 1 5th St
E 1 6th St
N orfol k St E 1 7th St
E 1 8th St Rutgers Slip E 8th St Fi rst Ave E 1 9th St Jefferson St E 9th St
t B room e St Su ffol k St S
d Aven u e A n Stan ton St 2 E 23rd St
E St E 24th St ton Cl i n E 3rd St Ch erry St E 4th St E 25th St Cl i n ton St E 26th St E 5th St 1 st A ve Lo op S E 7th St o u t h S
t Rivington St
p o E 1 1 th St
Pi er 36 o R idge St H ou ston St L Aven u e B E 1 2th St t oop S t L E 1 3th St th S h 0 t 2 St E 1 4th St 4 ery 1 Asser Levy tgom Pi tt St Mon Recreation Asser B ial ystoker Pl Center E 20th St H en ry St Levy E 6th St
Gouverneur St M sonadi St Playground Delancey St
Aven u e C E 1 0th St Reach A Sh eri ff St Pedestrian Aven u e C L Reach Q Water St oo Bridge t p Pi er 42 S Col u d m b i a St n
a
r G Reach O Jackson St Szol d Pl Reach B Lewi s St Aven u e D Stuyvesant Cove Park B aru ch D r Corlears Reach N Hook Park B aru ch Pl Murphy Brothers Pedestrian Playground E 5th Wal k Bridge M an gi n St Pedestrian Pedestrian Bridge Reach C Bridge Pedestrian FD R D ri ve Reach M Bridge Car Bridge East River Park Reach L Reach K Reach J Reach D Reach I Reach E Reach F Reach G Reach H
E a s t R i v e r
Williamsburg Bridge
Project Area One 0 1 ,000 FEET Project Area Two Potential Locations of Night Work Ferry Service Locations
Capital Project SANDRESM1 NOTE: PRELIMINARY/IN-PROCESS AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE Potential Locations of Night Work EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT Figure41 1 NEXT STEPS: PUBLIC INPUT TO THE EIS/ULURP PROCESSES
Next Steps: Public Input to the EIS/ULURP Processes
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42 PROVIDE FLOOD PROTECTION
43 Join us at the upcoming Project Open House!
June 5, 2019 (4 – 8 PM) June 6, 2019 (2 – 8 PM)
Peter Cooper Village 360 First Avenue - Lower Level (entrance on east side of First Avenue at E. 21st Street)
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