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Master Plan for Highbridge Park HIGHBRIDGE PARK ANCHOR PARKS PROGRAM: CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN Located along Amsterdam Avenue / Fort George Avenue from 155th Street to Dyckman Street, in the Borough of Manhattan Community Board 12 Parks & Cultural Affairs Commitee Presentation March 7, 2017 MKW + Associates, Parks Capital Design TONIGHT’S AGENDA 1/ Introduction 2/ Highbridge Park Conceptual Master Plan 3/ Anchor Parks Phase 1 Schematic Design 5/ Next Steps Anchor Parks | Highbridge Park | Manhattan, NY OUR COMMITMENT: CREATE A BRIGHT, GREEN FUTURE WITH A MORE INCLUSIVE AND INNOVATIVE PARK SYSTEM Anchor Parks | Highbridge Park | Manhattan, NY ANCHOR PARKS | Overview OUR OLD PARKS ARE OUR NEW PARKS... Anchor Parks | Highbridge Park | Manhattan, NY ANCHOR PARKS | Overview NYC PARKS WILL INVEST $150 MILLION TO RENOVATE FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ANCHOR PARKS — ONE IN EACH BOROUGH Anchor Parks | Highbridge Park | Manhattan, NY • The City’s Oldest • Wading Pool • Basketball Courts (7.5) HIGHBRIDGE Standing Bridge • World Class Skate Park • Handball Courts (3) PARK: 130 • Historic Water Tower • 2.5-Mile Mountain Biking • Volleyball Courts • Year-round Recreation Course • Natural Areas ACRES OF... Center • BMX Jump Track • Dog Run • Competition Sized • Playgrounds (7) • John T. Brush Stairway Swimming Pool • Ballfields (3) Anchor Parks | Highbridge Park | Manhattan, NY NYC PARKS’ NOVEMBER 2016 VISIONING 140 PEOPLE SHARED THEIR IDEAS AND HOPES FOR HIGHBRIDGE PARK Anchor Parks | Highbridge Park | Manhattan, NY NYC PARKS’ JANUARY 2017 COMMUNITY REPORT BACK MEETING 70 PEOPLE ATTENDED Anchor Parks | Highbridge Park | Manhattan, NY Goals • Improve connectivity and access including mid-level path to the High Bridge, north and south park connections, and linkage to the Polo Grounds houses • Improve quality of play and recreational experiences: reconstruct Adventure Playground and Fort George Playground • Provide additional sports fields / practice fields • Provide much-needed bathrooms / restrooms - New bathroom at Adventure Playground - New restrooms at Highbridge Pool bleachers - New bathroom at Fort George Playground • Provide outdoor gathering / picnic / event spaces • Improve ADA access to Recreation Center • Improve safety and security: provide park lighting • Improve forest ecology and undertake forest restoration • Complete restoration of historic Water Tower • Add Highbridge Park signage / directories • Improve / enhance park entrances / gateways Project Size: 130 ac Highbridge Park | Project Goals 2 Manhattan City 2 MI Highbridge Park Neighborhood 1000 FT Site 500 FT Highbridge Park| Site Location 3 Flood Hazard Zones ZONE A - 1% annual-chance flood event. No Base Flood Elevation (BFE) exists. ZONE AE - 1% annual-chance flood event. BFE exists. ZONE AO - 1% annual-chance shallow flooding. VE - Areas along coasts subject to inundation by the 1% annual-chance flood event with additional hazards associated with storm- induced velocity wave action. BFE exists. FLOODWAY - watercourse reserved to discharge base flood. ZONE X - Moderate risk areas within the Site 0.2% annual-chance floodplain. LIMIT OF MODERATE WAVE ACTION N Highbridge Park | Flood Risk 0’ 1000’ 2000’ 4 Land Use Categories 1 And 2 Family Residential Multi-Family Residential Mixed Use Open Space And Outdoor Recreation Commercial Institutional Industrial Parking Transportation / Utilities Vacant Lots Site N Highbridge Park | Surrounding Land Use 0’ 1000’ 5 1 - View to Sugar Hill Luminaries Lawn at right and typical 2 - View to a portion of Adventure Playground. sidewalk treatment along this part of Edgecombe Avenue on the left. 2 1 Highbridge Park | Site Photos 6 3 - Sunken Playground consists of handball and basketball 4 - Steps down into a depressed area along Edgecombe courts and sitting areas well below the adjacent sidewalk Avenue, originally designed as horseshoe pitches. grade. 3 4 Highbridge Park | Site Photos 7 5 - Panoramic view of grade differential at Highbridge Recreation Center and sidewalk along Amsterdam Avenue. 51 Highbridge Park | Site Photos 8 6 - View of Highbridge Water Tower Plaza with the existing 7 - A portion of Fort George Playground illustrating the swimming pool to the left. expansive spray shower area. 7 6 Highbridge Park | Site Photos 9 8 - Dyckman Rest, previously a playground, contains expansive asphalt, some mature trees and occasional benches only. 8 Highbridge Park | Site Photos 10 11 N 10TH AVE DYCKMAN ST DYCKMAN 0 400' 800' 0’ 400’ 800’ SCALE: 1"=800'-0" W 193RD ST W 192ND ST W 191ST ST NORTH SECTION W 190TH ST W 189TH ST HARLEM RIVER HARLEM W 188TH ST W 187TH ST W 186TH ST W 185TH ST HARLEM RIVER DRIVE RIVER HARLEM W 184TH ST W 183RD ST ST. NICHOLAS AVE ST. W 182ND ST AUDUBON AVE AMSTERDAM AVE W 181ST ST WASHINGTON BRIDGE W 180TH ST ALEXANDER W 179TH ST HAMILTON W 178TH ST BRIDGE W 177TH ST W 176TH ST W 175TH ST MID SECTION W 174TH ST THE HIGH BRIDGE W 173RD ST W 172ND ST W 171ST ST Site Analysis Site | W 170TH ST W 169TH ST W 168TH ST W 167TH ST JUMEL PLACE JUMEL W 166TH ST HARLEM RIVER DRIVE RIVER HARLEM W 165TH ST RIVER HARLEM W 164TH ST Highbridge Park W 163RD ST W 162ND ST W 161TH ST EDGECOMBE AVE EDGECOMBE W 160TH ST W 159TH ST W 158TH ST SOUTH SECTION W 157TH ST ST. NICHOLAS AVE NICHOLAS ST. BLVD BROADWAY AMSTERDAM AVE DOUGLASS DOUGLASS W 156TH ST FREDERICK W 155TH ST W 155TH ST ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND - constructed late Accessible route: SUNKEN PLAYGROUND - set well below street LEGEND Sugar Hill Luminaries Lawn - PROJECT LIMITS slopes down to Edgecombe Ave - 70s, large open space segmented by serpertine ramp up from Sunken level, includes handball, basketball, open PATHS open lawn, sunny concrete walls. Play equipment located within Playground to street space, gathering plaza, also accessible ramp walls. Open spray area. Play equipment is level is southern end of to street level - courts in good condition STAIRS AMSTERDAM AVENUE dated and needs replacement. Proximity to accessible route to the TRAILS Edgecombe Ave so utilities are available High Bridge ROADS W 165TH ST Old horse shoe pit W 155TH ST Existing picnic tables at AQUEDUCT TRAIL terraces - stairs down base of Brush stairway to shaded terraces NO PARK ACCESS ST. NICHOLAS AVE STEEP SLOPE W 160TH ST Potential COOGAN’S Potential PARK ENTRANCE Overlooks BLUFF Overlooks PLAYGROUND MORRIS-JUMEL 150.00 SPOT ELEVATION HISTORIC MANSION BUILDING + 138.40 STRUCTURES 150.00 132.30 133.40 OPEN SUNNY EDGECOMBE AVE PLAY AREA 153.30 OUTDATED PLAY EQUIPMENT 110.00 76.90 126.10 HARLEM RIVER DRIVEWAY HEAVY TRAFFIC CROSSING UNDERPERFORMING SOCIAL SPACE HARLEM RIVER DRIVE SPRAY SHOWER Southern “gateway” at Hazardous crossing of Harlem Old Aqueduct Trail - dirt paved, Dramatic rock face - SEE MID SECTION MATCHLINE HBP to 155th Street, heavy River Driveway / ramp. Need relatively accessible grade - outcroppings GATHERING traffic at intersection pedestrian crossing to provide potential linkage to middle path / Existing Stone Retaining Walls - in SUNSET access to Brush Stairway and accessible route to High Bridge June 21 OVERLOOK / 320° 330° 310° 340° into HBP poor condition, some collapsed 300° 350° NORTH VIEW 290° 0° sections 10° 280° 10° Section of Highbridge Park adjacent 20° 20° WEST 30° 30° 40° to Polo Ground Houses separated Major rock outcropping / gathering BATHROOM 260° 50° 40° 60° 250° by Harlem River Driveway area accessible by dirt trails 70° 50° SUNSET 80° 240° December 21 60° SUNRISE 230° June 21 End of “Old Aqueduct Trail” water line was 70° 220° BASEBALL 80° tunneled through existing rock outcropping. 210° 200° Cutting or blasting rock would endanger the 100° EVENING 190° 110° EAST 180° actual historic water line. This linkage would 170° 120° BASKETBALL 130° MID-DAY 160° 150° 140° HARLEM RIVER complete the southern accessible middle path if SOUTH MORNING SUNRISE December 21 possible. SOLAR PATH DIAGRAM HANDBALL N PLAYGROUND Highbridge Park | Site Analysis Diagram - South Section 0’0 150’ 150' 300’ 300' SCALE: 1"=300'-0" 12 Highbridge Park HIGHBRIDGE POOL - Moses era Well-used basketball courts Main pathway - asphalt in very good W 185TH ST W 180TH ST Community Recreation swimming pool, replaced historic (home of High Bridge Invitational condition, stone edge in fair condition. LEGEND Center - indoor Highbridge reservoir Tournament) & volley ball courts Existing lighting in disrepair - poles PROJECT LIMITS recreation & access leaning, fixtures missing. PATHS to highbridge park. Large unused / underutilized pool Northern limits of south HBP. Extremely Handicap access needs STAIRS structure & bleachers, potential large & open rock outcropping relatively AUDUBON AVE LAUREL HILL TERRACE - improvement from TRAILS bathroom flat - adjacent lawn & open asphalt no access into HBP for this Amsterdam Avenue due to area are unused & provide opportunity entire stretch ROADS raised entry, 1 full story Fenced & gated connection for informal gathering. Area is greatly AQUEDUCT TRAIL above grade Existing stairs elevated above amsterdam avenue QUISQUEYA Difficult to find and indistinct access to Water Tower W 175TH Plaza from Water Tower plaza to sidewalk level PLAYGROUND to skate park - series of steps - NO PARK ACCESS High Bridge & accessible ST underpass - poor lighting & signage route STEEP SLOPE Switchback series of steps provide PARK ENTRANCE difficult access under Washington Bridge AMSTERDAM SKATE PARK 150.00 SPOT ELEVATION 175.60 184.12 180.00 162.00 AVE 166.70 - difficult connection to skate park LIMIT OF PHASE 1 BUILDING + STRUCTURES LAUREL HILL 168.80 OPEN SUNNY Relatively flat open TERRACE space suitable for 130.00 PLAY
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