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Hudson River Valley Greenway Link Task #6 Report Alternate Design Solutions

August 16, 2010

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INTRODUCTIONȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ1ȱ

MANHATTANȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ5ȱ

BROADWAYȱBRIDGEȱAPPROACHȱCORRIDORȱ(BBAC)ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ5ȱ

HENRYȱHUDSONȱBRIDGEȱAPPROACHȱCORRIDORȱ(HHBAC)ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ17ȱ

BRONXȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ24ȱ

BROADWAYȱCORRIDORȱ(BC)ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ24ȱ

SERVICEȱROADȱCORRIDORȱ(SRC)ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ35ȱ

PALISADEȱCORRIDORȱ(PC)ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ45ȱ

YONKERSȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ63ȱ

RIVERDALEȱCORRIDORȱ(YȬRC)ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ63ȱ

HAWTHORNEȱCORRIDORȱ(YȬHC)ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ69ȱ

BUENAȱVISTAȱCORRIDORȱ(YȬBVC)ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ75ȱ

NORTHȱYONKERSȱCORRIDORȱ(YȬNYC)ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ84ȱ

WATERFRONTȱ(WC)ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ100ȱȱ

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APPENDIX:ȱENVIRONMENTALȱSCREENINGȱȱ HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ

INTRODUCTIONȱ

Theȱ purposeȱ ofȱ theȱ designȱ solutionsȱ proposedȱ asȱ partȱ ofȱ Taskȱ 6ȱ isȱ toȱ determineȱ theȱ feasibilityȱofȱprovidingȱgreenwayȱfacilitiesȱalongȱtheȱcorridorsȱunderȱconsideration.ȱȱAȱ determinationȱisȱmadeȱatȱthisȱlevelȱofȱtheȱtypeȱofȱgreenwayȱfacilityȱthatȱcanȱphysicallyȱ fitȱalongȱaȱparticularȱrightȬofȬway.ȱȱCrossȱsectionsȱareȱdevelopedȱinȱorderȱtoȱillustrateȱ theȱ existingȱ widthȱ andȱ configurationȱ ofȱ theȱ rightȬofȬway,ȱ andȱ toȱ illustrateȱ aȱ possibleȱ designȱtoȱaccommodateȱaȱgreenwayȱfacility.ȱȱOtherȱdesignȱoptionsȱmayȱbeȱmentionedȱ forȱ aȱ givenȱ corridor,ȱ andȱ willȱ beȱ elaboratedȱ uponȱ ifȱ theȱ corridorȱ isȱ selectedȱ asȱ theȱ preferredȱ alternative.ȱȱTheȱ otherȱ purposeȱ ofȱ thisȱ taskȱ isȱ toȱ fleshȱ outȱ theȱ opportunitiesȱ andȱconstraintsȱassociatedȱwithȱeachȱcorridor.ȱȱThisȱinformationȱwillȱbeȱusedȱtoȱrankȱtheȱ corridorsȱ inȱ Taskȱ 7ȱ andȱ selectȱ aȱ preferredȱ alternative.ȱȱȱDetailedȱ designȱ willȱ beȱ developedȱinȱTaskȱ8ȱforȱtheȱpreferredȱalternative.ȱȱȱȱ

Theȱ descriptionȱ ofȱ eachȱ ofȱ theȱ corridorsȱ underȱ considerationȱ includesȱ theȱ corridor’sȱ existingȱconditions,ȱalongȱwithȱtheȱopportunitiesȱandȱconstraintsȱassociatedȱwithȱitȱasȱaȱ greenwayȱ candidate.ȱȱAlsoȱ includedȱ isȱ anȱ illustrationȱ ofȱ possibleȱ designȱ solutionsȱ asȱ crossȱsectionsȱforȱeachȱcorridor.ȱȱCostȱestimatesȱareȱalsoȱincludedȱinȱorderȱtoȱprovideȱanȱ orderȬofȬmagnitudeȱ estimateȱ ofȱ theȱ costȱ toȱ constructȱ aȱ givenȱ alternative.ȱȱTheȱ costȱ estimatesȱareȱintendedȱforȱcomparisonȱpurposesȱonlyȱandȱareȱnotȱintendedȱtoȱdetermineȱ constructionȱbudgets.ȱȱȱ

Dyckmanȱ Streetȱ hasȱ beenȱ identifiedȱ asȱ theȱ southernȱ boundaryȱ ofȱ theȱ HRVGLȱ studyȱ area.ȱȱTheȱexistingȱHudsonȱRiverȱGreenway,ȱrunningȱalongȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱManhattanȱ usingȱportionsȱofȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱrightȬofȬway,ȱcurrentlyȱendsȱatȱDyckmanȱ andȱ Staffȱ Streets.ȱȱFutureȱ plansȱ willȱ bringȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ Greenwayȱ toȱ Dyckmanȱ StreetȱalongȱaȱwaterfrontȱpathȱonȱtheȱAmtrakȱrightȬofȬway,ȱandȱanotherȱrouteȱwillȱcarryȱ itȱonȱaȱrampedȱseriesȱofȱswitchbacksȱbetweenȱtheȱnorthboundȱandȱsouthboundȱHenryȱ Hudsonȱ Parkwayȱ throughȱ anȱ abandonedȱ railroadȱ buildingȱ toȱ Dyckmanȱ Street.ȱȱTheȱ HRVGLȱ projectȱ picksȱ upȱ theȱ greenwayȱ atȱ Dyckmanȱ Streetȱ andȱ identifiesȱ aȱ preferredȱ routeȱtoȱcarryȱtheȱgreenwayȱintoȱandȱthroughȱtheȱBronxȱandȱintoȱYonkers.ȱ

TheȱOldȱCrotonȱAqueductȱ(OCA)ȱTrailȱinȱYonkersȱhasȱbeenȱidentifiedȱasȱtheȱnorthernȱ boundaryȱofȱtheȱHRVGLȱstudyȱarea.ȱȱTheȱOCAȱisȱcurrentlyȱpartȱofȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱ ValleyȱGreenway,ȱbringingȱtheȱgreenwayȱsouthȱfromȱtheȱNewȱCrotonȱReservoir.ȱȱTheȱ OCAȱentersȱYonkersȱjustȱeastȱofȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱandȱcontinuesȱsouthȱuntilȱitȱturnsȱ

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eastȱatȱapproximatelyȱAshburtonȱAvenue.ȱȱItȱturnsȱsouthȱagainȱjustȱeastȱofȱtheȱSawȱMillȱ ParkwayȱandȱentersȱtheȱBronxȱthroughȱVanȱCortlandtȱPark.ȱȱTheȱHRVGLȱprojectȱwillȱ identifyȱ theȱ preferredȱ routeȱ toȱ createȱ aȱ connectionȱ toȱ theȱ OCAȱ inȱ Yonkersȱ northȱ ofȱ AshburtonȱAvenue.ȱ

Discussionȱofȱeachȱcorridorȱfollowsȱtheȱoutlineȱbelow:ȱȱ

x ExitingȱConditionsȱ

o TrafficȱVolumesȱ

o ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

o SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

x Opportunitiesȱ

x Constraintsȱ

x DesignȱSolutionsȱ

x ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

x ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

Theȱinlandȱcorridorsȱbeingȱdiscussedȱareȱgroupedȱbyȱtheȱboroughȱorȱcityȱinȱwhichȱtheyȱ areȱlocatedȱ(Manhattan,ȱBronx,ȱYonkers).ȱȱHowever,ȱbecauseȱofȱtheȱuniqueȱnatureȱofȱtheȱ waterfrontȱ corridorȱ andȱ itsȱ jurisdictions,ȱ itȱ willȱ beȱ describedȱ separatelyȱ andȱ inȱ itsȱ entirety.ȱȱInȱaddition,ȱtheȱExistingȱConditionsȱdiscussionȱforȱtheȱwaterfrontȱcorridorȱwillȱ containȱaȱdescriptionȱofȱtheȱphysicalȱcharacteristicsȱofȱtheȱshoreline,ȱownershipȱofȱtheȱ shorelineȱandȱitsȱadjacentȱproperty,ȱandȱexistingȱlandȱuse.ȱȱFiguresȱ1ȱandȱ2ȱillustrateȱtheȱ locationȱofȱeachȱofȱtheȱcorridors.ȱ

Followingȱ theȱ discussionȱ ofȱ designȱ solutionsȱ isȱ aȱ chapterȱ thatȱ providesȱ anȱ environmentalȱscreeningȱofȱtheȱprojectȱarea.ȱȱItȱidentifiesȱandȱsummarizesȱtheȱexistingȱ environmentalȱ conditionsȱ andȱ sensitivitiesȱ inȱ theȱ studyȱ area,ȱ outlinesȱ regulatoryȱ requirementsȱ relevantȱ toȱ theȱ developmentȱ ofȱ theȱ corridorsȱ underȱ consideration,ȱ andȱ presentsȱtheȱfindingsȱbyȱcorridor.ȱȱInȱaddition,ȱthisȱsectionȱalsoȱprovidesȱdemographicȱ informationȱ aboutȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ including,ȱ populationȱ density,ȱ incomeȱ andȱ povertyȱ

2 HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ levels.ȱȱItȱ alsoȱ includesȱ informationȱ describingȱ landȱ useȱ andȱ zoning,ȱ parksȱ andȱ openȱȱ space,ȱandȱcommunityȱfacilities.ȱ

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MANHATTANȱ

BROADWAYȱBRIDGEȱAPPROACHȱCORRIDORȱȱ

DyckmanȱStreetȱ/ȱSeamanȱAvenueȱ/ȱ218thȱStreetȱ/ȱBroadwayȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

ȱWhileȱ overallȱ roadwayȱ widthsȱ differ,ȱ Dyckmanȱ Streetȱ andȱ Seamanȱ Avenueȱ areȱ bothȱ configuredȱwithȱoneȱlaneȱofȱtrafficȱinȱeachȱdirection,ȱClassȱ2ȱstripedȱbicycleȱlanesȱandȱ onȬstreetȱ parkingȱ onȱ bothȱ sides.ȱȱHowever,ȱ forȱ aȱ shortȱ stretchȱ ofȱ Seamanȱ Avenueȱ betweenȱIshamȱandȱ214thȱStreets,ȱnoȱbikeȱlaneȱexists.ȱȱ

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ȱ Existing bicycle lanes along Dyckman Street and Seaman Avenue

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Alongȱ218thȱStreetȱthereȱisȱaȱbicycleȱlane,ȱparkingȱonȱ bothȱsidesȱofȱtheȱstreet,ȱandȱoneȱ travelȱlaneȱinȱeachȱdirection.ȱȱȱ

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ȱȱ th ȱ Sidewalk along north side of 218 Street adjacent to Columbia University ȱ

Broadwayȱbetweenȱ218thȱStreetȱandȱtheȱBroadwayȱBridgeȱhasȱtwoȱtravelȱlanesȱinȱeachȱ directionȱparkingȱonȱeachȱside,ȱaȱsixȱfootȱwideȱmedian,ȱandȱisȱcoveredȱbyȱtheȱelevatedȱ subway.ȱȱTheȱsidewalksȱareȱ19ȱfeetȱwideȱonȱtheȱwestȱsideȱandȱ15ȱfeetȱonȱtheȱeast.ȱȱTheȱ emergencyȱ roomȱ entranceȱ toȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Presbyterianȱ Hospitalȱ isȱ locatedȱ onȱ theȱ westȱ sideȱofȱBroadwayȱandȱitsȱaccessȱisȱcontrolledȱbyȱitsȱownȱtrafficȱlight.ȱ

ThisȱrouteȱisȱdesignatedȱasȱaȱproposedȱrouteȱonȱtheȱNewȱYorkȱCityȱCyclingȱMap.ȱ

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ȱ Sidewalk on west side of Broadway in Manhattan leading to the Broadway Bridge ȱ

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ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

Parkingȱ regulationsȱ alongȱ Dyckmanȱ Street,ȱ Seamanȱ Avenueȱ andȱ 218thȱ Streetȱ consistȱ primarilyȱ ofȱ alternateȱ sideȱ ofȱ theȱ streetȱ parkingȱ regulationsȱ (temporaryȱ parkingȱ prohibitionsȱthatȱalternateȱsidesȱofȱtheȱstreetȱbyȱdayȱtoȱallowȱforȱstreetȱcleaning)ȱonȱbothȱ curbsȱoccurringȱbetweenȱtheȱhoursȱofȱ9:00ȱAMȱandȱ12:30ȱPM.ȱȱ

Broadwayȱ betweenȱ 218thȱ Streetȱ andȱ theȱ Broadwayȱ Bridgeȱ consistsȱ ofȱ ‘Noȱ Parkingȱ Anytime’ȱregulationsȱonȱbothȱsidesȱofȱtheȱstreet.ȱȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

DyckmanȱStreetȱisȱprimarilyȱaȱcommercialȱstreet,ȱbutȱalsoȱrunsȱadjacentȱtoȱtheȱsouthernȱ edgeȱofȱInwoodȱHillȱPark.ȱȱThereȱareȱcurrentlyȱnoȱdesignatedȱentrancesȱtoȱInwoodȱHillȱ ParkȱfromȱDyckmanȱStreet.ȱ

Seamanȱ Avenueȱ isȱ primarilyȱ aȱ residentialȱ streetȱ withȱ sixȱ storyȱ apartmentȱ buildingsȱ liningȱ theȱ blocks.ȱȱAȱ breakȱ inȱ theȱ residentialȱ buildingsȱ occursȱ atȱ Ishamȱ Parkȱ betweenȱ IshamȱStreetȱandȱ214thȱStreets.ȱ

Theȱsouthȱsideȱofȱ218thȱStreetȱisȱresidentialȱsimilarȱtoȱSeamanȱAvenue,ȱwhileȱtheȱnorthȱ sideȱisȱlinedȱbyȱColumbiaȱUniversity’sȱathleticȱcomplex.ȱȱ

TheȱwestȱsideȱofȱBroadwayȱisȱalsoȱlinedȱbyȱinstitutionalȱusesȱ–ȱColumbiaȱUniversityȱandȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Presbyterianȱ Hospital.ȱȱTheȱ emergencyȱ roomȱ entranceȱ toȱ theȱ hospitalȱ isȱ locatedȱ alongȱ thisȱ block,ȱ andȱ isȱ controlledȱ byȱ itsȱ ownȱ trafficȱ light.ȱȱTheȱ eastȱ sideȱ ofȱ BroadwayȱisȱlinedȱbyȱcommercialȱusesȱandȱanȱMTAȱfacility.ȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x DyckmanȱStreetȱprovidesȱdirectȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱwaterfrontȱparkȱandȱ theȱDyckmanȱStreetȱMarina.ȱ x DyckmanȱStreetȱalsoȱprovidesȱanȱimportantȱconnectorȱtoȱtheȱexistingȱgreenwaysȱ thatȱcontinueȱsouthȱalongȱtheȱHarlemȱandȱHudsonȱrivers.ȱȱ x PartsȱofȱtheȱrouteȱrunȱadjacentȱtoȱInwoodȱHillȱParkȱandȱIshamȱPark.ȱȱThereȱisȱtheȱ opportunityȱ toȱ placeȱ theȱ routeȱ alongȱ parkȱ pathsȱ throughȱ Inwoodȱ Hillȱ Parkȱ betweenȱ218thȱandȱDyckmanȱStreets.ȱȱHowever,ȱsignificantȱportionsȱofȱtheȱparkȱ areȱ designatedȱ asȱ Foreverȱ Wildȱ byȱ NYCDPRȱ andȱ developmentȱ isȱ restrictedȱ inȱ

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areasȱ withȱ thatȱ designation.ȱȱCoordinationȱ withȱ NYCDPRȱ willȱ beȱ necessaryȱ toȱ determineȱfeasibilityȱofȱthisȱroute.ȱȱȱȱ x Thereȱmayȱbeȱanȱopportunityȱtoȱcaptureȱpropertyȱalongȱ218thȱStreet,ȱadjacentȱtoȱ ColumbiaȱUniversityȱtoȱwidenȱtheȱsidewalkȱonȱtheȱnorthȱsideȱofȱ218thȱStreetȱinȱ orderȱtoȱbeȱableȱtoȱaccommodateȱcyclistsȱasȱwellȱasȱpedestrians.ȱ x Installationȱofȱaȱbicycleȱlaneȱalongȱ218thȱStreetȱwouldȱnecessitateȱaȱreductionȱinȱ theȱ widthȱ ofȱ theȱ travelȱ andȱ parkingȱ lanesȱ andȱ couldȱ haveȱ aȱ calmingȱ effectȱ onȱ trafficȱspeeds.ȱ x TransitȱAccessȱȱȱ

Nearbyȱsubwayȱstationsȱincluded:ȱ

o #1ȱ trainȱ stationsȱ atȱ Dyckmanȱ Streetȱ andȱ Nagle,ȱ 207thȱ Streetȱ andȱ Tenthȱ Avenue,ȱ215thȱStreetȱandȱTenthȱAvenue.ȱȱ o TheȱAȱtrainȱstationȱatȱDyckmanȱStreetȱandȱBroadwayȱ

Busȱroutesȱalongȱorȱnearȱtheȱcorridorȱinclude:ȱ

o M100,ȱBx7ȱandȱBx20ȱrunningȱalongȱBroadwayȱ o Bx12ȱoverȱtheȱUniversityȱHeightsȱBridgeȱ o M4ȱtoȱFortȱTryonȱParkȱandȱpointsȱsouthȱ ȱ x ThisȱcorridorȱprovidesȱaȱconnectionȱtoȱtheȱBroadwayȱBridgeȱandȱtheȱBronx.ȱ

Constraintsȱ

x Cyclistsȱ areȱ currentlyȱ requiredȱ toȱ dismountȱ andȱ walkȱ bicyclesȱ acrossȱ theȱ BroadwayȱBridgeȱusingȱdesignatedȱwalkways.ȱȱ x DyckmanȱStreetȱandȱBroadwayȱareȱhigherȱvolumeȱcommercialȱstreets.ȱ x SeamanȱAvenueȱhasȱanȱuphillȱslopeȱfromȱDyckmanȱStreetȱtoȱ218thȱStreet.ȱȱOtherȱ partsȱofȱtheȱrouteȱareȱrelativelyȱflat.ȱȱShouldȱtheȱrouteȱbeȱplacedȱalongȱpathsȱinȱ InwoodȱHillȱParkȱtheȱsteepȱslopesȱinȱtheȱparkȱwouldȱbeȱaȱfactor.ȱȱ x Environmentalȱ ConcernsȱȬȱRoutingȱ theȱ greenwayȱ throughȱ theȱ parkȱ wouldȱ requireȱthatȱnewȱpathsȱbeȱdeveloped.ȱHowever,ȱsignificantȱportionsȱofȱInwoodȱ Hillȱ Parkȱ areȱ designatedȱ asȱ Foreverȱ Wildȱ byȱ NYCDPRȱ andȱ developmentȱ isȱ restrictedȱ inȱ areasȱ withȱ thatȱ designation.ȱȱCoordinationȱ withȱ NYCDPRȱ willȱ beȱ necessaryȱtoȱdetermineȱfeasibilityȱofȱroutingȱtheȱgreenwayȱthroughȱtheȱpark.ȱ

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x ThisȱrouteȱdirectsȱusersȱfromȱStaffȱandȱDyckmanȱStreetsȱawayȱfromȱtheȱHudsonȱ RiverȱtoȱtheȱBroadwayȱBridge,ȱtheȱHarlemȱRiverȱcrossingȱ(withinȱtheȱstudyȱarea)ȱ thatȱisȱfurthestȱfromȱtheȱHudsonȱRiver.ȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

Possibleȱdesignȱsolutionsȱincludeȱbicycleȱlanes,ȱwhichȱalreadyȱexistȱasȱClassȱ2ȱfacilitiesȱ alongȱ Dyckmanȱ Street,ȱ Seamanȱ Avenueȱ andȱ 218thȱ Street.ȱ NYCDOTȱ isȱ currentlyȱ exploringȱtheȱpossibilityȱofȱplacingȱaȱmoreȱrobustȱbicycleȱfacilityȱalongȱDyckmanȱStreet.ȱȱ Communityȱgroupsȱhaveȱrecommendedȱaȱseparatedȱbicycleȱfacilityȱalongȱtheȱnorthȱsideȱ ofȱ Dyckmanȱ Streetȱ thatȱ wouldȱ connectȱ existingȱ greenwaysȱ alongȱ theȱ Harlemȱ andȱ HudsonȱRivers.ȱȱAutoȱdependentȱusesȱalongȱDyckmanȱStreetȱcouldȱpresentȱchallengesȱ toȱthisȱproposedȱdesignȱoption.ȱȱSeeȱFiguresȱBBACȬ1ȱandȱBBACȬ2ȱforȱtheȱrecommendedȱ routeȱtoȱtheȱBroadwayȱBridgeȱandȱproposedȱcrossȱsectionsȱofȱDyckmanȱStreet,ȱSeamanȱ Avenueȱandȱ218thȱStreet.ȱȱȱȱ

Anotherȱ solutionȱ forȱ futureȱ considerationȱ wouldȱ beȱ theȱ useȱ ofȱ parkȱ pathsȱ inȱ Inwoodȱ HillȱParkȱtoȱrouteȱtheȱgreenwayȱbetweenȱDyckmanȱStreetȱandȱ218thȱStreet.ȱȱMuchȱofȱthisȱ sectionȱofȱInwoodȱHillȱParkȱisȱdesignatedȱForeverȱWild,ȱwhichȱlimitsȱdevelopmentȱofȱ facilitiesȱ ofȱ anyȱ kind.ȱȱItȱ mayȱ beȱ possible,ȱ withinȱ Foreverȱ Wildȱ designatedȱ areas,ȱ toȱ enhanceȱexistingȱparkȱpaths.ȱȱHowever,ȱcreationȱofȱnewȱparkȱpathsȱisȱnotȱfeasibleȱdueȱtoȱ strictȱdevelopmentȱrestrictionsȱwithinȱForeverȱWildȱdesignatedȱareas.ȱ

ThereȱisȱnoȱstripedȱbicycleȱfacilityȱonȱaȱshortȱportionȱofȱSeamanȱAvenueȱbetweenȱIshamȱ Streetȱandȱ214thȱStreet.ȱȱAccordingȱtoȱNYCDOT,ȱatȱtheȱtimeȱtheȱbikeȱlanesȱonȱSeamanȱ Avenueȱwereȱinstalled,ȱNYCDOTȱdidȱnotȱinstallȱClassȱIIȱfacilitiesȱonȱblocksȱwithȱspeedȱ bumps,ȱthereforeȱClassȱIIIȱmarkingsȱwereȱusedȱforȱthisȱblock.ȱȱSinceȱthen,ȱNYCDOTȱhasȱ begunȱinstallingȱlanesȱwhereȱthereȱareȱspeedȱbumps.ȱȱInȱtheȱfuture,ȱwhenȱtheȱmarkingsȱ onȱSeamanȱAveȱareȱrefurbishedȱorȱtheȱroadwayȱisȱresurfaced,ȱClassȱIIȱmarkingsȱwillȱbeȱ installedȱonȱthisȱblock.ȱ

Itȱisȱrecommendedȱthatȱcyclistsȱandȱpedestriansȱshareȱtheȱampleȱsidewalkȱonȱtheȱwestȱ sideȱ ofȱ Broadwayȱ toȱ accessȱ theȱ Broadwayȱ Bridgeȱ fromȱ 218thȱ Street.ȱȱThisȱ allowsȱ bothȱ pedestriansȱ andȱ cyclistsȱ toȱ avoidȱ crossingȱ Broadway,ȱ inȱ theȱ northȱ direction,ȱ andȱ itsȱ higherȱ trafficȱ volumes.ȱȱSeeȱ Figureȱ BBACȬ1ȱ forȱ aȱ crossȱ sectionȱ ofȱ aȱ sharedȱ sidewalkȱ facilityȱalongȱBroadway.ȱȱȱȱ

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Seamanȱ Avenueȱ andȱ 218thȱ Streetȱ bothȱ haveȱ relativelyȱ lowȱ trafficȱ volumes.ȱ Dyckmanȱ Streetȱhasȱhigherȱtrafficȱvolumesȱandȱautoȱdependentȱstores.ȱȱWhileȱtrafficȱisȱmoreȱofȱanȱ issueȱalongȱDyckmanȱStreet,ȱexistingȱbicycleȱlanesȱcurrentlyȱaccommodateȱbothȱmotorȱ vehicleȱ andȱ bicycleȱ traffic.ȱȱȱBroadwayȱ isȱ aȱ majorȱ arterialȱ inȱ theȱ cityȱ andȱ hasȱ higherȱ trafficȱvolumes.ȱȱThisȱwasȱtakenȱintoȱaccountȱinȱtheȱdesignȱrecommendation,ȱkeepingȱ bicyclesȱandȱpedestriansȱoffȱtheȱstreet.ȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Onȱ streetȱ portionsȱ ofȱ thisȱ corridorȱ wouldȱ haveȱ minimalȱ constructionȱ impactsȱ asȱ theyȱ primarilyȱ involveȱ applicationȱ ofȱ thermoplasticȱ paintȱ onȱ existingȱ pavement.ȱȱIfȱ theȱ corridorȱusesȱexistingȱparkȱpaths,ȱtheȱimpactsȱwouldȱalsoȱbeȱminimalȱrequiringȱonlyȱtheȱ additionȱofȱidentificationȱandȱdirectionalȱsignage.ȱȱHowever,ȱifȱnewȱparkȱpathsȱwereȱtoȱ beȱlaidȱinȱorderȱtoȱconnectȱtheȱcorridorȱthroughȱInwoodȱHillȱPark,ȱconstructionȱimpactsȱ couldȱinvolveȱdisturbanceȱofȱparklandȱincludingȱpossibleȱremovalȱofȱtrees.ȱȱThisȱwouldȱ beȱespeciallyȱsignificantȱsinceȱmostȱofȱInwoodȱHillȱParkȱisȱdesignatedȱasȱForeverȱWild,ȱ whichȱrestrictsȱdevelopment.ȱȱPlacementȱofȱaȱseparatedȱfacilityȱalongȱtheȱnorthȱsideȱofȱ Dyckmanȱ Streetȱ mayȱ requireȱ changesȱtoȱ existingȱ drainage,ȱ andȱ couldȱ necessitateȱlaneȱ closures.ȱȱȱȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

ThermoplasticȱPaintȱandȱsignsȱforȱonȬstreetȱportionsȱincludingȱDyckmanȱStreet,ȱSeamanȱ Avenue,ȱ218thȱStreetȱandȱtheȱBroadwayȱwestȱsidewalk:ȱ$33,000ȱ

Approximatelyȱ4,000ȱlinearȱfeetȱofȱparkȱpathȱifȱrouteȱwereȱplacedȱwithinȱInwoodȱHillȱ Park:ȱ$700,000ȱ

Additionalȱsixȱfeetȱofȱconcreteȱsidewalkȱalongȱ218thȱStreet:ȱ$120,000ȱ

Ifȱ northȱ sideȱ ofȱ Dyckmanȱ Streetȱ wereȱ improvedȱ toȱ includeȱ aȱ separatedȱ bicycleȱ andȱ pedestrianȱfacility,ȱcostȱwouldȱvaryȱdependingȱuponȱtheȱamenitiesȱprovided.ȱȱȱ

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BroadwayȱBridgeȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

Aȱ walkwayȱ currentlyȱ existsȱ onȱ bothȱ theȱ easternȱ andȱ westernȱ sidesȱ ofȱ theȱ Broadwayȱ Bridge.ȱTheȱwidthȱofȱtheȱwalkwaysȱvaries,ȱbutȱinȱsomeȱsectionsȱtheȱwalkwayȱisȱasȱmuchȱ asȱ 8ȱ feetȱ wide.ȱȱThoughȱ theȱ roadwayȱ isȱ notȱ stripedȱ forȱ bicycles,ȱ itȱ isȱ possibleȱ toȱ rideȱ acrossȱtheȱbridgeȱusingȱtheȱtrafficȱlanes.ȱȱTheȱwalkwayȱsurfaceȱisȱaȱmetalȱgridȱfilledȱwithȱ concreteȱsoȱitȱprovidesȱaȱsuitableȱsurfaceȱforȱbikingȱandȱwalking.ȱȱHowever,ȱbicyclistsȱ usingȱtheȱwalkwaysȱareȱrequiredȱtoȱdismountȱandȱwalkȱtheirȱbicyclesȱacrossȱtheȱbridge.ȱȱȱ

ȱ Approach to the west walkway over ȱ the Broadway Bridge from Manhattan ȱ

TheȱBroadwayȱBridgeȱisȱcurrentlyȱdesignatedȱasȱaȱ“plannedȱorȱproposedȱpath”ȱonȱtheȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱCyclingȱMap.ȱ

ȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

Atȱ theȱ Broadwayȱ Bridge,ȱ peakȱ hourȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ areȱ approximatelyȱ 1,300ȱ vehiclesȱ perȱhourȱ(vph)ȱperȱdirectionȱduringȱpeakȱhours.ȱȱPedestrianȱvolumesȱalongȱtheȱwesternȱ walkwayȱofȱtheȱBroadwayȱBridgeȱwereȱapproximatelyȱ150ȱpedestriansȱperȱhourȱduringȱ AMȱandȱPMȱpeakȱhours.ȱThereȱisȱaȱcurbȱcutȱalongȱtheȱwesternȱsidewalkȱjustȱsouthȱofȱtheȱ Broadwayȱ Bridgeȱ whichȱ isȱ aȱ drivewayȱ entrance/exitȱ forȱ theȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Presbyterianȱ HospitalȱAllenȱPavilion.ȱThereȱareȱapproximatelyȱ50ȱtoȱ75ȱvehiclesȱturningȱinȱandȱ50ȱtoȱ 75ȱvehiclesȱturningȱoutȱofȱtheȱdrivewayȱduringȱAMȱandȱPMȱpeakȱhours.ȱ

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ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

Thereȱareȱ‘NoȱParkingȱAnytime’ȱregulationsȱalongȱtheȱBroadwayȱBridgeȱ(betweenȱ220thȱ andȱ225thȱStreets).ȱȱȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x Wideȱ sidewalkȱ alongȱ Broadwayȱ providesȱ theȱ opportunityȱ toȱ useȱ itȱ toȱ accommodateȱ bothȱ pedestriansȱ andȱ cyclistsȱ asȱ theyȱ approachȱ theȱ Broadwayȱ BridgeȱinȱManhattan.ȱ x ExtraȱcapacityȱonȱtheȱBroadwayȱBridgeȱmayȱallowȱforȱcyclistsȱtoȱhaveȱaȱprotectedȱ onȱ streetȱ crossing,ȱ allowingȱ forȱ theȱ walkwaysȱ toȱ beȱ usedȱ exclusivelyȱ byȱ pedestriansȱandȱeliminatingȱtheȱneedȱforȱcyclistsȱtoȱdismountȱandȱwalkȱbicyclesȱ acrossȱtheȱbridge.ȱ x Whileȱ notȱ partȱ ofȱ aȱ naturalȱ setting,ȱ theȱ Broadwayȱ Bridgeȱ offersȱ viewsȱ ofȱ theȱ Harlemȱ River,ȱ theȱ bluffsȱ ofȱ Marbleȱ Hillȱ andȱ Inwood,ȱ andȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridge.ȱȱȱȱȱ x Theȱ Broadwayȱ Bridgeȱ isȱ anȱ importantȱ linkȱ betweenȱ theȱ Bronxȱ andȱ Manhattanȱ andȱservesȱasȱaȱpracticalȱtransportationȱlinkȱforȱcommutersȱandȱshoppers.ȱȱȱ x Theȱ gradeȱ ofȱ theȱ bridgeȱ isȱ notȱ steepȱ offeringȱ aȱ relativelyȱ flatȱ Harlemȱ Riverȱ Crossing.ȱ

Constraintsȱ

x OfȱtheȱHarlemȱRiverȱcrossingsȱconsideredȱforȱthisȱstudy,ȱtheȱBroadwayȱBridgeȱisȱ theȱ furthestȱ fromȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ andȱ offersȱ theȱ leastȱ inȱ termsȱ ofȱ aȱ visualȱ connectionȱtoȱtheȱnaturalȱenvironment.ȱȱȱ x Expansionȱjointsȱonȱtheȱbridgeȱareȱaȱpotentialȱhazardȱforȱcyclists,ȱasȱbicycleȱtiresȱ mayȱ getȱ caught.ȱȱTheseȱ jointsȱ wouldȱ haveȱ toȱ beȱ retrofittedȱ toȱ coverȱ dangerousȱ gaps.ȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

BicycleȱandȱpedestrianȱaccessȱareȱcurrentlyȱaccommodatedȱoverȱtheȱBroadwayȱBridge.ȱȱ Itȱ isȱ possibleȱ toȱ continueȱ thisȱ accessȱ asȱ itȱ is.ȱȱSinceȱ cyclistsȱ areȱ currentlyȱ requiredȱ toȱ dismountȱ andȱ walkȱ bikesȱ acrossȱ theȱ bridge,ȱ anotherȱ optionȱ mayȱ beȱ toȱ continueȱ pedestrianȱ accessȱ acrossȱ theȱ existingȱ walkwaysȱ andȱ provideȱ aȱ bicycleȱ facilityȱ onȱ theȱ

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roadway.ȱȱNYCDOTȱ isȱ currentlyȱ exploringȱ improvementsȱ toȱ bicycleȱ accessȱ overȱ theȱ BroadwayȱBridge.ȱȱȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Constructionȱ impactsȱ onȱ theȱ Broadwayȱ Bridgeȱ wouldȱ beȱ minimalȱ asȱ itȱ primarilyȱ involvesȱ applicationȱ ofȱ thermoplasticȱ paintȱ onȱ existingȱ pavement.ȱȱAddingȱ protectiveȱ coveringsȱoverȱexpansionȱjointsȱcouldȱdisruptȱtheȱflowȱofȱtrafficȱduringȱinstallation,ȱbutȱ thisȱwouldȱalsoȱbeȱofȱaȱminimalȱduration.ȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

ThermoplasticȱPaintȱandȱsigns:ȱ$6,500ȱ

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HENRYȱHUDSONȱBRIDGEȱAPPROACHȱCORRIDORȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

TheȱHenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱApproachȱCorridorȱwouldȱfollowȱparkȱpathsȱfromȱDyckmanȱ Streetȱ toȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ walkwayȱ adjacentȱ toȱ theȱ southboundȱ lowerȱ roadway.ȱȱTheȱcorridorȱwouldȱenterȱInwoodȱHillȱParkȱfromȱDyckmanȱStreetȱwestȱofȱtheȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Parkwayȱ andȱ Amtrak’sȱ Empireȱ Line,ȱ andȱ followȱ theȱ existingdȱ pave ȱ waterfrontȱpathȱpastȱDyckmanȱFields.ȱȱItȱwouldȱthenȱcrossȱbackȱoverȱtheȱtracksȱandȱintoȱ theȱmainȱsectionȱofȱInwoodȱHillȱParkȱviaȱaȱpedestrianȱbridgeȱjustȱnorthȱofȱtheȱsoftballȱ diamonds.ȱȱTheȱbridgeȱisȱnotȱrampedȱandȱcyclistsȱareȱrequiredȱtoȱcarryȱtheirȱbicycles.ȱȱ NYCDPRȱisȱcurrentlyȱplanningȱtoȱinstallȱaȱ tireȱrailȱsoȱ bicyclesȱcanȱbeȱpushedȱalongȱaȱ channelȱinsteadȱofȱcarried.ȱȱOnceȱonȱtheȱeastȱsideȱofȱtheȱtracksȱtheȱbridgeȱconnectsȱtoȱ parkȱ pathsȱ thatȱ leadȱ toȱ theȱ entranceȱ toȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ walkway.ȱȱFromȱ Dyckmanȱ Street,ȱ thisȱ corridorȱ isȱ entirelyȱ offȬstreet,ȱ andȱ surroundingȱ landȱ usesȱ areȱ entirelyȱopenȱspace.ȱȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x Alongȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ River,ȱ viewsȱ ofȱ theȱ river,ȱ Palisades,ȱ Georgeȱ Washingtonȱ Bridgeȱandȱoldȱgrowthȱforestȱtoȱtheȱeast.ȱ

x Proximityȱ toȱ recreationalȱ activities:ȱ softballȱ diamonds,ȱ skatingȱ rinkȱ andȱ soccerȱ field.ȱ

x Eastȱ ofȱ tracksȱ theȱ pathȱ goesȱ throughȱ oldȱ growthȱ forestȱ providingȱ aȱ directȱ connectionȱtoȱtheȱnaturalȱenvironmentȱ

x CompletelyȱoffȬstreetȱwithȱnoȱmotorȱvehicleȱtraffic.ȱ

x Existingȱ walkwayȱ overȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridge,ȱ reopenedȱ inȱ Juneȱ ofȱ 2010,ȱ afterȱ havingȱbeenȱclosedȱforȱrehabilitation,ȱcanȱbeȱusedȱtoȱcrossȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱ

Constraintsȱ

x StairsȱtoȱbridgeȱareȱnotȱADAȱcompliantȱandȱpresentȱaȱchallengeȱforȱcyclistsȱwhoȱ mustȱcarryȱbicyclesȱupȱstairsȱ

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x Thoughȱ parkȱ pathȱ alreadyȱ existsȱ connectingȱ toȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ walkway,ȱ theȱ pathȱ isȱ withinȱ theȱ Foreverȱ Wildȱ boundary,ȱ whichȱ limitsȱ developmentȱofȱanyȱkind.ȱȱIfȱimprovementsȱorȱenhancementsȱareȱproposedȱforȱ theȱpathȱtheyȱcouldȱbeȱlimitedȱbyȱForeverȱWildȱconsiderations.ȱȱTheȱpathȱisȱalsoȱ notȱADAȱcompliant.ȱ

x Theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ walkwayȱ isȱ aȱ subȬstandardȱ widthȱ forȱ aȱ sharedȱ useȱ path.ȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

Designȱ solutionsȱ couldȱ includeȱ improvementsȱ toȱ existingȱ parkȱ pathsȱ suchȱ asȱ theȱ installationȱ ofȱ protectiveȱ barriersȱ toȱ keepȱ usersȱ onȱ theȱ pathsȱ andȱ offȱ theȱ adjacentȱ oldȱ growthȱ forest.ȱȱTheȱ pictureȱ belowȱ showsȱ existingȱ improvementsȱ recentlyȱ madeȱ inȱ InwoodȱHillȱParkȱthatȱmayȱalsoȱbeȱappropriateȱforȱtheȱapproachȱtoȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱ Bridgeȱ walkway.ȱȱAdditionally,ȱ whileȱ theȱ bicycleȱ tireȱ railȱ willȱ improveȱ bicycleȱ accessȱ overȱtheȱpedestrianȱbridge,ȱconstructingȱanȱADAȱcompliantȱrampȱwouldȱimproveȱbothȱ pedestrianȱandȱbicycleȱaccess.ȱȱ

ȱ

ȱ Recent improvements to Inwood Hill Park paths ȱ

ConstructionȱofȱaȱrampȱcouldȱhaveȱanȱimpactȱonȱexistingȱviewsȱfromȱInwoodȱHillȱParkȱ towardsȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ River,ȱ andȱ theȱ extentȱ ofȱ thatȱ impactȱ wouldȱ needȱ toȱ beȱ studiedȱ further.ȱȱWhileȱ theȱ existingȱ walkwayȱ overȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ providesȱ aȱ connectionȱ overȱ theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ betweenȱ theȱ Bronxȱ andȱ Manhattan,ȱ itsȱ widthȱ isȱ subȬstandardȱandȱcyclistsȱareȱforcedȱtoȱdismountȱandȱwalkȱbicyclesȱoverȱtheȱbridge.ȱȱAȱ

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designȱsolutionȱcouldȱbeȱconsideredȱtoȱcantileverȱaȱ10Ȭfootȱwideȱsharedȱuseȱwalkwayȱ outboardȱofȱtheȱexistingȱbridgeȱstructure.ȱȱLandingȱpointsȱinȱManhattanȱandȱtheȱBronxȱ couldȱ beȱ placedȱ inȱ theȱ sameȱ locationsȱ asȱ theȱ existingȱ walkway.ȱȱThisȱ wouldȱ helpȱ minimizeȱconflictȱwithȱForeverȱWildȱdesignatedȱareasȱinȱManhattanȱ andȱtightȱrightȬofȬ wayȱwidthsȱinȱtheȱBronx.ȱ

AȱsuggestionȱwasȱmadeȱbyȱaȱTACȱmemberȱtoȱconsiderȱtheȱpossibilityȱofȱtakingȱoneȱlaneȱ ofȱ trafficȱ onȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ inȱ theȱ southboundȱ directionȱ andȱ convertingȱitȱ intoȱ aȱ multiȬuseȱ path.ȱȱAȱ preliminaryȱ assessmentȱ ofȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ one ȱ th ȱ bridge’sȱ southboundȱlanesȱwasȱconducted,ȱtoȱdetermineȱitsȱfeasibilityȱfromȱaȱtrafficȱoperationsȱ standpoint.ȱȱTheȱfollowingȱconclusionsȱwereȱdrawn.ȱ

NYCDOT’sȱ NYCȱ Bridgeȱ Trafficȱ Volumesȱ 2007ȱ (p.ȱ 164)ȱ showedȱ aȱ peakȱ volumeȱ ofȱ 3,576ȱ vehiclesȱinȱtheȱmorningȱfromȱ7Ȭ8ȱAM.ȱȱThereȱareȱcurrentlyȱfourȱsouthboundȱlanesȱonȱtheȱ lowerȱ levelȱ ofȱ theȱ bridge.ȱ Itȱ isȱ assumedȱ thereȱ wereȱ alsoȱ fourȱ lanesȱ inȱ 2007ȱ whenȱ thisȱ volumeȱwasȱrecorded.ȱȱ

Withȱfourȱlanesȱofȱtraffic,ȱtheȱ3,600ȱvehiclesȱwouldȱresultȱinȱaboutȱ900ȱvehiclesȱperȱlaneȱ (vpl).ȱȱTheȱHighwayȱCapacityȱManualȱ(HCM)ȱprovidesȱguidanceȱonȱlevelsȱofȱserviceȱforȱ basicȱ freewayȱ sectionsȱ underȱ variousȱ designȱ speeds.ȱȱAccordingȱ toȱ theȱ HCM,ȱ withȱ aȱ designȱspeedȱofȱ50ȱmph,ȱvolumesȱofȱ900ȱvplȱwouldȱresultȱinȱaȱlevelȱofȱserviceȱofȱCȱorȱ better.ȱHowever,ȱthisȱisȱanȱincompleteȱassessmentȱofȱLOSȱonȱtheȱsouthboundȱHHB.ȱȱ

Whatȱisȱunknown,ȱhowever,ȱisȱtheȱactualȱcapacityȱofȱtheȱsouthboundȱHHB.ȱȱTheȱtrafficȱ volumeȱofȱ3,600ȱvehiclesȱperȱhourȱprovidesȱtheȱvehicleȱdemand.ȱȱItȱisȱgenerallyȱacceptedȱ thatȱ1,200ȱtoȱ1,400ȱvehiclesȱperȱlaneȱperȱhourȱ(vplph)ȱisȱtheȱmaximumȱcapacityȱofȱaȱlaneȱ ofȱtrafficȱinȱaȱdenseȱurbanȱarea.ȱThisȱdoesȱnotȱaccount,ȱhowever,ȱforȱallȱparametersȱsuchȱ asȱgrade,ȱweaving,ȱorȱaȱtollȱplaza.ȱȱAȱcapacityȱanalysisȱwouldȱadjustȱthisȱidealȱcapacityȱ ofȱ1,200ȱtoȱ1,400ȱvplphȱdownwardȱtoȱtheȱactualȱcapacityȱthatȱisȱobservedȱinȱtheȱfield.ȱȱ Thisȱactualȱcapacityȱwouldȱbeȱcomparedȱtoȱtheȱvolumeȱofȱtrafficȱtoȱdetermineȱaȱvolumeȱ toȱcapacityȱratioȱandȱaȱlevelȱofȱservice.ȱ

Asȱaȱresult,ȱalthoughȱ theȱ900ȱvplȱwouldȱindicateȱaȱlevelȱofȱserviceȱresultingȱinȱexcessȱ roadwayȱcapacity,ȱthisȱcannotȱbeȱactuallyȱdeterminedȱwithoutȱadditionalȱanalysis.ȱ

Finally,ȱtheȱquestionȱofȱchangingȱtheȱHHBȱsouthboundȱtoȱonlyȱthreeȱlanesȱwouldȱresultȱ inȱ aboutȱ 1,200ȱ vplȱ inȱ theȱ peakȱ hour.ȱ Accordingȱ toȱ theȱ HCM,ȱ thisȱ wouldȱ resultȱ inȱ theȱ

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highȱendȱofȱLOSȱCȱ(closeȱtoȱLOSȱD).ȱȱHowever,ȱthisȱcalculationȱisȱsimilarlyȱlimitedȱbyȱ theȱlackȱofȱaȱcapacityȱanalysis.ȱȱ

SeeȱFiguresȱHHBACȬ1ȱandȱHHBACȬȱ2ȱforȱrouteȱofȱandȱproposedȱimprovementsȱtoȱthisȱ corridor.ȱȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Someȱ potentialȱ impactsȱ fromȱ constructionȱ equipmentȱ toȱ oldȱ growthȱ forestȱ ifȱ improvementsȱwereȱmadeȱtoȱexistingȱpaths.ȱȱȱ

Constructionȱ ofȱ aȱ rampȱ toȱ replaceȱ stairsȱ ofȱ theȱ pedestrianȱ bridgeȱ wouldȱ requireȱ theȱ placementȱofȱheavyȱconstructionȱequipmentȱonȱparkȱlandȱandȱtheȱuseȱofȱparkȱlandȱforȱ stagingȱsuchȱequipment.ȱȱConstructionȱnoiseȱcouldȱalsoȱbeȱaȱfactor.ȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

ADAȱCompliantȱRamp:ȱAtȱtheȱplanningȱstages,ȱthereȱareȱtooȱmanyȱvariablesȱinvolvedȱ withȱtheȱdesignȱandȱconstructionȱofȱanȱADAȱcompliantȱrampȱofȱthatȱsizeȱtoȱbeȱableȱtoȱ developȱanȱaccurateȱcostȱestimate.ȱȱBasedȱonȱexistingȱconcreteȱandȱsteelȱprices,ȱtheȱcostȱ ofȱ suchȱ aȱ rampȱ couldȱ beȱ inȱ theȱ rangeȱ ofȱ $2ȱ million,ȱ dependingȱ uponȱ whetherȱ itȱ willȱ requireȱ minorȱ retrofitsȱ orȱ aȱ majorȱ reconstructionȱ ofȱ theȱ span.ȱȱSeveralȱ examplesȱ ofȱ pedestrianȱ bridgesȱ withȱ ADAȱ compliantȱ rampsȱ areȱ locatedȱ alongȱ theȱ FDRȱ Drive,ȱ carryingȱpedestriansȱfromȱtheȱresidentialȱneighborhoodȱonȱtheȱeastȱsideȱofȱManhattan,ȱ overȱ theȱ FDRȱ Drive,ȱ toȱ theȱ Eastȱ Riverȱ waterfront.ȱȱSuchȱ bridgesȱ areȱ locatedȱ atȱ 102ndȱ Street,ȱ 78thȱ Street,ȱ 71stȱ Street,ȱ 63rdȱ Street,ȱ 25thȱ Street,ȱ 10thȱ Street,ȱ Stuyvesantȱ Town,ȱ Delanceyȱ Street,ȱ andȱ Corlearsȱ Hookȱ Park.ȱȱTheȱ requiredȱ verticalȱ clearanceȱ overȱ theȱ railroadȱisȱhigherȱ(23ȱfeet)ȱthanȱoverȱtheȱFDRȱDrive.ȱȱThereforeȱtheȱrampsȱwouldȱneedȱtoȱ beȱlonger.ȱȱ

Asphaltȱandȱgutters:ȱinstallationȱofȱasphaltȱandȱguttersȱtoȱcontrolȱerosionȱ=ȱ$250,000ȱ

CantileveredȱWalkway:ȱȱ$30Ȭ35ȱmillionȱforȱdesignȱandȱconstruction

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BRONXȱȱ

BROADWAYȱCORRIDORȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

Justȱ northȱ ofȱ theȱ Broadwayȱ Bridgeȱ aȱ routeȱ wasȱ recommendedȱ byȱ theȱ Eastȱ Coastȱ GreenwayȱtoȱdirectȱcyclistsȱawayȱfromȱtheȱlessȱdesirableȱsectionȱofȱBroadwayȱbetweenȱ theȱ bridgeȱ andȱ 242ndȱ Street.ȱȱThisȱ routeȱ wasȱ refinedȱ byȱ NYCDOTȱ andȱ wasȱ recentlyȱ implemented.ȱTheȱrouteȱtakesȱaȱcircuitousȱpathȱalongȱsaferȱstreetsȱthroughȱMarbleȱHill,ȱ thenȱalongȱTibbetȱAvenue,ȱandȱemergesȱatȱ242ndȱStreetȱviaȱManhattanȱCollegeȱParkway.ȱȱȱȱ MostȱofȱtheȱstripingȱconsistsȱofȱClassȱ3ȱsharedȱlaneȱmarkings.ȱȱAȱshortȱportionȱofȱtheȱ routeȱisȱoffȬstreet,ȱalongȱaȱpathȱadjacentȱtoȱaȱparkingȱlotȱbetweenȱ240thȱandȱManhattanȱ CollegeȱParkway.ȱȱNorthȱofȱtheȱoffȬstreetȱportionȱtheȱcorridorȱhasȱbeenȱdividedȱintoȱtwoȱ possibleȱ routes.ȱȱOneȱ wouldȱ followȱ quiet,ȱ treeȬlined,ȱ residentialȱ streetsȱ alongȱ Waldoȱ Avenueȱ andȱ Fieldstonȱ Road.ȱȱThisȱ portionȱ ofȱ Waldoȱ Avenueȱ isȱ partȱ ofȱ theȱ Fieldstonȱ Historicȱ District.ȱȱAnotherȱ optionȱ forȱ thisȱ corridorȱ isȱ toȱ followȱ Manhattanȱ Collegeȱ Parkwayȱ toȱ Broadwayȱ andȱ continueȱ upȱ Broadwayȱ toȱ 261stȱ Street.ȱȱTheȱ eastȱ sideȱ ofȱ BroadwayȱisȱlinedȱbyȱVanȱCortlandtȱParkȱandȱtheȱwestȱsideȱbyȱcommercialȱuses.ȱȱNorthȱ ofȱtheȱterminusȱofȱtheȱNumberȱ1ȱelevatedȱsubwayȱplatformȱatȱ242ndȱStreet,ȱBroadwayȱ opensȱintoȱtwoȱlanesȱinȱeachȱdirectionȱwithȱonȬstreetȱparkingȱonȱbothȱtheȱeastȱandȱwestȱ sides.ȱȱTheȱsidewalkȱonȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱtheȱstreetȱisȱbetweenȱ10ȱandȱ15ȱfeetȱwide.ȱȱTheȱ sidewalkȱadjacentȱtoȱVanȱCortlandtȱParkȱonȱtheȱeastȱisȱ12ȱfeetȱwide.ȱȱ

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ȱ Broadway looking north from 242nd Street ȱ

SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

AlongȱBroadwayȱbetweenȱ242ndȱStreetȱandȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱramps,ȱtrafficȱ volumesȱ areȱ 600ȱ toȱ 700ȱ vphȱ inȱ theȱ northboundȱ directionȱ andȱ 550ȱ toȱ 800ȱ vphȱ inȱ theȱ southboundȱ directionȱ duringȱ theȱ AMȱ peakȱ hour.ȱȱDuringȱ theȱ PMȱ peakȱ hourȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ areȱ 650ȱ toȱ 850ȱ vphȱ inȱ theȱ northboundȱ directionȱ andȱ 550ȱ toȱ 600ȱ vphȱ inȱ theȱ southboundȱ direction.ȱȱNorthȱ ofȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Parkwayȱ ramps,ȱ AMȱ peakȱ hourȱ trafficȱvolumesȱareȱapproximatelyȱ800ȱvphȱinȱtheȱnorthboundȱdirectionȱandȱ1,450ȱvphȱinȱ theȱsouthboundȱdirection.ȱDuringȱtheȱPMȱpeakȱhour,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱareȱapproximatelyȱ 900ȱvphȱandȱ1,050ȱvph,ȱinȱtheȱnorthboundȱandȱsouthboundȱdirections,ȱrespectively.ȱ

ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

Tibbettȱ Avenueȱ generallyȱ consistsȱ ofȱ alternateȱ sideȱ parkingȱ regulationsȱ (occurringȱ betweenȱtheȱhoursȱofȱ9:00ȱAMȱandȱ12:30ȱPM).ȱȱThereȱisȱsixȬhourȱmeteredȱparkingȱonȱtheȱ eastȱ curbȱ betweenȱ 240thȱ andȱ 238thȱ Streetsȱ (betweenȱ 8:00ȱ AMȱ toȱ 10:00ȱ PMȱ Mondayȱ throughȱFriday),ȱexceptȱfromȱ7:00ȱtoȱ8:00ȱAMȱMondayȱandȱFridayȱforȱwhichȱthereȱareȱ alternateȱsideȱrestrictions.ȱ

ParkingȱalongȱMarbleȱHill,ȱKingsbridge,ȱandȱTerraceȱViewȱAvenuesȱconsistsȱofȱalternateȱ sideȱparkingȱregulationsȱ(8:30ȱtoȱ10:00ȱAM).ȱ

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Parkingȱ regulationsȱ alongȱ thisȱ stretchȱ ofȱ 230thȱ Streetȱ consistȱ ofȱ eitherȱ alternateȱ sideȱ parkingȱ(occurringȱbetweenȱtheȱhoursȱofȱ8:30ȱandȱ10:00ȱAM)ȱorȱ‘NoȱParkingȱAnytime’ȱ regulationsȱ(betweenȱTibbettȱandȱCorlearȱAvenues).ȱ

Alongȱ thisȱ sectionȱ ofȱ Broadway,ȱ thereȱ isȱ aȱ mixȱ ofȱ noȱ regulationsȱ andȱ alternateȱ sideȱ parkingȱ restrictionsȱ (fromȱ 9:30ȱ toȱ 11:00ȱ AM).ȱ Thereȱ areȱ alsoȱ ‘Noȱ Parkingȱ Anytime’ȱ regulationsȱ alongȱ theȱ eastȱ sideȱ ofȱ Broadwayȱ betweenȱ 254thȱ Streetȱ andȱ LakeviewȱPlaceȱ (whereȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱonȬȱandȱoffȬȱrampsȱareȱlocated).ȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

MostȱofȱtheȱlandȱusesȱsurroundingȱtheȱEastȱCoastȱGreenwayȱrouteȱareȱresidentialȱ(singleȱ familyȱbungalowsȱandȱmultiȬunitȱbuildings)ȱwithȱcommercialȱalongȱKingsbridgeȱRoad.ȱȱ Alongȱ theȱ Waldoȱ Avenueȱ /ȱ Fieldstonȱ Roadȱ portion,ȱ singleȱ familyȱ homesȱ prevailȱ onȱ largerȱlots.ȱȱBroadwayȱisȱaȱcombinationȱofȱopenȱspaceȱ(VanȱCortlandtȱPark)ȱtoȱtheȱeastȱ andȱcommercialȱtoȱtheȱwest.ȱȱȱȱȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x TheȱslopeȱofȱthisȱcorridorȱisȱrelativelyȱflatȱexceptȱforȱtheȱportionȱthroughȱMarbleȱ Hill.ȱȱThereȱareȱalsoȱhillsȱalongȱManhattanȱCollegeȱParkway.ȱ x ViewsȱofȱtheȱHarlemȱRiverȱandȱtheȱbluffsȱofȱInwoodȱareȱseenȱfromȱtheȱMarbleȱ Hillȱportionȱofȱtheȱroute.ȱȱ x ThisȱrouteȱprovidesȱconnectionsȱtoȱcommercialȱusesȱalongȱBroadwayȱ x Providesȱ connectionsȱ toȱ transitȱ includingȱ theȱ 1ȱ trainȱ atȱ Broadwayȱ andȱ 242ndȱ Street,ȱbusesȱalongȱBroadwayȱandȱtheȱMarbleȱHillȱMetroȱNorthȱStation.ȱ x Theȱ routeȱ alsoȱ providesȱ accessȱtoȱ VanȱCortlandtȱ Park,ȱ oneȱ ofȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ City’sȱ premierȱparks.ȱȱȱ x WaldoȱAvenueȱandȱFieldstonȱRoadȱprovideȱquiet,ȱtreeȬlinedȱstreetsȱforȱgreenwayȱ users.ȱ

Constraintsȱ

x AsideȱfromȱtheȱMarbleȱHillȱportionȱofȱtheȱcorridor,ȱthereȱareȱnoȱsignificantȱviews.ȱ

x SteeperȱslopesȱoccurȱinȱMarbleȱHillȱandȱalongȱManhattanȱCollegeȱParkway.ȱ

x ThisȱrouteȱsteersȱusersȱawayȱfromȱtheȱHudsonȱRiver.ȱ

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x Theȱ interchangeȱ atȱ Broadwayȱ andȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Parkwayȱ presentsȱ safetyȱ issuesȱforȱpedestriansȱandȱcyclists.ȱȱItȱwouldȱrequireȱtreatmentsȱtoȱenhanceȱsafetyȱ atȱlocationsȱwhereȱvehiclesȱenterȱandȱexitȱtheȱparkway.ȱȱȱ

x WaldoȱAvenue,ȱsouthȱofȱ250thȱStreetȱisȱpartȱofȱtheȱFieldstonȱHistoricȱDistrictȱandȱ routingȱtheȱgreenwayȱhereȱwouldȱrequireȱapprovalȱfromȱtheȱFieldstonȱOwnersȱ Corporation.ȱ

x BicyclistsȱareȱnotȱallowedȱonȱtheȱOCAȱTrailȱwithinȱVanȱCortlandtȱParkȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

EastȱCoastȱGreenwayȱRoute:ȱȱ

Theȱ Eastȱ Coastȱ Greenwayȱ Broadwayȱ alternativeȱ routeȱ hasȱ beenȱ stripedȱ recentlyȱ byȱ NYCDOT.ȱȱItȱ includesȱ bicycleȱ lanes,ȱ sharedȱ laneȱ markings,ȱ greenwayȱ signage,ȱ intersectionȱ improvementsȱ andȱ anȱ offȬroadȱ pathȱ adjacentȱ toȱ aȱ parkingȱ lotȱ betweenȱ ManhattanȱCollegeȱParkwayȱandȱ240thȱStreet.ȱȱThisȱrouteȱtakesȱgreenwayȱusersȱfromȱtheȱ Broadwayȱ Bridgeȱ toȱ theȱ entranceȱ toȱ Vanȱ Cortlandtȱ Parkȱ atȱ 242ndȱ Street,ȱ avoidingȱ theȱ congested,ȱhighȱtrafficȱvolumeȱsectionȱofȱBroadway.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱBCȬ1.ȱ

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Shared lane markings along Tibbett Avenue, part of the East Coast Greenway’s Broadway alternative route. ȱȱ

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BroadwayȱOptionȱA:ȱȱȱ

Thisȱoptionȱwouldȱplaceȱtheȱbicycleȱlaneȱbetweenȱtheȱparkingȱlaneȱandȱtravelȱlaneȱwithȱ aȱ3Ȭfootȱbufferȱstripȱbetweenȱtheȱbicycleȱlaneȱandȱtravelȱlane.ȱȱCurrentlyȱtheȱtravelȱandȱ parkingȱlanesȱalongȱBroadwayȱareȱveryȱwideȱwithȱroomȱforȱaȱprotectedȱbikeȱlane.ȱȱȱȱȱȱ

Buffered bike lane

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BroadwayȱOptionȱB:ȱȱ

GivenȱtheȱavailableȱspaceȱalongȱBroadwayȱaȱbicycleȱlaneȱcouldȱalsoȱbeȱplacedȱnextȱtoȱ theȱcurbȱwithȱtheȱparkingȱlaneȱactingȱasȱaȱbuffer,ȱcreatingȱaȱseparationȱfromȱtheȱtravelȱ lane.ȱȱThereȱisȱaȱpossibilityȱforȱaȱdesignȱsimilarȱtoȱNYCDOT’sȱcompleteȱstreetȱdesignȱforȱ EighthȱAvenueȱinȱManhattanȱasȱshownȱinȱtheȱpictureȱbelow.ȱ

SeeȱFigureȱBCȬ2ȱforȱcrossȱsectionsȱofȱBroadwayȱOptionsȱAȱandȱB.ȱ

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ȱ Ninth Avenue complete street Photo credit: NYCDOT ȱ

VanȱCortlandtȱParkȱOption:ȱȱȱ

ThisȱoptionȱwouldȱrouteȱtheȱgreenwayȱintoȱVanȱCortlandtȱParkȱatȱ242ndȱStreetȱinsteadȱofȱ alongȱBroadway.ȱȱTheȱrouteȱcouldȱbeȱoffȱroad,ȱfollowingȱparkȱpaths,ȱincludingȱaȱbridleȱ pathȱoverȱtheȱHenryȱ HudsonȱParkway.ȱȱItȱ couldȱcontinueȱonȱ parkȱpathsȱnorthȱofȱtheȱ parkwayȱandȱmergeȱbackȱontoȱBroadwayȱatȱMosholuȱAvenueȱviaȱaȱparkȱmaintenanceȱ road.ȱȱAȱmajorȱadvantageȱofȱthisȱoptionȱisȱthatȱitȱtakesȱadvantageȱofȱtheȱproximityȱofȱ VanȱCortlandtȱ Parkȱ andȱ avoidsȱ Broadway,ȱ especiallyȱtheȱ interchangeȱ withȱtheȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Parkway.ȱȱAȱ disadvantageȱ ofȱ thisȱ optionȱ isȱ thatȱ itȱ routesȱ greenwayȱ usersȱ furthestȱfromȱtheȱwaterfront.ȱȱȱAlso,ȱsinceȱbicyclesȱareȱprohibitedȱfromȱusingȱtheȱOCAȱ TrailȱinȱnVaȱ CortlandtȱParkȱforȱsafetyȱreasons,ȱthereȱisȱnoȱadvantageȱtoȱtryingȱtoȱconnectȱ toȱtheȱOCAȱthroughȱVanȱCortlandtȱPark.ȱȱInȱaddition,ȱtheȱFriendsȱofȱVanȱCortlandtȱParkȱ wishȱtoȱkeepȱtheȱpathȱunpavedȱatȱthisȱtime.ȱȱSeeȱtheȱdottedȱblueȱlineȱonȱFiguresȱBCȬ2ȱ andȱBCȬ3,ȱwhich ȱillustratesȱtheȱpossibleȱrouteȱthroughȱVanȱCortlandtȱPark.ȱȱ

Fieldston/WaldoȱOption:ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ

FromȱtheȱEastȱCoastȱGreenwayȱConnectorȱanotherȱoptionȱisȱtoȱuseȱWaldoȱAvenueȱandȱ Fieldstonȱ Roadȱ toȱ continueȱ north.ȱȱTheseȱ streetsȱ areȱ lowȱ volume,ȱ quiet,ȱ treeȬlined,ȱ residentialȱstreetsȱandȱofferȱaȱcalmerȱonȬstreetȱgreenwayȱexperienceȱforȱtheȱuser.ȱȱAlongȱ

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ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Constructionȱ impactsȱ alongȱ Broadway,ȱ Fieldstonȱ Roadȱ andȱ Waldoȱ Avenueȱ wouldȱ beȱ minimalȱbecauseȱitȱwouldȱinvolveȱprimarilyȱtheȱuseȱofȱthermoplasticȱpaint.ȱȱAdditionalȱ signageȱandȱsafetyȱfeaturesȱwouldȱbeȱnecessaryȱalongȱBroadwayȱasȱtheȱrouteȱcrossesȱtheȱ HenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱentranceȱandȱexitȱramps.ȱȱAȱrouteȱthroughȱtheȱparkȱwouldȱalsoȱ haveȱminimalȱconstructionȱimpactsȱbecauseȱexistingȱparkȱpathsȱwouldȱbeȱused.ȱȱȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

BroadwayȱOptionȱAȱȬȱBufferedȱBikeȱLaneȱonȱBroadway:ȱThermoplasticȱPaintȱ=ȱ$65,000ȱ

BroadwayȱOptionȱBȱ–ȱCompleteȱStreetȱonȱBroadway:ȱ$100,000ȱ

Sharedȱ Laneȱ Markingsȱ alongȱ Fieldstonȱ andȱ Waldo:ȱ Thermoplasticȱ Paintȱ andȱ signsȱ =ȱ $25,000ȱ

Stabilizedȱ Stoneȱ Screeningȱ forȱ routeȱ throughȱ theȱ parkȱusingȱ theȱ bridleȱ pathȱ andȱ parkȱ road.ȱȱIfȱtheȱpathsȱwereȱreconstructedȱtheȱcostȱcouldȱbeȱ$700,000.ȱȱItȱcouldȱbeȱȱlessȱcostlyȱ becauseȱaȱlargeȱportionȱofȱthisȱrouteȱwouldȱuseȱexistingȱpaths.ȱ

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SERVICEȱROADȱCORRIDORȱ ȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

TheȱserviceȱroadsȱtoȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱareȱmultiȬpurposeȱroads,ȱservingȱtoȱ provideȱaccessȱandȱegressȱtoȱandȱfromȱtheȱParkway,ȱbutȱalsoȱactȱasȱaȱlocalȱthroughȱrouteȱ andȱ busȱ routeȱ atȱ times.ȱ Typically,ȱ theȱ serviceȱ roads,ȱ inȱ bothȱ directions,ȱ haveȱ parallelȱ parkingȱonȱoneȱsideȱandȱNoȱParkingȱonȱtheȱother,ȱwhereȱentranceȱandȱexitȱrampsȱmergeȱ withȱ theȱ Serviceȱ Road.ȱ Theȱ Parkwayȱ itselfȱ meandersȱ throughȱ andȱ acrossȱ theȱ westernȱ Bronxȱ creatingȱ irregularȱ geometriesȱ withȱ theȱ existingȱ streetȱ grid,ȱ leavingȱ theȱ serviceȱ roadȱaȱcontributorȱtoȱobscure,ȱoftenȱwideȱandȱcomplexȱintersectionsȱwithȱtheȱlocalȱgridȬ boundȱsideȱstreets.ȱ

ȱ ServiceȱRoadȱEastȱ(Northbound)ȱ

Southȱofȱ239thȱSt,ȱtheȱserviceȱroadȱisȱnarrow,ȱwithȱentranceȱandȱexitȱrampsȱatȱ238thȱSt.ȱ Northȱofȱ239thȱSt,ȱtheȱroadȱwidensȱandȱremainsȱwideȱenoughȱtoȱaccommodateȱaȱbicycleȱ facility.ȱ Theȱ exitȱ andȱ entranceȱ rampsȱ onȱ theȱ westȱ sideȱ atȱ 246thȱ Streetȱ createȱ irregularȱ geometriesȱ withȱ gridȬboundȱ sideȱ streets.ȱ Atȱ 252ndȱ Street,ȱ theȱ serviceȱ roadȱ becomesȱ aȱ narrowȱtwoȬway,ȱresidentialȱroadȱuntilȱitsȱterminationȱatȱBrittonȱRoad.ȱȱ

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ȱ th ȱ Narrow Service Road East south of 239 Exit ramp merging with Service Road East south of Street 246th Street

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ServiceȱRoadȱWestȱ(Southbound)ȱ ȱ

Fromȱ252thȱStȱtoȱ236thȱSt,ȱtheȱserviceȱroadȱisȱwide,ȱleavingȱroomȱforȱmergingȱtrafficȱatȱ entranceȱandȱexitȱramps.ȱAsideȱfromȱanȱexitȱrampȱsouthȱofȱ249thȱSt,ȱtheȱserviceȱroadȱisȱ disruptedȱ southȱ atȱ 239thȱ St,ȱ whereȱ driversȱ mustȱ makeȱ aȱ 90Ȭdegreeȱ rightȱ turnȱ (westbound)ȱandȱthenȱaȱ90Ȭdegreeȱleftȱturnȱacrossȱoncomingȱtrafficȱtoȱcontinueȱonȱtheȱ serviceȱroad.ȱTheȱserviceȱroadȱterminatesȱatȱaȱrightȱangleȱbendȱinȱtheȱroadȱintersectingȱ withȱIndependenceȱAvenueȱandȱKappockȱStreet.ȱ

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ȱExit ramp merging with Service Road West north of 237th Street ȱ

Theȱ Serviceȱ Roadȱ Corridorȱ includesȱ Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ betweenȱ 254thȱ Streetȱ andȱ theȱ Yonkersȱ Cityȱ Line.ȱȱRiverdaleȱ Avenueȱ isȱ 60ȱ feetȱ wideȱ withȱ twoȱ travelȱ lanesȱ inȱ eachȱ directionȱandȱparkingȱonȱbothȱsides.ȱȱWideȱ15ȱandȱ20ȱfootȱsidewalksȱlineȱthisȱportionȱofȱ RiverdaleȱAvenue.ȱȱȱ

SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Parkwayȱ Westȱ isȱ theȱ southboundȱ serviceȱ roadȱ forȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Parkway.ȱTrafficȱvolumesȱonȱHenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱWestȱareȱapproximatelyȱ725ȱvphȱ northȱ ofȱ 239thȱ Streetȱ andȱ 550ȱ vphȱ southȱ ofȱ 239thȱ Streetȱ duringȱ theȱ AMȱ peakȱ hour.ȱ DuringȱtheȱPMȱpeakȱhour,ȱtheseȱvolumesȱdecreaseȱtoȱ650ȱvphȱnorthȱofȱ239thȱStreetȱandȱ 300ȱvphȱsouthȱofȱ239thȱStreet,ȱrespectively.ȱ

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Atȱitsȱsouthernȱterminusȱ(atȱIndependenceȱAvenue),ȱHenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱWestȱhasȱ trafficȱvolumesȱofȱ100ȱvphȱinȱtheȱAMȱpeakȱhourȱandȱ200ȱvphȱinȱtheȱPMȱpeakȱhour.ȱȱȱ

InȱtheȱBronxȱjustȱnorthȱofȱ254thȱStreet,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱonȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱareȱ650ȱtoȱ 700ȱ vphȱ inȱ theȱ northboundȱ directionȱ andȱ 600ȱ toȱ 675ȱvphȱ inȱ theȱ southboundȱ directionȱ duringȱbothȱpeakȱhours.ȱȱ

NearȱtheȱBronxȬYonkersȱborderȱ(atȱ261stȱStreet),ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱareȱapproximatelyȱ350ȱ vphȱinȱtheȱnorthboundȱdirectionȱandȱ450ȱvphȱinȱtheȱsouthboundȱdirectionȱduringȱbothȱ peakȱhours.ȱ

ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

Theȱcurbsideȱofȱtheȱouterȱedgesȱ(eastȱcurbȱforȱtheȱServiceȱRoadȱEast;ȱwestȱcurbȱforȱtheȱ Serviceȱ Roadȱ West)ȱ hasȱ alternateȱ sideȱ parkingȱ regulationsȱȱOnȱ theȱ innerȱ sideȱ ofȱ theȱ ServiceȱRoad,ȱdueȱtoȱtheȱfrequentȱentranceȱandȱexitȱramps,ȱparkingȱisȱrestricted.ȱ

MostȱofȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱdoesȱnotȱhaveȱparkingȱregulations;ȱhowever,ȱbetweenȱ259thȱ andȱ261stȱStreets,ȱthereȱisȱoneȬhourȱmeteredȱparkingȱforȱmostȱofȱtheȱdayȱonȱweekdaysȱ andȱ Saturdaysȱ (9:00ȱ AMȱ toȱ 7:00ȱ PM,ȱ exceptȱ Sunday)ȱ withȱ 30Ȭminuteȱ alternateȱ sideȱ parkingȱ regulationsȱ forȱ streetȱ cleaningȱ onȱ mostȱ daysȱ (8:30ȱ toȱ 9:00ȱ AM,ȱ Monday,ȱ Tuesday,ȱThursdayȱandȱFriday).ȱȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

Onȱ theȱ outsideȱ edgesȱ ofȱ theȱ Serviceȱ Road,ȱ inȱ bothȱ directions,ȱ midȬȱ toȱ highȬriseȱ residentialȱ buildingsȱ areȱ theȱ primaryȱ landȱ usesȱ alongȱ theȱ corridor,ȱ withȱ someȱ singleȬ familyȱhomesȱonȱwestȱserviceȱroad.ȱȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱbetweenȱtheȱserviceȱroadsȱandȱ theȱYonkersȱborderȱisȱprimarilyȱcommercial,ȱwithȱsomeȱresidentialȱandȱtheȱCollegeȱofȱ MountȱSaintȱVincentȱnorthȱofȱ261stȱStreet.ȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x Providesȱ connectionsȱ toȱ multipleȱ busȱ routesȱ runningȱ alongȱ bothȱ theȱ eastȱ andȱ westȱserviceȱroadsȱ x DirectȱrouteȱfromȱupperȱManhattanȱandȱthroughȱwesternȱBronxȱ x DirectȱconnectionȱtoȱandȱfromȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱ x Adjacentȱtoȱlinearȱparkwayȱopenȱspaceȱ x RiverdaleȱAvenueȱprovidesȱtheȱbestȱonȬstreetȱconnectionȱtoȱYonkersȱ 37 HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ

Constraintsȱ

x Relativelyȱhighȱtrafficȱvolumesȱ x Relativelyȱhighȱvehicleȱtravelȱspeedsȱ x Intersectionsȱalongȱtheȱserviceȱroadsȱhaveȱunpredictableȱandȱwide,ȱmultiȬleggedȱ geometriesȱ whichȱ createȱ challengesȱ toȱ safelyȱ accommodateȱ cyclistsȱ andȱ pedestriansȱ x BusȱrouteȱonȱtheȱrightȱsideȱofȱeachȱServiceȱRoadȱwouldȱcreateȱconflictsȱbetweenȱ busesȱandȱcyclistsȱ x Inȱ narrowȱ sections,ȱ parkingȱ removalȱ wouldȱ beȱ requiredȱ toȱ provideȱ aȱ safeȱ andȱ comfortableȱbicycleȱfacilityȱ x Serviceȱ Roadȱ Eastȱ (northbound)ȱ difficultȱ toȱ accessȱ fromȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridge.ȱȱBridgeȱ walkwayȱ entranceȱ isȱ locatedȱ onȱ theȱ westȱ sideȱ ofȱ theȱ Henryȱ HudsonȱParkwayȱrequiringȱaȱuserȱtoȱpassȱunderȱtheȱbridgeȱorȱgoȱtoȱ232ndȱStreetȱ inȱorderȱtoȱaccessȱtheȱeastȱ(northbound)ȱserviceȱroad.ȱ ȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

Relativelyȱhighȱtrafficȱvolumes,ȱincludingȱbuses,ȱalongȱbothȱtheȱnorthȬȱandȱsouthboundȱ serviceȱroadsȱandȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱrequireȱthatȱdesignȱsolutionsȱprovideȱprotectionȱforȱ cyclists.ȱ

HenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱServiceȱRoadȱEastȱ(northbound)ȱ

Fromȱ 227thȱ Streetȱ toȱ 239thȱ Street,ȱ theȱ proposedȱ alternativesȱ withinȱ theȱ 20’ȱ ofȱ existingȱ roadwayȱ varyȱ inȱ theȱ effectȱ eachȱ hasȱ onȱ parking.ȱ .ȱ Optionȱ 1Aȱ wouldȱ eliminateȱ theȱ parkingȱlane,ȱreplacingȱitȱwithȱaȱ6ȱfootȱwideȱbufferedȱbicycleȱlaneȱwithȱaȱ3ȱfootȱbufferȱ separatingȱ cyclistsȱ fromȱ motorȱ vehiclesȱ inȱ theȱ 11ȱ footȱ travelȱ lane.ȱȱOptionȱ 1Bȱ wouldȱ establishȱaȱ12ȱfootȱwideȱsharedȱlane,ȱmaintainingȱparkingȱalongȱtheȱServiceȱRoadȱwhichȱ isȱ linedȱ withȱmidȬȱandȱ highȬriseȱ residentialȱ buildings.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱ SRCȬ1,ȱ Optionsȱ1Aȱ andȱ1Bȱforȱproposedȱdesignȱsolutions.ȱ

Fromȱ 239thȱ Streetȱ toȱ 253rdȱ Streetȱ theȱ existingȱ roadwayȱ widthȱ isȱ 30ȱ feet,ȱ andȱ bothȱ alternativesȱmaintainȱaȱparkingȱlane,ȱthoughȱinȱdifferentȱcapacities.ȱOptionȱ1Aȱwouldȱ haveȱaȱtypicalȱbufferedȱbicycleȱlane:ȱaȱ5ȱfootȱbicycleȱlaneȱwithȱaȱ3ȱfootȱbufferȱnextȱtoȱanȱ8ȱ footȱparkingȱlane.ȱTheȱremainingȱ14ȱfeetȱofȱroadwayȱspaceȱwouldȱbeȱmarkedȱwithȱanȱ11ȱ

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footȱmovingȱlaneȱandȱaȱ3ȱfootȱbufferȱonȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱtheȱServiceȱRoad.ȱTheȱtravelȱ laneȱ wouldȱ thenȱ beȱ visuallyȱ narrowedȱ byȱ twoȱ buffers,ȱ neitherȱ wideȱ enoughȱ toȱ fitȱ aȱ vehicleȱattemptingȱtoȱovertakeȱanotherȱvehicle.ȱOptionȱ1Bȱisȱaȱparkingȱprotectedȱbicycleȱ path,ȱwithȱanȱ8ȱfootȱcurbsideȱlaneȱandȱ3ȱfootȱbuffer.ȱOptionȱ1Bȱcouldȱbeȱmoreȱappealingȱ toȱtheȱtypicalȱgreenwayȱcyclist,ȱbutȱcareȱmustȱbeȱgivenȱtoȱtheȱintersectionsȱwithȱthisȱtypeȱ ofȱ treatment,ȱ particularlyȱ whereȱ thereȱ areȱ turningȱ conflictsȱ betweenȱ vehiclesȱ andȱ cyclists.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱSRCȬ2,ȱOptionsȱ1Aȱandȱ1Bȱforȱproposedȱdesignȱsolutions.ȱ

HenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱServiceȱRoadȱWestȱ(southbound)ȱ

TheȱdesignȱalternativesȱforȱtheȱServiceȱRoadȱWestȱareȱveryȱsimilarȱtoȱthatȱofȱtheȱServiceȱ Roadȱ East,ȱnorthȱ ofȱ 239thȱ Street.ȱ Optionȱ 2Aȱ isȱ aȱ typicalȱ bufferedȱbicycleȱ lane:ȱ aȱ 5ȱ footȱ bicycleȱlaneȱwithȱaȱ3ȱfootȱbufferȱnextȱtoȱanȱ8ȱfootȱparkingȱlane.ȱȱOptionȱ2B,ȱalsoȱlikeȱtheȱ Serviceȱ Roadȱ East,ȱ callsȱ forȱ aȱ parkingȱ protectedȱ bicycleȱ path,ȱ withȱ anȱ 8ȱ footȱ curbsideȱ laneȱ andȱ 3ȱ footȱ buffer.ȱȱSeeȱ Figureȱ SRCȬ2,ȱ Optionsȱ 2Aȱ andȱ 2Bȱ forȱ proposedȱ designȱ solutionsȱforȱtheȱwestȱ(southbound)ȱserviceȱroad.ȱ

RiverdaleȱAvenueȱ

OnȱRiverdaleȱAvenue,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱareȱlowȱenoughȱthatȱoneȱofȱtheȱtwoȱtravelȱlanesȱinȱ eachȱdirectionȱcanȱbeȱsafelyȱremovedȱtoȱcreateȱroomȱforȱaȱbicycleȱlaneȱandȱmedianȱwithȱ leftȱ turnȱ bays.ȱȱSeeȱ Figureȱ SRCȬ3ȱ forȱ crossȱ sectionsȱ ofȱ proposedȱ designȱ solutionsȱ forȱ RiverdaleȱAvenue.ȱȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Constructionȱ impactsȱ alongȱ theȱ serviceȱ roadsȱ wouldȱ beȱ minimalȱ becauseȱ itȱ wouldȱ involveȱprimarilyȱtheȱuseȱofȱthermoplasticȱpaint.ȱȱȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

Optionsȱ 1A,ȱ 2A,ȱ andȱ 2B:ȱ Bufferedȱ Bikeȱ Laneȱ betweenȱ 227thȱ Streetȱ andȱ 253rdȱ Streetȱ onȱ bothȱ theȱ eastȱ andȱ westȱ serviceȱ roads:ȱ Thermoplasticȱ paintȱ andȱ signsȱ =ȱ $65,000ȱ eachȱ optionȱ

Optionȱ 1B:ȱ Sharedȱ Laneȱ Markingsȱ betweenȱ 227thȱ andȱ 239thȱ Streetsȱ onȱ theȱ eastȱ serviceȱ road;ȱThermoplasticȱpaintȱandȱsigns=ȱ$5,000ȱȱ

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Theȱ Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ designȱ solutionȱ wouldȱ requireȱ aȱ completeȱ restripingȱ ofȱ theȱ roadwayȱtoȱmoveȱtravelȱlanes,ȱandȱaddȱbikeȱlanesȱandȱaȱmedian.ȱȱThermoplasticȱPainȱ andȱsignsȱ=ȱ$68,000ȱȱ

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PALISADEȱCORRIDORȱ

BecauseȱofȱtheȱvaryingȱcharacteristicsȱofȱtheȱPalisadeȱCorridor,ȱitȱhasȱbeenȱdividedȱforȱ analysisȱpurposesȱintoȱfourȱsections:ȱ

x IrwinȱAvenueȱtoȱJohnsonȱAvenue,ȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱbetweenȱIndependenceȱandȱ 232ndȱStreetȱ

x PalisadeȱAvenueȱfromȱ232ndȱStreetȱtoȱSpauldingȱLaneȱ

x RiverdaleȱParkȱPathȱandȱIndependenceȱAvenueȱAlternativeȱ

x PalisadeȱAvenueȱfromȱ254thȱtoȱ261stȱStreet,ȱandȱ261stȱStreetȱtoȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ

Eachȱsectionȱisȱdiscussedȱseparatelyȱbelow.ȱ

IrwinȱAvenueȱtoȱJohnsonȱAvenue,ȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱbetweenȱIndependenceȱandȱ232ndȱ Streetȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

Thisȱ segmentȱ ofȱ theȱ Palisadeȱ corridorȱ allowsȱ greenwayȱ usersȱ toȱ makeȱ anȱ eastȬwestȱ connectionȱ fromȱ theȱ Broadwayȱ Bridgeȱ toȱ theȱ Palisadeȱ Corridor.ȱȱIrwinȱ Avenueȱ toȱ Johnsonȱ Avenueȱ isȱ aȱ steepȱ andȱ windingȱ upwardȱ climbȱ inȱ theȱ southboundȱ direction.ȱȱ Johnsonȱ slopesȱ downwardȱ underȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ beforeȱ risingȱ againȱ asȱ itȱ meetsȱPalisadeȱAvenue.ȱȱTheseȱcorridorȱsegmentsȱareȱfairlyȱnarrowȱwithȱoneȱtravelȱlaneȱ inȱeachȱdirection.ȱȱTrafficȱvolumesȱareȱlowȱandȱspeedsȱareȱlowȱtoȱmoderate.ȱȱOnȬstreetȱ parkingȱisȱlocatedȱonȱtheȱwestȱ(southbound)ȱsideȱofȱtheȱstreetȱalongȱthisȱentireȱstretch.ȱȱ Irwin,ȱ Johnsonȱ andȱ Palisadeȱ avenuesȱ haveȱ adequateȱ sidewalksȱ onȱ bothȱ sidesȱ ofȱ theȱ street,ȱbutȱnoȱexistingȱbicycleȱfacilities.ȱȱ

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SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

TrafficȱvolumesȱonȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱrangeȱbetweenȱapproximatelyȱ50ȱandȱ150ȱvphȱperȱ directionȱ duringȱ theȱ AMȱ andȱ PMȱ peakȱ hours.ȱ Similarȱ volumesȱ wereȱ observedȱ onȱ Johnsonȱ Avenueȱ andȱ Irwinȱ Avenue.ȱ Trafficȱ volumesȱ onȱ Kappockȱ Streetȱ westȱ ofȱ Independenceȱ Avenueȱ areȱ 25ȱ toȱ 75ȱ vphȱ perȱ directionȱ duringȱ theȱ AMȱ andȱ PMȱ peakȱ hours.ȱȱEastȱ ofȱ Independenceȱ Avenue,ȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ onȱ Kappockȱ Streetȱ rangeȱ fromȱ 100ȱtoȱ200ȱvph.ȱȱ

ParkingȱRegulationsȱȱ

Kappockȱ Streetȱ andȱ Johnsonȱ Avenueȱ areȱ characterizedȱ byȱ aȱ mixȱ ofȱ ‘Noȱ Parkingȱ Anytime’ȱandȱalternateȱsideȱparkingȱregulationsȱ(occurringȱbetweenȱtheȱhoursȱofȱ8:00ȱ AMȱ andȱ 1:00ȱ PM).Parkingȱ isȱ allowedȱ atȱ allȱ timesȱ onȱ theȱ westȱ side,ȱ exceptȱ forȱ streetȱ cleaningȱtwiceȱaȱweek.ȱȱMostȱofȱtheȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱcorridorȱhasȱ‘NoȱParkingȱAnytime’ȱ restrictions.ȱȱAnȱexceptionȱisȱtheȱsegmentȱbetweenȱIndependenceȱAvenueȱandȱKappockȱ Streetȱ whereȱ parkingȱ isȱ allowedȱ onȱ theȱ westȱ curbȱ withȱ alternateȱ sideȱ parkingȱ regulationsȱ(11:30ȱAMȱtoȱ1:00ȱPM,ȱTuesdayȱandȱFriday).ȱȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

Severalȱ multiȬfamilyȱ buildingsȱ areȱ locatedȱ alongȱ thisȱ stretchȱ ofȱ theȱ Palisadeȱ Corridor.ȱȱ TheȱJohnȱF.ȱKennedyȱHighȱSchoolȱcampusȱisȱlocatedȱjustȱbelowȱtheȱridgeȱnearȱSpuytenȱ DuyvilȱCreek.ȱ

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Opportunitiesȱ x Aȱ pleasantȱ viewingȱ areaȱ isȱ locatedȱ atȱ Halfȱ Moonȱ Lookoutȱ inȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ Shorefrontȱ Park.ȱȱTheȱ lookoutȱ canȱ beȱ accessedȱ fromȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ nearȱ theȱ intersectionȱ withȱ Independenceȱ Avenueȱ andȱ featuresȱ anȱ interestingȱ angleȱ ofȱ theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ Bridge,ȱ theȱ Georgeȱ Washingtonȱ Bridgeȱ andȱ theȱ Newȱ Jerseyȱ Palisades.ȱ

ȱ ViewȱCorridorȱfromȱHalfȱMoonȱLookoutȱofȱtheȱ ȱ SpuytenȱDuyvilȱBridge,ȱtheȱGeorgeȱWashingtonȱ BridgeȱandȱtheȱNewȱJerseyȱPalisadesȱinȱearlyȱspring.ȱ x TheseȱroadwaysȱprovideȱaccessȱtoȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱShorefrontȱPark,ȱwhichȱisȱownedȱ byȱtheȱNewȱYorkȱCityȱParksȱDepartment.ȱȱTheȱparkȱencompassesȱaȱtriangularȱareaȱ createdȱ byȱ Palisadeȱ Avenue,ȱ Edsallȱ Avenueȱ andȱ theȱ Metroȱ Northȱ railroad.ȱȱ Greenwayȱ usersȱ canȱ exploreȱ aȱ networkȱ ofȱ graveledȱ pathwaysȱ andȱ aȱ footbridgeȱ whichȱallowsȱaccessȱtoȱaȱnaturalȱspringȱandȱsmallȱpondȱwhichȱfeedȱintoȱtheȱHarlemȱ River.ȱȱȱ x Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ isȱ surroundedȱ byȱ greeneryȱ andȱ naturalȱ beauty;ȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ MemorialȱParkȱisȱlocatedȱtoȱtheȱeast,ȱwhileȱviewsȱofȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱandȱPalisadesȱ appearȱtoȱtheȱwest.ȱȱȱ x JohnsonȱAvenueȱconnectsȱtoȱEdsallȱAvenue,ȱwhichȱprovidesȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱSpuytenȱ DuyvilȱMetroȬNorthȱStationȱonȱtheȱHudsonȱLine.ȱȱInȱaddition,ȱthreeȱMTAȱbusȱroutesȱ (BxM1,ȱBx10,ȱandȱB20)ȱutilizeȱIrwinȱAvenueȱandȱJohnsonȱAvenue.ȱ

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Constraintsȱ

x Theȱ steepȱ slopeȱ ofȱ Johnson/Irwinȱ andȱ theȱ drasticȱ changesȱ inȱ elevationȱ betweenȱ Johnsonȱ andȱ Palisadeȱ Avenuesȱ willȱ likelyȱ presentȱ aȱ challengeȱ forȱ allȱ butȱ theȱ mostȱ experiencedȱgreenwayȱusers.ȱȱȱ

x Johnsonȱ andȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ passȱ underȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridge.ȱȱSupportȱ columnsȱforȱtheȱbridgeȱareȱlocatedȱonȱeitherȱsideȱofȱtheȱroadwayȱwhichȱmayȱpresentȱ problemsȱforȱvisibilityȱandȱroadwayȱimprovementsȱalongȱthisȱportion.ȱȱȱ

x MakingȱaȱleftȱturnȱfromȱWȱ230thȱStreetȱtoȱIrwinȱAvenueȱmayȱbeȱfairlyȱcomplicatedȱ andȱ dangerousȱ forȱ greenwayȱ usersȱ toȱ navigate.ȱȱItȱ isȱ anȱ expansiveȱ intersectionȱ characterizedȱbyȱunconventionalȱturningȱmovementsȱandȱlargeȱturningȱradii.ȱȱȱTheȱ intersectionȱofȱRiverdaleȱAvenue,ȱWȱ230thȱandȱIrwinȱAvenueȱshouldȱbeȱgivenȱspecialȱ attentionȱforȱbicycleȱandȱpedestrianȱsafety.ȱ

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DesignȱSolutionsȱ

Relativelyȱ lowȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ alongȱ Irwin/Johnsonȱ andȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ makeȱ thisȱ routeȱ aȱ desirableȱ oneȱ fromȱ aȱ safetyȱ standpoint,ȱ evenȱ inȱ areasȱ whereȱ theȱ roadwayȱ narrows.ȱ

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IrwinȱAvenue/JohnsonȱAvenueȱ

TheȱexistingȱroadwayȱwidthȱofȱIrwin/Johnsonȱisȱ30’ȱwithȱtravelȱlanesȱinȱbothȱdirectionsȱ andȱparkingȱonȱtheȱeastȱside.ȱȱȱSharedȬlaneȱmarkingsȱareȱproposedȱinȱbothȱdirections.ȱȱ Sidewalksȱareȱinȱsuitableȱconditionȱonȱbothȱsidesȱofȱtheȱroadway.ȱSeeȱFigureȱPCȱ–ȱ1.ȱȱȱ

JohnsonȱAvenue/PalisadeȱAvenueȱ

Theȱ existingȱ roadwayȱ widthȱ ofȱ Johnson/Palisadeȱ isȱ 26’ȱ withȱ travelȱ lanesȱ inȱ bothȱ directionsȱ andȱ parkingȱ onȱ theȱ northȱ side.ȱȱOnȬstreetȱ parkingȱ shouldȱ beȱ removedȱ toȱ createȱ aȱ suitableȱ widthȱ forȱ sharedȬuseȱ onȱ theȱ roadway.ȱȱThisȱ steepȱ andȱ windyȱ roadȱ providesȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱMetroȬNorthȱStationȱandȱexperiencesȱmoderateȱ trafficȱduringȱAMȱandȱPMȱpeakȱperiods.ȱȱAȱ2’ȱbuffer/shoulderȱcouldȱbeȱaddedȱinȱeachȱ directionȱasȱanȱadditionalȱtrafficȱcalmingȱmeasure.ȱSidewalkȱwidthȱandȱconditionsȱareȱ adequateȱonȱbothȱsidesȱofȱtheȱstreet.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱPCȬ1.ȱȱȱ

PalisadeȱAvenueȱbetweenȱIndependenceȱandȱ232ndȱ

Optionȱ A:ȱȱPalisadeȱ Avenueȱ isȱ 24’ȱ wideȱ atȱ thisȱ locationȱ withȱ aȱ travelȱ laneȱ inȱ eachȱ directionȱandȱparkingȱonȱtheȱwestȱside.ȱȱȱȱOnȬstreetȱparkingȱshouldȱbeȱremovedȱtoȱcreateȱ aȱsuitableȱwidthȱforȱsharedȬuseȱonȱtheȱroadway.ȱȱSharedȬlaneȱmarkingsȱareȱproposedȱinȱ bothȱdirections.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱPCȬ2.ȱȱȱ

Optionȱ B:ȱȱGradeȱ andȱ titleȱ mapsȱ obtainedȱ fromȱ theȱ Bronxȱ Boroughȱ President’sȱ Officeȱ showȱ aȱ 60’ȱ publicȱ rightȱ ofȱ wayȱ forȱ Palisadeȱ Avenue.ȱȱAȱ moreȱ robust,ȱ separatedȱ greenwayȱ facilityȱ isȱ proposedȱ ifȱ thisȱ 60’ȱ isȱ available.ȱȱȱResidentialȱ parkingȱ wouldȱ beȱ maintainedȱonȱtheȱeastȱsideȱofȱtheȱstreet.ȱȱȱ

Anȱ 11’ȱ biȬdirectionalȱ bikewayȱ protectedȱ byȱ aȱ fiveȬfootȱ bufferȱ andȱ delineatorsȱ isȱ proposedȱ onȱ theȱ eastȱ sideȱ ofȱ theȱ street.ȱȱTheȱ bikewayȱ wouldȱ beȱ physicallyȱ separatedȱ fromȱtravelȱlanesȱbyȱtheȱparkingȱlane.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱPCȬ2.ȱȱȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Optionȱ Aȱ isȱ notȱ aȱ majorȱ capitalȱ improvementȱ andȱ minimalȱ constructionȱ impactsȱ areȱ anticipated.ȱȱHowever,ȱ Optionȱ Bȱ wouldȱ involveȱ wideningȱ andȱ reconstructionȱ ofȱ Palisadeȱ Avenue.ȱȱParklandȱ toȱ theȱ eastȱ ofȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ wouldȱ beȱ disturbed,ȱ andȱ environmentalȱimpactsȱwouldȱneedȱtoȱbeȱidentifiedȱandȱminimizedȱifȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱ wasȱwidenedȱatȱthisȱlocation.ȱȱȱ

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ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

Optionȱ A:ȱ Sharedȱ Laneȱ markingȱ throughoutȱ Irwin,ȱ Johnsonȱ andȱ Palisadeȱ upȱ toȱ 232ndȱ Street:ȱThermoplasticȱpaintȱandȱsigns=ȱ$15,000ȱȱ

OptionȱB:ȱRoadwayȱwidening,ȱincludingȱaȱbiȬdirectionalȱbikeȱlaneȱandȱdelineators:ȱ$1.5ȱ million.ȱȱ

PalisadeȱAvenueȱfromȱ232ndȱStreetȱtoȱSpauldingȱLaneȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ isȱ aȱ narrow,ȱ twoȬwayȱ residentialȱ streetȱ withȱ directȱ viewsȱ ofȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ waterfrontȱ andȱ Newȱ Jerseyȱ Palisades.ȱȱFromȱ 232ndȱ Streetȱ toȱ Spauldingȱ Lane,ȱaȱ7Ȭ15’ȱdirtȱpathȱrunsȱalongȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱtheȱroadway.ȱȱȱTheȱpath,ȱwhichȱisȱwellȱ usedȱbyȱpedestrians,ȱisȱseparatedȱfromȱtheȱtravelȱlanesȱbyȱwoodenȱguardȱrailȱandȱfromȱ RiverdaleȱParkȱbyȱaȱchainȬlinkȱfence.ȱȱAlthoughȱtheȱroadwayȱisȱnarrowȱalongȱthisȱentireȱ stretchȱ (<ȱ 30’ȱ wide),ȱ officialȱ mapsȱ fromȱ theȱ Bronxȱ Boroughȱ President’sȱ Officeȱ showȱ additionalȱunusedȱrightȬofȬwayȱunderȱNYCDOTȱownershipȱthatȱcouldȱpossiblyȱbeȱusedȱ forȱaȱmoreȱrobustȱgreenwayȱfacility.ȱȱTheȱpathȱdescribedȱaboveȱandȱpicturedȱbelowȱmayȱ beȱpartȱofȱtheȱNYCDOTȱrightȬofȬway.ȱȱȱ

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Volumesȱrangeȱbetweenȱapproximatelyȱ50ȱandȱ150ȱvehiclesȱperȱhourȱ(vph)ȱperȱdirectionȱ duringȱtheȱAMȱandȱPMȱpeakȱhours.ȱ

ParkingȱRegulationsȱȱ

Parkingȱ isȱ allowedȱ onȱ theȱ eastȱ sideȱ ofȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ fromȱ Kappockȱ Streetȱ toȱ 231stȱ Street.ȱȱNorthȱofȱ231stȱStreet,ȱnoȱparkingȱisȱallowedȱonȱeitherȱsideȱofȱtheȱroadway.ȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

Landȱ useȱ isȱ predominatelyȱ singleȬfamilyȱ residentialȱ toȱ theȱ east.ȱȱAȱ fewȱ highȬriseȱ apartmentȱ buildingsȱ areȱ locatedȱ nearȱ theȱ intersectionȱ ofȱ Kappockȱ Streetȱ andȱ Palisadeȱ Avenue.ȱȱRiverdaleȱParkȱisȱtoȱtheȱwestȱfromȱapproximatelyȱ232ndȱStreetȱpastȱSpauldingȱ Lane.ȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x ViewsȱofȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱandȱPalisadesȱ x PalisadeȱAvenueȱisȱsurroundedȱbyȱnaturalȱbeauty;ȱthisȱonȬstreetȱalignmentȱhasȱ theȱfeelȱofȱaȱgreenwayȱ x LowerȱtrafficȱvolumesȱthanȱotherȱonȬstreetȱcorridorsȱunderȱconsiderationȱ x PalisadeȱAvenueȱprovidesȱdirectȱaccessȱtoȱRiverdaleȱParkȱ x Opportunityȱ toȱ provideȱ aȱ Classȱ 1ȱ separatedȱ bicycleȱ andȱ pedestrianȱ facilityȱ onȱ adjacentȱpathȱȱ ȱ Constraintsȱ

x Riverdaleȱ Parkȱ hasȱ beenȱ designatedȱ “Foreverȱ Wild”ȱ byȱ NYCDPR.ȱȱThisȱ designationȱhasȱstrongȱcommunityȱsupportȱandȱpresentsȱaȱchallengeȱtoȱanyȱnewȱ developmentȱthatȱmayȱbeȱproposedȱonȱparkȱproperty.ȱȱȱ

x TheȱintersectionȱofȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱandȱSpauldingȱLaneȱpresentsȱaȱpotentiallyȱ dangerousȱsituationȱforȱmotorists,ȱpedestriansȱandȱcyclists.ȱȱSpauldingȱLaneȱhasȱ roughȱ pavingȱ andȱ dropsȱ steeplyȱ towardsȱ Palisadeȱ Avenue.ȱȱMotoristsȱ turningȱ rightȱfromȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱhaveȱlimitedȱvisibilityȱatȱthisȱsharpȱcurveȱ

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DesignȱSolutionsȱ

OptionȱA:ȱTheȱroadwayȱconsistsȱofȱoneȱ10’ȱtravelȱlaneȱinȱeachȱdirectionȱwithȱnoȱcurbsȱ andȱ noȱ parking.ȱȱPedestriansȱ currentlyȱ useȱ aȱ 7Ȭ15’ȱ dirtȱ pathȱ onȱ theȱ westȱ sideȱ ofȱ theȱ roadway.ȱȱThisȱpathȱshouldȱbeȱupgradedȱtoȱensureȱpedestrianȱsafetyȱandȱcomplyȱwithȱ ADAȱguidelines.ȱȱSharedȬlaneȱmarkingsȱareȱproposedȱonȱthisȱportionȱofȱtheȱroadwayȱforȱ cyclists.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱPCȬ3ȱȱȱ

OptionȱB:ȱȱTitleȱandȱgradeȱmapsȱfromȱtheȱBronxȱBoroughȱPresident’sȱOfficeȱindicateȱanȱ 80’Ȭ120’ȱrightȬofȬwayȱexistsȱonȱthisȱportionȱofȱPalisadeȱAvenue.ȱȱAȱphysicallyȱseparatedȱ greenwayȱfacility,ȱwithȱaȱbiȬdirectionalȱbikeȱpathȱandȱwalkwayȱisȱproposedȱhere.ȱȱȱOneȱ travelȱlaneȱisȱmaintainedȱinȱeachȱdirection.ȱSeeȱFigureȱPCȬ3ȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

ConstructionȱcouldȱimpactȱForeverȱWildȱdesignatedȱareasȱofȱRiverdaleȱPark.ȱParklandȱ toȱtheȱeastȱandȱwestȱofȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱcouldȱbeȱdisturbed,ȱandȱenvironmentalȱimpactsȱ wouldȱ needȱ toȱ beȱ identifiedȱ andȱ minimizedȱ ifȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ wasȱ widenedȱ atȱ thisȱ location.ȱȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

OptionȱA:ȱUpgradeȱofȱexistingȱpathȱusingȱstabilizedȱstoneȱscreening:ȱ$500,000ȱ

OptionȱB:ȱWidenȱexistingȱpathȱusingȱstabilizedȱstoneȱscreening:ȱ$1ȱmillionȱ

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ExistingȱConditionsȱ

Atȱ theȱ intersectionȱ ofȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ andȱ Spauldingȱ Laneȱ isȱ aȱ parkingȱ lotȱ servingȱ Riverdaleȱ Park.ȱȱAtȱ theȱ northȱ endȱ ofȱ theȱ parkingȱ lotȱ isȱ anȱ unpavedȱ trailȱ thatȱ extendsȱ northȱtoȱ254thȱStreet.ȱȱTheȱtrailȱappearsȱtoȱbeȱinȱRiverdaleȱPark.ȱȱHoweverȱofficialȱtitleȱ andȱ gradeȱ mapsȱ fromȱ theȱ Bronxȱ Boroughȱ Presidentȱ indicateȱ thatȱ theȱ trailȱ isȱ onȱ NYCDOTȱrightȬofȬway.ȱȱȱAnȱalternativeȱtoȱthisȱoptionȱisȱtoȱfollowȱSpauldingȱLaneȱtoȱ IndependenceȱAvenueȱtoȱ254thȱStreet.ȱȱSpauldingȱLaneȱhasȱaȱsteepȱgradeȱandȱisȱoneȱlaneȱ ofȱ trafficȱ inȱ eachȱ direction.ȱȱIndependenceȱ Avenueȱ isȱ alsoȱ oneȱ laneȱ ofȱ trafficȱ inȱ eachȱ directionȱwithȱnoȱparkingȱandȱnoȱsidewalks.ȱSeeȱFigureȱPCȬ3.ȱ 52 HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ

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SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

Noȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ wereȱ collectedȱ forȱ Independenceȱ Avenue.ȱȱCarsȱ areȱ notȱ allowedȱ throughȱRiverdaleȱPark.ȱ

ParkingȱRegulationsȱȱ

Noȱ parkingȱ isȱ allowedȱ onȱ Independenceȱ Avenueȱ betweenȱ Spauldingȱ Laneȱ andȱ 254thȱ Street.ȱȱAȱparkingȱ lotȱ isȱ providedȱ forȱ Riverdaleȱ Parkȱnearȱ theȱ intersectionȱ ofȱ Palisadeȱ AvenueȱandȱSpauldingȱLane.ȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

Landȱ useȱ isȱ parklandȱ andȱ singleȬfamilyȱ residential.ȱȱIndependenceȱ Avenueȱ skirtsȱ aroundȱtheȱWaveȱHillȱgardensȱandȱculturalȱcenter,ȱandȱtheȱRiverdaleȱCountryȱSchool.ȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x Theȱ Riverdaleȱ Parkȱ pathȱ isȱ aȱ pleasantȱ andȱ flatȱ routeȱsurroundedȱ byȱ forestedȱopenȱ space.ȱ x IndependenceȱAvenueȱprovidesȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱWaveȱHillȱgardensȱandȱculturalȱcenterȱ x 254thȱ Streetȱ connectsȱ Independenceȱ Avenueȱ andȱ theȱ Riverdaleȱ Parkȱ pathȱ toȱ theȱ RiverdaleȱMetroȬNorthȱStationȱ ȱ ȱ 53 HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ

Constraintsȱ

x FloodingȱandȱerosionȱinȱRiverdaleȱParkȱisȱaȱcommunityȱconcernȱȱȱConstructionȱofȱaȱ greenwayȱfacilityȱthroughȱtheȱparkȱshouldȱnotȱexacerbateȱthisȱproblem.ȱȱErosionȱisȱ particularlyȱaȱconcernȱnearȱtheȱtennisȱcourtsȱatȱRiverdaleȱCountyȱSchool.ȱȱ x RiverdaleȱParkȱhasȱbeenȱdesignatedȱ“ForeverȱWild”ȱbyȱNYCDPR.ȱȱThisȱdesignationȱ hasȱstrongȱcommunityȱsupportȱandȱpresentsȱaȱchallengeȱtoȱanyȱnewȱdevelopment.ȱȱ

x Spauldingȱ Laneȱ hasȱ aȱ steepȱ changeȱ inȱ gradeȱ betweenȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ andȱ Independenceȱ Avenue.ȱ Motoristsȱ andȱ cyclistsȱ haveȱ limitedȱ sightȱ distanceȱ atȱ theȱ intersectionȱ ofȱ Spauldingȱ Laneȱ andȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ whichȱ mayȱ presentȱ trafficȱ conflicts.ȱȱȱ

x TitleȱmapsȱfromȱtheȱBronxȱBoroughȱPresident’sȱOfficeȱindicateȱthatȱthisȱportionȱofȱ IndependenceȱAvenueȱisȱprivatelyȱowned.ȱȱPrivateȱownershipȱpresentsȱaȱconstraintȱ forȱimplementationȱofȱaȱpublicȱgreenwayȱfacility,ȱandȱmayȱrequireȱpermissionȱfromȱ theȱownershipȱgroup.ȱ x Independenceȱ Avenueȱ isȱ inȱ poorȱ conditionȱ forȱ motorists,ȱ cyclistsȱ andȱ pedestriansȱ andȱneedsȱtoȱbeȱrepavedȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

Itȱwouldȱbeȱpossibleȱtoȱleaveȱtheȱtrailȱunpavedȱinȱitsȱnaturalȱstate.ȱȱHoweverȱthisȱtrailȱ wouldȱnotȱaccommodateȱbicycles.ȱȱInȱorderȱtoȱaccommodateȱbicyclesȱaȱstabilizedȱstoneȱ screeningȱ couldȱ beȱ installed.ȱȱItȱ isȱ aȱ permeableȱ surface,ȱ consistingȱ ofȱ aȱ fineȱ gravelȱ substanceȱheldȱtogetherȱwithȱa ȱbindingȱagent.ȱSeeȱtheȱpictureȱbelowȱofȱaȱstabilizedȱstoneȱ screeningȱinȱNyackȱBeachȱStateȱPark.ȱȱFigureȱPCȬ3ȱshowsȱtheȱlocationȱofȱthisȱexistingȱ trail.ȱ

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ȱ Stabilized Stone Screening on path in Nyack Beach State Park ȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Parklandȱwouldȱbeȱdisturbed,ȱandȱenvironmentalȱimpactsȱwouldȱneedȱtoȱbeȱidentifiedȱ andȱminimizedȱifȱtheȱparkȱpathȱwasȱimprovedȱatȱthisȱlocation.ȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

StabilizedȱStoneȱScreening:ȱ$280,000ȱ

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PalisadeȱAvenueȱfromȱ254thȱtoȱ261stȱStreet,ȱandȱ261stȱStreetȱtoȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

PalisadeȱAvenueȱisȱaȱnarrowȱresidentialȱstreetȱbetweenȱ254thȱandȱ261stȱStreetsȱwithȱoneȱ travelȱlaneȱinȱeachȱdirection,ȱnoȱparkingȱandȱnoȱcurbs.ȱȱ261stȱfromȱPalisadeȱtoȱRiverdaleȱ Avenueȱcontinuesȱthisȱnarrowȱresidentialȱcharacterȱandȱhasȱaȱsidewalkȱonȱtheȱnorthernȱ side.ȱȱ261stȱstreetȱfromȱRiverdaleȱtoȱBroadwayȱisȱslightlyȱwiderȱwithȱoneȱtravelȱlaneȱinȱ eachȱdirectionȱandȱparkingȱonȱbothȱsidesȱofȱtheȱstreet.ȱȱ

SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

Volumesȱ onȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ rangeȱ betweenȱ approximatelyȱ 50ȱ andȱ 150ȱ vehiclesȱ perȱ hourȱ(vph)ȱperȱdirectionȱduringȱtheȱAMȱandȱPMȱpeakȱhours.ȱ

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ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

Noȱparkingȱisȱallowedȱonȱ261stȱStreetȱfromȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱtoȱRiverdaleȱAvenue.ȱȱFromȱ Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ toȱ Broadway,ȱ parkingȱ isȱ eitherȱ unrestrictedȱ orȱ restrictedȱ toȱ 1ȱ hourȱ betweenȱ9AMȱandȱ7PMȱ(exceptȱSundays).ȱȱȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

Landȱ useȱ isȱ predominatelyȱ singleȬfamilyȱ residential.ȱ 261stȱ Streetȱ runsȱ alongȱ theȱ southernȱborderȱofȱtheȱCollegeȱofȱMountȱSaintȱVincentȱcampus.ȱȱȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x Theseȱresidentialȱstreetsȱhaveȱlowȱtrafficȱvolumesȱandȱareȱsurroundedȱbyȱgreeneryȱ

x TheȱRiverdaleȱMetroȱNorthȱStationȱcanȱbeȱaccessedȱviaȱ254thȱStreetȱnearȱtheȱnorthernȱ entranceȱtoȱRiverdaleȱPark.ȱ

x Whileȱ theȱ pavedȱ streetȱ isȱ ratherȱ narrow,ȱ officialȱ mapsȱ fromȱ theȱ Bronxȱ Boroughȱ President’sȱofficeȱshowȱthatȱthereȱisȱadditionalȱrightȬofȬwayȱavailable.ȱ

x 261stȱStreetȱprovidesȱanȱeastȬwestȱconnectionȱfromȱallȱinlandȱcorridorsȱtoȱRiverdaleȱ Avenue,ȱtheȱbestȱonȬstreetȱrouteȱintoȱYonkers.ȱȱȱȱȱȱ

Constraintsȱ x Theȱ roadwayȱ isȱ extremelyȱ narrowȱ inȱ someȱ portions,ȱ andȱ passesȱ aȱ numberȱ ofȱ residentialȱ drivewaysȱ withȱ poorȱ visibility.ȱȱTheȱ intersectionȱ ofȱ 261stȱ andȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ isȱ aȱ problemȱ locationȱ thatȱ shouldȱ beȱ givenȱ attentionȱ forȱ pedestrianȱ andȱ cyclistȱsafety.ȱȱȱ x Roadwayȱ widthȱ isȱ extremelyȱ narrowȱ inȱ manyȱ places,ȱ andȱ residentialȱ lotsȱ limitȱ expansionȱforȱsidewalksȱorȱgreenwayȱfacilities.ȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

OptionȱA:ȱȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱisȱextremelyȱnarrowȱinȱthisȱsection.ȱȱOneȱtravelȱlanehȱinȱeac ȱ directionȱshareȱaȱ20’ȱrightȬofȬwayȱwithȱnoȱcurbȱorȱsidewalks.ȱȱHowever,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱ andȱspeedsȱareȱlowȱenoughȱtoȱrecommendȱsharedȬlaneȱmarkingsȱinȱbothȱdirections.ȱȱȱ

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OptionȱB:ȱȱTitleȱandȱgradeȱmapsȱfromȱtheȱBronxȱBoroughȱPresident’sȱOfficeȱindicateȱaȱ 60’ȱrightȬofȬwayȱexistsȱonȱthisȱportionȱofȱPalisadeȱAvenue.ȱȱIfȱthisȱwidthȱisȱavailable,ȱaȱ 10’ȱsidewalkȱwouldȱbeȱprovidedȱonȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱtheȱrightȬofȬway,ȱalongȱwithȱaȱ12’ȱ biȬdirectionalȱbicycleȱlane,ȱaȱ6’ȱbufferȱandȱtwoȱ10’ȱtravelȱlanes.ȱSeeȱFigureȱPCȬ4.ȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Installationȱofȱthermoplasticȱpaintȱwillȱhaveȱminimalȱconstructionȱimpacts.ȱȱHowever,ȱ wideningȱ thisȱ portionȱ ofȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ couldȱ haveȱ significantȱ impactsȱ onȱ adjacentȱ property.ȱȱStoneȱwalls,ȱfences,ȱbermsȱandȱotherȱbarriersȱwouldȱneedȱtoȱbeȱrelocated.ȱȱȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

OptionȱA:ȱThermoplasticȱpaintȱandȱsigns:ȱ$4,500ȱȱ

OptionȱB:ȱRoadwayȱwidening:ȱ$3ȱmillionȱ

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YONKERSȱ

RIVERDALEȱCORRIDORȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

RiverdaleȱAvenueȱinȱYonkersȱisȱaȱwideȱboulevardȬlikeȱcorridorȱwithȱtwoȱtravelȱlanesȱinȱ eachȱ direction,ȱ onȬstreetȱ parkingȱ onȱ bothȱ sidesȱ andȱ aȱ median.ȱȱInȱ someȱ locationsȱ theȱ curbȬtoȬcurbȱ widthȱ isȱ overȱ 90ȱ feet.ȱȱPedestriansȱ areȱ accommodatedȱ onȱ ampleȱ 10Ȭfootȱ wideȱsidewalks.ȱȱMainȱStreetȱisȱapproximatelyȱ42ȱfeetȱwideȱwithȱoneȱlaneȱofȱtrafficȱinȱ eachȱdirectionȱandȱonȱstreetȱparkingȱonȱbothȱsides.ȱȱȱ

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ȱ Riverdale Avenue between the Yonkers/Bronx border and Valentine Lane ȱ

SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

Inȱ southȱ Yonkersȱ nearȱ Valentineȱ Lane,ȱ AMȱ andȱ PMȱ peakȱ hourȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ alongȱ RiverdaleȱAvenueȱrangeȱfromȱ350ȱtoȱ500ȱvphȱperȱdirection.ȱFurtherȱnorth,ȱnearȱProspectȱ Street/Nepperhanȱ Avenue,ȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ increaseȱ toȱ 600ȱ toȱ 850ȱ vphȱ perȱ directionȱ duringȱpeakȱhours.ȱȱȱ

UnderȱtheȱAlexander ȱStreetȱMasterȱPlanȱEIS,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱonȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱnearȱ Prospectȱ Street/Nepperhamȱ Avenueȱ areȱ projectedȱ toȱ increaseȱ toȱ approximatelyȱ 1,200ȱ vphȱperȱdirectionȱinȱtheȱAMȱpeakȱhourȱandȱ1,000ȱperȱdirectionȱinȱtheȱPMȱpeakȱhour.ȱ

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ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

Inȱ Yonkers,ȱ parkingȱ alongȱ Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ isȱ regulatedȱ byȱ twoȬhourȱ parkingȱ restrictionsȱ onȱ Monday,ȱ Thursday,ȱ andȱ Saturday.ȱ Thereȱ areȱ alternateȱ sideȱ parkingȱ regulationsȱfromȱ8:00ȱAMȱtoȱ12:00ȱPMȱbetweenȱ263rdȱandȱLudlowȱStreets;ȱandȱfromȱ1:00ȱ AMȱ toȱ 7:00ȱ AMȱ betweenȱ Ludlowȱ andȱ Mainȱ Streets.ȱȱAlso,ȱ thereȱ areȱ ‘Noȱ Parkingȱ Anytime’ȱprohibitionsȱonȱatȱleastȱoneȱcurbȱalongȱtheȱsectionȱbetweenȱProspectȱandȱMainȱ Streets.ȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ inȱ Yonkersȱ isȱ primarilyȱ residentialȱ fromȱ theȱ NYCȱ Cityȱ lineȱ toȱ approximatelyȱLudlowȱStreet,ȱwithȱmoreȱcommercialȱusesȱnorthȱofȱLudlow.ȱȱBetweenȱ FranklinȱandȱKnowlesȱonȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱisȱtheȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ Greenway,ȱthatȱwasȱputȱinȱplaceȱduringȱtheȱState’sȱwideningȱofȱtheȱarterial,ȱcontributingȱ toȱaȱfeelingȱofȱexpansivenessȱonȱtheȱstreet.ȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x ProvidesȱtheȱbestȱonȬstreetȱconnectionȱbetweenȱYonkersȱandȱtheȱBronxȱ

x Providesȱaccessȱtoȱcommercialȱusesȱnearȱdowntownȱ

x AccessȱtoȱbusȱroutesȱalongȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ

Constraintsȱ

x InȱYonkers,ȱthisȱcorridorȱisȱfurthestȱfromȱtheȱwaterȱandȱhasȱnoȱ waterȱviewsȱorȱ otherȱsignificantȱviewsȱ

x Leastȱ presenceȱ ofȱ foliageȱ ofȱ theȱ threeȱ corridorsȱ beingȱ analyzedȱ inȱ theȱ southernȱ partȱofȱYonkersȱȱ

x Widerȱstreetȱwithȱhigherȱtrafficȱvolumesȱandȱspeedsȱthanȱotherȱparallelȱcorridorsȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

Highȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ alongȱ withȱ extraȱ capacityȱ onȱ Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ contributesȱ toȱ higherȱvehicleȱspeedsȱandȱanȱexposed,ȱunsafeȱfeelingȱ forȱcyclists.ȱȱInȱorderȱtoȱcontrolȱ vehicleȱspeedsȱandȱcreateȱaȱsaferȱcyclingȱexperienceȱitȱisȱrecommendedȱthatȱoneȱtravelȱ

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laneȱinȱeachȱdirectionȱbeȱremovedȱandȱreplacedȱwithȱaȱbufferedȱbicycleȱlane.ȱȱBuffersȱ betweenȱtheȱbicycleȱlaneȱandȱtheȱtravelȱlaneȱandȱbetweenȱtheȱtravelȱlaneȱandȱtheȱmedianȱ willȱnarrowȱtheȱusableȱspaceȱavailableȱforȱmotorȱvehiclesȱandȱwillȱreduceȱtheirȱspeeds.ȱȱ MainȱStreetȱisȱnotȱwideȱenoughȱtoȱaccommodateȱaȱbicycleȱlane,ȱbutȱcouldȱaccommodateȱ sharedȱlaneȱmarkingsȱbetweenȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱandȱtheȱYonkersȱwaterfront.ȱ

Figureȱ Y_RCȬ1ȱ illustratesȱ twoȱ optionsȱ forȱ providingȱ aȱ bufferedȱ bicycleȱ laneȱ alongȱ RiverdaleȱAvenue.ȱȱTheȱdifferenceȱbetweenȱtheȱtwoȱoptionsȱisȱdueȱtoȱtheȱdifferencesȱinȱ theȱwidthȱofȱtheȱexistingȱmedianȱatȱvariousȱlocationsȱalongȱRiverdaleȱAvenue.ȱȱ(Aȱ9Ȭfootȱ medianȱsouthȱofȱValentineȱLaneȱandȱaȱ24ȬfootȱbuiltȱmedianȱbetweenȱPostȱandȱMorrisȱ Streets.)ȱȱFigureȱY_RCȬ2ȱillustratesȱproposedȱredesignsȱofȱRiverdaleȱAvenue,ȱwithȱaȱ14Ȭ footȱ existingȱ medianȱ atȱ Downingȱ Street,ȱ andȱ Mainȱ Streetȱ betweenȱ Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ andȱtheȱrailroadȱtracks.ȱȱȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Designȱ solutionsȱ forȱ Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ wouldȱ involveȱ stripingȱ bicycleȱ facilitiesȱ andȱ removingȱ aȱtravelȱlane,ȱeachȱofȱwhichȱwouldȱrequireȱtheȱapplicationȱofȱthermoplasticȱ paintȱbutȱminimalȱdisruptions.ȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

Restripingȱ ofȱ Riverdaleȱ Corridorȱ andȱ Mainȱ Street:ȱ Thermoplasticȱ paintȱ andȱ signsȱ =ȱ $55,000ȱ

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HAWTHORNEȱCORRIDORȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

BetweenȱValentineȱLaneȱandȱLudlowȱStreet,ȱHawthorneȱAvenueȱhasȱoneȱlaneȱofȱtrafficȱ inȱeachȱdirectionȱwithȱparkingȱonȱbothȱsides.ȱȱNorthȱofȱLudlowȱtheȱstreetȱnarrowsȱandȱ thereȱisȱparkingȱonȱonlyȱoneȱsideȱofȱtheȱstreet.ȱȱAmpleȱsidewalksȱonȱbothȱsidesȱofȱtheȱ streetȱprovideȱadequateȱspaceȱforȱpedestriansȱthroughoutȱthisȱcorridor.ȱȱȱ

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ȱ Hawthorne Avenue between Valentine and Ludlow ȱ

SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

HawthorneȱAvenueȱoperatesȱwithȱtwoȬwayȱtrafficȱsouthȱofȱVarkȱStreet.ȱTrafficȱvolumesȱ alongȱ thisȱ sectionȱduringȱ theȱAMȱpeakȱ hourȱareȱapproximatelyȱ300ȱtoȱ350ȱvphȱinȱtheȱ northboundȱdirectionȱandȱ150ȱtoȱ200ȱvphȱinȱtheȱsouthboundȱdirection.ȱȱDuringȱtheȱPMȱ peakȱhour,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱareȱ100ȱtoȱ150ȱvphȱperȱdirection.ȱ

UnderȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱMasterȱPlanȱEIS,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱonȱHawthorneȱStreetȱareȱnotȱ projectedȱtoȱincrease.ȱȱHowever,ȱatȱVarkȱStreetȱtheȱHawthorneȱCorridorȱtransitionsȱtoȱ Buenaȱ Vistaȱ Avenueȱ whereȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ willȱ approximatelyȱ doubleȱ withȱ theȱ newȱ waterfrontȱdevelopmentȱ(seeȱBuena ȱVistaȱAvenueȱCorridorȱforȱdetails).ȱ

ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

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Alongȱ Hawthorneȱ Avenue,ȱ parkingȱ isȱ regulatedȱ byȱ alternateȱ sideȱ parkingȱ restrictionsȱ (fromȱ9:00ȱtoȱ11:00ȱAM).ȱThereȱareȱalsoȱ‘NoȱParkingȱAnytime’ȱprohibitionsȱonȱtheȱwestȱ curbȱbetweenȱKnowlesȱandȱHerriotȱStreets.ȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

Betweenȱ Valentineȱ Laneȱ andȱ Ludlowȱ Street,ȱ Hawthorneȱ Avenueȱ isȱ primarilyȱ singleȱ familyȱresidentialȱwithȱanȱelementaryȱschoolȱatȱBeechwoodȱTerrace,ȱandȱsomeȱmultipleȱ familyȱresidentialȱcloserȱtoȱLudlow.ȱȱNorthȱofȱLudlow,ȱHawthorneȱAvenueȱisȱprimarilyȱ multipleȱ familyȱ residentialȱ withȱ anotherȱ school,ȱ aȱ vacantȱ cityȬownedȱ lotȱ andȱ O’Boyleȱ Parkȱroundingȱoutȱitsȱlandȱuses.ȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x ConnectionȱtoȱO’BoyleȱParkȱ

x Relativelyȱlowȱtrafficȱvolumesȱandȱspeedsȱ

x Relativelyȱflatȱterrainȱ

x BeeȱLineȱBusȱRouteȱbetweenȱValentineȱLaneȱandȱHerriotȱStreetȱ

x OneȱblockȱfromȱotherȱbusȱroutesȱalongȱBroadwayȱ

x ConnectionȱtoȱLudlowȱMetroȱNorthȱstationȱatȱLudlowȱStreetȱ

Constraintsȱ

x Noȱsignificantȱviewsȱ

x TooȱfarȱeastȱforȱanyȱviewsȱofȱHudsonȱRiverȱ

x OtherȱthanȱO’BoyleȱParkȱnoȱdirectȱconnectionȱtoȱnaturalȱsettingsȱ

x TransitionȱtoȱBuenaȱVistaȱAvenueȱatȱVarkȱStreetȱcouldȱbeȱproblematicȱdueȱtoȱ increasedȱtrafficȱvolumesȱonȱBuenaȱVistaȱAvenueȱasȱaȱresultȱofȱtheȱAlexanderȱ Streetȱwaterfrontȱdevelopment.ȱ

x TheȱcorridorȱpassesȱthroughȱaȱshortȱindustrialȱstretchȱalongȱKnowlesȱStreet,ȱ whichȱisȱfrequentlyȱusedȱbyȱtrucks.ȱ

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DesignȱSolutionsȱ

ThroughoutȱtheȱlengthȱofȱthisȱcorridorȱbetweenȱValentineȱLaneȱandȱVarkȱStreetȱthereȱisȱ enoughȱ roomȱ toȱ placeȱ Classȱ 3ȱ sharedȱ laneȱ markings.ȱ Trafficȱ volumesȱ andȱ speedsȱ areȱ lowerȱalongȱthisȱcorridorȱthanȱonȱRiverdaleȱAvenue,ȱallowingȱforȱtheȱuseȱofȱaȱClassȱ3ȱ facilityȱ insteadȱ ofȱ somethingȱ moreȱ robust.ȱ Seeȱ Figureȱ Y_HCȬ1ȱ forȱ crossȱ sectionsȱ ofȱ HawthorneȱAvenueȱnearȱValentineȱAvenueȱandȱLudlowȱStreet.ȱSeeȱY_HCȬ2ȱforȱaȱcrossȱ sectionȱofȱHawthorneȱAvenueȱatȱO’BoyleȱPark.ȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Becauseȱtheȱdesignȱsolutionȱwillȱrequireȱonlyȱtheȱapplicationȱofȱthermoplasticȱpaintȱtoȱ theȱpavement,ȱconstructionȱimpactsȱwillȱbeȱminimalȱalongȱthisȱcorridor.ȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

ThermoplasticȱPaintȱandȱsigns:ȱ$14,000ȱ

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BUENAȱVISTAȱCORRIDORȱ

ValentineȱLaneȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

Valentineȱ Laneȱ isȱ aȱ quiet,ȱ lowȱ volumeȱ streetȱ andȱ providesȱ anȱ eastȬwestȱ connectionȱ betweenȱ Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ andȱ otherȱ northȬsouthȱ streetsȱ toȱ theȱ west,ȱ closerȱ toȱ theȱ water.ȱȱBetweenȱ Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ andȱ Hawthorne,ȱ Valentineȱ Laneȱ isȱ aȱ residentialȱ streetȱ withȱ oneȱ laneȱ ofȱ trafficȱ inȱ eachȱ directionȱ andȱ parkingȱ onȱ bothȱ sides.ȱȱWestȱ ofȱ Hawthorne,ȱ itȱ narrowsȱ toȱ oneȱ laneȱ ofȱ trafficȱ inȱ eachȱ directionȱ andȱ noȱ parkingȱ lane.ȱȱ ValentineȱLaneȱprovidesȱtheȱfirstȱopportunity,ȱuponȱenteringȱYonkersȱfromȱtheȱBronx,ȱ toȱconnectȱtoȱotherȱnorthȬsouthȱroutesȱinȱYonkers.ȱȱȱ

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ȱ Valentine Lane between Sunnyside and Hawthorne ȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

Adjacentȱ toȱ andȱ toȱ theȱ southȱ ofȱ Valentineȱ Laneȱ isȱ theȱ Leakeȱ &ȱ Wattsȱ socialȱ serviceȱ facility.ȱȱȱOtherȱ thanȱ thatȱ institutionalȱ use,ȱ Valentineȱ Laneȱ isȱ linedȱ withȱ singleȱ familyȱ homes.ȱȱȱ

SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

AlongȱValentineȱLane,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱareȱ125ȱtoȱ200ȱvphȱperȱdirectionȱduringȱtheȱAMȱ andȱPMȱpeakȱhours.ȱ

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ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

Alongȱ Valentineȱ Lane,ȱ betweenȱ Broadwayȱ andȱ Hawthorneȱ Avenue,ȱ parkingȱ isȱ regulatedȱbyȱalternateȱsideȱparkingȱprohibitionsȱoccurringȱbetweenȱ1:00ȱandȱ3:00ȱPM.ȱ BetweenȱHawthorneȱAvenueȱandȱSunnysideȱDrive,ȱparkingȱisȱprohibitedȱatȱallȱtimes.ȱ

Opportunitiesȱ x LargelyȱtreeȬlinedȱ x Primarilyȱresidentialȱ x Lowȱtrafficȱvolumesȱ x Ampleȱ10ȬfootȱsidewalksȱbetweenȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱandȱHawthorneȱ

x Providesȱ anȱ eastȬwestȱ connectionȱ fromȱ Riverdaleȱ Avenueȱ toȱ otherȱ northȬsouthȱ routesȱinȱYonkersȱfurtherȱwestȱ

x FirstȱopportunityȱtoȱdirectȱgreenwayȱusersȱtowardsȱtheȱriverȱuponȱenteringȱYonkersȱ

x BeeȱLineȱbusȱrouteȱalongȱValentineȱbetweenȱBroadwayȱandȱHawthorneȱAvenueȱ

Constraintsȱ

x NarrownessȱofȱrightȬofȬwayȱlimitsȱtheȱtypeȱofȱfacilityȱthatȱcanȱbeȱprovidedȱ

x AsȱValentineȱnarrowsȱbetweenȱHawthorneȱandȱSunnyside,ȱthereȱisȱnoȱsidewalkȱ andȱlittleȱroomȱtoȱprovideȱoneȱ

x Somewhatȱ ofȱ aȱ grade,ȱ butȱ lessȱ thanȱ otherȱ eastȬwestȱ segmentsȱ throughoutȱ theȱ studyȱareaȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

BetweenȱHawthorneȱandȱRiverdaleȱAvenue,ȱampleȱspaceȱisȱavailableȱonȱValentineȱLaneȱ toȱplaceȱaȱbicycleȱlaneȱbetweenȱtheȱtravelȱandȱparkingȱlanes.ȱȱȱȱȱ

BetweenȱHawthorneȱandȱSunnysideȱonȱValentineȱLaneȱaȱsharedȱlaneȱmarkingȱwouldȱbeȱ placedȱthreeȱfeetȱfromȱtheȱcurb.ȱȱȱ

SeeȱFigureȱY_BVCȬ1ȱforȱeachȱofȱtheȱaboveȱmentionedȱcrossȱsections.ȱ

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ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Installationȱ ofȱ bicycleȱ lanesȱ usingȱ thermoplasticȱ paintȱ willȱ resultȱ inȱ minimalȱ constructionȱimpacts.ȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

BicycleȱLane:ȱThermoplasticȱPaintȱandȱsignsȱ=ȱ$8,000ȱ

SharedȱLaneȱMarkings:ȱThermoplasticȱPaintȱandȱsignsȱ=ȱ$3,000ȱ

SunnysideȱDriveȱandȱBuenaȱVistaȱAvenueȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

Sunnysideȱ Driveȱ andȱ Buenaȱ Vistaȱ Avenueȱ bothȱ haveȱ aȱ singleȱ laneȱ ofȱ trafficȱ inȱ eachȱ directionȱ withȱ parkingȱ onȱ bothȱ sidesȱ ofȱ theȱ street.ȱȱSunnysideȱ isȱ aȱ quieterȱ treeȬlinedȱ streetȱ withȱlowȱ trafficȱ volumes.ȱȱBuenaȱ Vistaȱ isȱ closerȱ toȱ downtownȱ Yonkersȱandȱ hasȱ higherȱtrafficȱvolumes.ȱȱȱSidewalksȱexistȱalongȱbothȱBuenaȱVistaȱandȱSunnyside,ȱthoughȱ theȱ sidewalksȱ alongȱ Buenaȱ Vistaȱ areȱ inȱ disrepairȱ inȱ someȱ locationsȱ andȱ needȱ improvement.ȱȱ

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ȱ Sunnyside Drive between Valentine and Pier Street ȱ

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SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

TrafficȱvolumesȱonȱBuenaȱVistaȱStreetȱareȱapproximatelyȱ200ȱtoȱ400ȱvphȱperȱdirectionȱ northȱofȱProspectȱStreetȱandȱ100ȱtoȱ250ȱvphȱsouthȱofȱProspectȱStreetȱduringȱpeakȱhours.ȱȱ

UnderȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱMasterȱPlanȱEIS,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱonȱBuenaȱVistaȱAvenueȱareȱ projectedȱtoȱincreaseȱsubstantially.ȱȱNorthȱofȱProspectȱStreet,ȱvolumesȱareȱprojectedȱatȱ approximatelyȱ600ȱtoȱ850ȱvphȱperȱdirectionȱinȱtheȱAMȱpeakȱhourȱandȱ700ȱtoȱ800ȱvphȱperȱ directionȱ inȱ theȱ PMȱ peakȱ hour.ȱȱSouthȱ ofȱ Prospectȱ Street,ȱ volumesȱ areȱ projectedȱ atȱ approximatelyȱ 400ȱ vphȱ perȱ directionȱ inȱ theȱ AMȱ peakȱ hourȱ andȱ 350ȱ toȱ 550ȱ vphȱ perȱ directionȱinȱtheȱPMȱpeakȱhour.ȱ

ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

Parkingȱ alongȱ Sunnysideȱ Driveȱ isȱ regulatedȱ byȱ alternateȱ sideȱ parkingȱ restrictionsȱ atȱ variousȱ timesȱ ofȱ theȱ dayȱ (1:00ȱ toȱ 7:00ȱ AMȱ orȱ 1:00ȱ toȱ 3:00ȱ PM)ȱ exceptȱ forȱ theȱ sectionȱ betweenȱPierȱandȱLudlowȱStreetsȱwhereȱthereȱareȱ‘NoȱParkingȱAnytime’ȱprohibitions.ȱ AlongȱBuenaȱVistaȱAvenue,ȱparkingȱisȱalsoȱregulatedȱbyȱalternateȱsideȱparking.ȱAlso,ȱ oneȬhourȱ andȱ twoȬhourȱ parkingȱ metersȱ areȱ presentȱ onȱ Buenaȱ Vistaȱ Avenueȱ betweenȱ MainȱStreetȱandȱWellsȱAvenue.ȱȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

SingleȬfamilyȱhomesȱlineȱaȱquietȱandȱtreeȬlinedȱSunnysideȱDrive.ȱȱAȱvarietyȱofȱusesȱlineȱ BuenaȱVistaȱAvenueȱincludingȱprimarilyȱsingleȱandȱmultipleȬfamilyȱresidentialȱalongȱitsȱ southernȱsections,ȱandȱcommercialȱusesȱasȱBuenaȱVistaȱapproachesȱdowntownȱYonkers.ȱ

TheȱrouteȱpassesȱthroughȱO’BoyleȱPark.ȱȱSouthȱofȱO’BoyleȱParkȱisȱaȱcityȬownedȱvacantȱ propertyȱ thatȱ hasȱ beenȱ identifiedȱ forȱ redevelopmentȱ asȱ residentialȱ TODȱ inȱ closeȱ proximityȱtoȱtheȱLudlowȱMetroȱNorthȱStation.ȱȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x GlimpsesȱofȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱcanȱbeȱseenȱthroughoutȱtheȱlengthȱofȱthisȱcorridorȱ betweenȱhousesȱandȱotherȱstructuresȱȱȱ

x ViewsȱofȱwaterfrontȱindustrialȱusesȱandȱsignificantȱarchitectureȱsuchȱasȱtheȱSugarȱ Factoryȱ

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x OneȱBeeȱLineȱBusȱrouteȱalongȱBuenaȱVistaȱAvenueȱ

x AȱfewȱblocksȱfromȱmultipleȱbusȱroutesȱalongȱBroadwayȱ

x ConnectionȱtoȱLudlowȱMetroȱNorthȱstationȱatȱLudlowȱStreetȱ

x Connectionȱ toȱ Mainȱ Streetȱ whichȱ bringsȱ usersȱ toȱ theȱ waterfrontȱ Riverwalkȱ EsplanadeȱandȱtheȱYonkersȱMetroȱNorthȱstationȱ

x RouteȱcouldȱpassȱthroughȱorȱadjacentȱtoȱO’BoyleȱParkȱ

x RedevelopmentȱofȱvacantȱpropertyȱsouthȱofȱO’BoyleȱParkȱcouldȱincludeȱaȱmultiȬ useȱpathȱthroughȱitȱorȱalongȱitsȱedge.ȱ

Constraintsȱ

x SidewalksȱinȱdisrepairȱalongȱBuenaȱVistaȱAvenueȱ

x TheȱconnectionȱbetweenȱSunnysideȱandȱBuenaȱVistaȱAvenueȱmustȱpassȱthroughȱ aȱ shortȱ industrialȱ stretchȱ alongȱ Bridgeȱ andȱ Knowlesȱ Streets.ȱȱTheseȱ streetsȱ areȱ frequentlyȱusedȱbyȱtrucks.ȱ

x Routingȱ theȱ greenwayȱ throughȱ O’Boyleȱ Parkȱ andȱ theȱ vacantȱ propertyȱ immediatelyȱtoȱtheȱsouthȱofȱitȱwillȱrequireȱapprovalȱfromȱCityȱofȱYonkers.ȱȱȱ

x Trafficȱ volumesȱ areȱ projectedȱ toȱ increaseȱ substantiallyȱ withȱ theȱ constructionȱ ofȱ theȱAlexanderȱStreetȱwaterfrontȱdevelopment,ȱwhichȱmayȱreduceȱtheȱappealȱofȱ usingȱBuenaȱVistaȱAvenueȱnorthȱofȱProspectȱStreetȱasȱpartȱofȱtheȱgreenwayȱplan.ȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

ThroughoutȱtheȱlengthȱofȱthisȱcorridorȱbetweenȱValentineȱLaneȱandȱMainȱStreetȱthereȱisȱ enoughȱroomȱtoȱplaceȱClassȱ3ȱsharedȱlaneȱmarkings.ȱȱTrafficȱvolumesȱandȱspeedsȱareȱ lowerȱalongȱthisȱcorridorȱthanȱonȱRiverdaleȱAvenue,ȱallowingȱforȱtheȱuseȱofȱaȱClassȱ3ȱ facilityȱ insteadȱ ofȱ somethingȱ moreȱ robust.ȱȱSidewalksȱ inȱ disrepairȱ wouldȱ needȱ toȱ beȱ rebuilt.ȱSeeȱFiguresȱY_BVCȬ1ȱandȱY_BVCȬ2.ȱȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Becauseȱtheȱdesignȱsolutionȱwillȱrequireȱonlyȱtheȱapplicationȱofȱthermoplasticȱpaintȱtoȱ theȱpavement,ȱconstructionȱimpactsȱwillȱbeȱminimalȱalongȱthisȱcorridor.ȱ

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ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

SharedȱLaneȱMarkings:ȱThermoplasticȱPaintȱandȱsignsȱ=ȱ$15,000ȱ

BicycleȱLane:ȱThermoplasticȱPaintȱandȱsignsȱ=ȱ$17,000ȱ

Sidewalkȱrepairȱ=ȱ$800,000ȱ

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NORTHȱYONKERSȱCORRIDORȱ

Alexander/Ashburtonȱ

ȱExistingȱConditionsȱ

Alexanderȱ Streetȱ andȱ Ashburtonȱ Avenueȱ areȱ twoȬwayȱ collectorȱ streetsȱ withȱ onȬstreetȱ parkingȱonȱoneȱside.ȱBothȱstreetsȱhaveȱadequateȱsidewalksȱonȱbothȱsides,ȱbutȱnoȱbicycleȱ facilities.ȱȱAȱfairȱamountȱofȱtruckȱtrafficȱwasȱobservedȱexitingȱandȱenteringȱwaterfrontȱ industrialȱ facilities.ȱȱAshburtonȱ Avenueȱ slopesȱ upwardȱ fromȱ westȱ toȱ eastȱ asȱ itȱ passesȱ underȱtheȱHudsonȱLineȱrailroadȱtracks.ȱ

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ȱ AshburtonȱAvenueȱlookingȱeastȱȱ ȱ towardȱHudsonȱLineȱRailroadȱtracks.ȱȱȱ

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SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

Alongȱ Alexanderȱ Street,ȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ areȱ 50ȱ toȱ 150ȱ vehiclesȱ perȱ hourȱ perȱ directionȱ duringȱpeakȱhours.ȱȱ

Underȱ theȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ Masterȱ Planȱ EIS,ȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ onȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ atȱ AshburtonȱAvenueȱareȱprojectedȱtoȱincreaseȱtoȱ450ȱtoȱ550ȱvphȱperȱhourȱperȱdirectionȱ duringȱpeakȱhours.ȱ

ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

Alexanderȱ Street:ȱ 12ȱ Hr.ȱ parkingȱ 6ȱ AMȱȬȱ6ȱ PMȱ Mondayȱ throughȱ Saturdayȱ (partialȱ block);ȱ Noȱ parkingȱ exceptȱ policeȱ vehiclesȱ (partialȱ bock).ȱȱNoȱ parkingȱ onȱ portionȱ betweenȱWellsȱandȱAshburton.ȱȱȱ

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SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

InȱdowntownȱYonkers,ȱnearȱtheȱYonkersȱtrainȱstation,ȱlandȱuseȱincludedȱrecentlyȱbuiltȱ midȬriseȱ residentialȱ withȱ groundȱ floorȱ retailȱ inȱ aȱ traditionalȱ Transitȱ Orientedȱ Developmentȱ (TOD)ȱ style.ȱȱItȱ includesȱ aȱ waterfrontȱ esplanade,ȱ whichȱ isȱ partȱ ofȱ WestchesterȱCounty’sȱRiverWalk.ȱȱAlsoȱprovidesȱconnectionȱtoȱtheȱYonkersȱtrainȱstationȱ andȱaȱwaterȱtaxiȱthatȱprovidesȱserviceȱtoȱManhattan.ȱ

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ȱ Downtown Yonkers waterfront esplanade adjacent to mixed-use residential buildings ȱ

ȱLandȱ useȱ westȱ ofȱ theȱ Metroȱ Northȱ overpassȱ isȱ industrial,ȱ whileȱ landȱ useȱ eastȱ ofȱ theȱ tracksȱ isȱ predominatelyȱ industrialȱ andȱ commercial.ȱȱNorthȱ ofȱ Babcockȱ landȱ useȱ transitionsȱ toȱ singleȬȱandȱ multiȬfamilyȱresidential.ȱȱTheȱ AlexanderȱStreetȱ MasterȱPlan,ȱ whichȱ setsȱ aȱ frameworkȱ forȱ mixedȬuseȱ redevelopmentȱ ofȱ waterfront ȱ parcelsȱ betweenȱ Wellsȱ Avenueȱ andȱ theȱ currentȱ endȱ ofȱ Alexanderȱ Street,ȱ wasȱ approved.ȱȱTheȱ Cityȱ isȱ workingȱonȱzoningȱandȱdesignȱguidelinesȱtoȱimplementȱtheȱplan.ȱȱAȱguidingȱprincipleȱ ofȱtheȱmasterȱplanȱisȱtoȱincreaseȱpublicȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱwaterfront.ȱTheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱ siteȱwillȱincludeȱaȱpublicȱplaza,ȱparks,ȱgreenȱspacesȱandȱaȱwaterfrontȱesplanade.ȱȱTheȱ AlexanderȱStreetȱcorridorȱwillȱbeȱconnectedȱwithȱaȱcausewayȱalongsideȱtheȱrailȱlineȱtoȱ theȱJFKȱMarinaȱParkȱandȱTrevorȱParkȱthatȱisȱhomeȱofȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱMuseum.ȱ

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Opportunitiesȱ

DevelopmentȱPlansȱ

Currently,ȱ travelingȱ fromȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ toȱ JFKȱ Marinaȱ Parkȱ requiresȱ exitingȱ theȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ areaȱ (viaȱ Ashburtonȱ Avenueȱ orȱ Babcockȱ Place),ȱ travelingȱ northȱ onȱ Warburton,ȱ andȱ thenȱ westȱ onȱ JFKȱ Marinaȱ Drive.ȱȱTheȱ completedȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ MasterȱPlanȱincludesȱaȱproposalȱforȱanȱ“AlexanderȱStreetȱCauseway”ȱtoȱdirectlyȱconnectȱ AlexanderȱStreetȱtoȱJFKȱMarinaȱPark.ȱȱTheȱroadwayȱwouldȱconsistȱofȱoneȱ11’ȱtravelȱlaneȱ inȱeachȱdirectionȱwithȱnoȱparking.ȱȱAsȱpartȱofȱtheȱmasterȱplan,ȱAlexanderȱStreetȱwouldȱ alsoȱbeȱreconstructed.ȱȱAlexanderȱStreetȱwouldȱbeȱwidenedȱtoȱcontainȱoneȱ11’ȱtravelȱlaneȱ inȱeachȱdirection,ȱaȱlandscapedȱcenterȱmedianȱandȱaȱparkingȱlaneȱonȱeachȱsideȱofȱtheȱ street.ȱȱAshburtonȱ Avenueȱ andȱ Babcockȱ Placeȱ wouldȱ beȱ reconstructedȱ andȱ connectedȱ withȱaȱserviceȱroad,ȱwhichȱwouldȱestablishȱaȱ“GatewayȱArea”ȱtoȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱ site.ȱȱȱ

AccordingȱtoȱtheȱMasterȱPlan,ȱtheȱroadwayȱlayoutȱalignsȱnewȱstreetsȱwithȱtheȱexistingȱ streetȱgridȱ toȱtheȱeastȱ ofȱtheȱredevelopmentȱarea,ȱensuringȱthatȱ newȱbuildingsȱdoȱnotȱ blockȱ viewsȱ alongȱ theseȱ corridors.ȱ Buildingȱ heightsȱ wereȱ definedȱ onȱ theȱ basisȱ ofȱ minimizingȱ theȱ effectȱ ofȱ theȱ buildingȱ massȱ andȱ heightȱ onȱ uplandȱ viewsȱ towardȱ theȱ Hudson.ȱȱAlsoȱ includedȱ asȱ partȱ ofȱ theȱ Masterȱ Plan,ȱ isȱ anȱ Urbanȱ Renewalȱ Planȱ andȱ aȱ BrownfieldsȱOpportunityȱAreaȱ(BOA)ȱPlan.ȱȱTheȱcityȱofȱYonkersȱisȱalsoȱworkingȱwithȱanȱ urbanȱdesignȱfirmȱtoȱdevelopȱaȱ“patternȱbook”ȱofȱconsistentȱurbanȱdesignȱelementsȱforȱ theȱdevelopment.ȱȱ ȱ Inȱaddition,ȱnewȱshorelineȱopenȱspaceȱinȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱareaȱwillȱbeȱcontiguousȱ withȱ theȱ Yonkersȱ waterfrontȱ esplanadeȱ toȱ theȱ immediateȱ southȱ ofȱ theȱ redevelopmentȱ area.ȱȱ

Outstandingȱ viewpointsȱ fromȱ theȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ areaȱ includeȱ vantagesȱ fromȱ Habirshawȱ Parkȱ (atȱ theȱ Bezackȱ Environmentalȱ Educationȱ Center),ȱ theȱ Glenwoodȱ andȱ Yonkersȱrailroadȱplatforms,ȱandȱJFKȱMarinaȱPark.ȱ

x Alexanderȱ Streetȱ providesȱ aȱ connectionȱ toȱ Downtownȱ Yonkers,ȱ theȱ Bezackȱ Environmentalȱ Educationȱ Center,ȱ Yonkersȱ Canoeȱ Club,ȱ theȱ Northȱ Yonkersȱ PumpȱStation,ȱYonkersȱCityȱJailȱandȱtheȱGreystonȱBakery.ȱ

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x WithinȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱarea,ȱHabirshawȱParkȱandȱJFKȱMarinaȱParkȱprovideȱ directȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱHudsonȱRiver.ȱȱȱ

x Alexanderȱ Streetȱ providesȱ aȱ connectionȱ toȱ theȱ Yonkersȱ trainȱ station.ȱȱWhenȱ complete,ȱaȱrouteȱthroughȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱUrbanȱRenewalȱAreaȱwouldȱalsoȱ connectȱ toȱ theȱ Glenwoodȱ trainȱ station.ȱȱNoȱ BeeȬ Lineȱ busȱ routesȱ runȱ alongȱ AlexanderȱStreetȱorȱAshburtonȱAvenue.ȱ

Theȱ planȱ belowȱ isȱ takenȱ fromȱ theȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ Masterȱ Planȱ andȱ callsȱ outȱ keyȱ featuresȱofȱtheȱproposedȱdevelopment.ȱ

Constraintsȱ

x Ashburtonȱ Avenueȱ hasȱ aȱ moderatelyȱ steepȱ slopeȱ fromȱ westȱ toȱ eastȱ betweenȱ Warburtonȱ Avenueȱ andȱ Alexanderȱ Street.ȱȱTheȱ majorityȱ ofȱ greenwayȱ usersȱ shouldȱbeȱableȱtoȱhandleȱthisȱmoderateȱslope.ȱ

x Ashburtonȱ Avenueȱ passesȱ underȱ MetroȬNorth’sȱ Hudsonȱ Line.ȱȱThisȱ configurationȱpartiallyȱobstructsȱtheȱviewȱcorridorȱandȱmayȱpresentȱchallengesȱ forȱroadwayȱimprovements.ȱȱȱ

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x Asȱ describedȱ inȱ theȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ Urbanȱ Renewalȱ Plan,ȱ completedȱ inȱ Novemberȱ 2008,ȱ potentialȱ impedimentsȱ toȱ developingȱ theȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ Corridorȱ areȱ theȱ multiplicityȱ ofȱ ownershipȱ andȱ theȱ largeȱ numberȱ ofȱ smallȱ orȱ irregularlyȱshapedȱparcels.ȱ

x AshburtonȱAvenueȱprovidesȱaccessȱtoȱmajorȱhighwaysȱeastȱofȱAlexanderȱStreetȱ (Sawȱ Millȱ Riverȱ Parkwayȱ andȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ 9A).ȱȱInȱ additionȱ moderatelyȱ steepȱ hills,ȱ narrowȱ rightsȬofȬway,ȱ sharpȱ turnsȱ andȱ considerableȱ truckȱ trafficȱ presentȱ safetyȱconcernsȱforȱimplementingȱaȱgreenwayȱfacility.ȱ ȱ x Manyȱ sitesȱ inȱ theȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ Urbanȱ Renewalȱ Areaȱ areȱ likelyȱ toȱ haveȱ petroleumȱrelatedȱcontaminationȱfromȱaboveȱorȱundergroundȱstorageȱtanksȱorȱ currentȱsurfaceȱpetroleumȱuses.ȱManyȱofȱtheȱsitesȱareȱcurrentlyȱutilizedȱasȱtruck,ȱ bus,ȱandȱotherȱvehicleȱfleetȱlots.ȱ ȱ

x Trafficȱ volumesȱ areȱ projectedȱ toȱ increaseȱ substantiallyȱ withȱ theȱ constructionȱ ofȱ theȱAlexanderȱStreetȱwaterfrontȱdevelopment.ȱ ȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

AlexanderȱStreetȱ

AlexanderȱStreetȱisȱ30’ȱwideȱwithȱoneȱtravelȱlaneȱinȱeachȱdirectionȱandȱonȬstreetȱparkingȱ locatedȱonȱtheȱeastȱside.ȱȱSidewalksȱareȱlocatedȱonȱbothȱsidesȱofȱtheȱroadway.ȱȱSharedȬ laneȱmarkingsȱareȱproposedȱinȱbothȱdirectionsȱonȱtheȱroadway.ȱȱEvenȱthoughȱAlexanderȱ Streetȱ experiencesȱ limitedȱ trafficȱ volumes,ȱ theȱ presenceȱ ofȱ trucksȱ andȱ constructionȱ vehiclesȱnecessitatesȱatȱleastȱ11’ȱwideȱsharedȱtravelȱlanes.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱY_NYCȬ1.ȱȱȱ

AshburtonȱAvenueȱ

AshburtonȱAvenueȱisȱ30.5’ȱwide,ȱwithȱaȱtravelȱlaneȱinȱeachȱdirectionȱandȱparkingȱonȱtheȱ southȱ side.ȱȱTheȱ dimensionsȱ ofȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ narrowȱ slightlyȱ eastȱ ofȱ theȱ railroadȱ overpass.ȱ SharedȬlaneȱ markingsȱ areȱ proposedȱ onȱ bothȱ sidesȱ ofȱ theȱ street.ȱ Seeȱ Figureȱ Y_NYCȬ1.ȱ

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ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Implementingȱ theȱ proposedȱ designȱ solutionsȱ willȱ notȱ haveȱ aȱ significantȱ impactȱ onȱ viewsȱorȱtrafficȱoperationsȱinȱtheȱarea.ȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

SharedȱLaneȱmarkingsȱalongȱAshburtonȱAvenueȱandȱAlexanderȱStreet:ȱThermoplasticȱ paintȱandȱsignsȱ=ȱ$13,000ȱ

WoodworthȱAvenue/RavineȱAvenue,ȱLamartineȱAvenueȱȱ

ȱExistingȱConditionsȱ

TheseȱresidentialȱstreetsȱareȱusedȱtoȱconnectȱNorthȱYonkersȱCorridorȱtoȱtheȱOldȱCrotonȱ Aqueductȱ (OCA)ȱ Trailȱ accessȱ points.ȱȱȱWoodworthȱ Avenueȱ isȱ theȱ northȬsouthȱ connectionȱfromȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱareaȱtoȱTrevorȱPark.ȱȱNorthȱofȱLamartineȱAvenue,ȱ Woodworthȱ Avenueȱ isȱ oneȬwayȱ northbound.ȱȱRavineȱ Avenue,ȱ whichȱ runsȱ parallelȱ toȱ Woodworth,ȱ isȱ oneȬwayȱ southbound.ȱȱTheȱ twoȱ formȱ aȱ oneȬwayȱ coupletȱ forȱ theȱ proposedȱcorridor.ȱȱLamartineȱAvenueȱisȱanȱeastȬwestȱconnectionȱtoȱtheȱOCAȱTrailȱfromȱ WoodworthȱAvenue.ȱȱȱȱ

SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

TrafficȱvolumesȱalongȱtheȱoneȬwayȱcoupletȱofȱRavineȱandȱWoodworthȱAvenuesȱareȱ50ȱ toȱ125ȱvehiclesȱperȱhourȱ(vph)ȱperȱdirectionȱduringȱpeakȱhours.ȱ

UnderȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱMasterȱPlanȱEIS,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱonȱRavineȱandȱWoodworthȱ Avenuesȱareȱexpectedȱtoȱremainȱsimilarȱtoȱexistingȱvolumes.ȱ

ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

AlternateȱsideȱparkingȱonȱLamartineȱAvenue,ȱRavineȱAvenueȱandȱWoodworthȱAvenueȱ (exceptȱbetweenȱBabcockȱPlaceȱandȱPointȱStreet).ȱȱȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

Landȱ useȱ isȱ predominatelyȱ singleȱ andȱ multiȬfamilyȱ residentialȱ alongȱ Ravineȱ Avenue,ȱ WoodworthȱAvenueȱandȱLamartineȱAvenue.ȱ

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Opportunitiesȱ

x DueȱtoȱtheȱelevationȱofȱthisȱneighborhoodȱaboveȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱareaȱtoȱtheȱ west,ȱthisȱcorridorȱhasȱlong,ȱunobstructedȱviewsȱofȱtheȱPalisadesȱandȱtheȱHudsonȱ River.ȱȱȱ

x WoodworthȱAvenueȱandȱRavineȱAvenueȱprovideȱaccessȱtoȱTrevorȱPark,ȱandȱareȱ theȱ mainȱ northȬsouthȱ connectorsȱ fromȱ downtownȱ Yonkersȱ toȱ entranceȱ pointsȱ alongȱ theȱ OCAȱ Trail.ȱ Shonnardȱ Terrace,ȱ justȱ eastȱ ofȱ Trevorȱ Parkȱ parkingȱ lot,ȱ providesȱaȱconnectionȱtoȱtheȱOCA.ȱȱLamartineȱAvenueȱalsoȱconnectsȱtoȱtheȱOCA;ȱ thisȱisȱtheȱsouthernȬmostȱaccessȱpointȱwhichȱisȱbeingȱrecommendedȱinȱthisȱstudy.ȱȱȱ

x TheȱHudsonȱRiverȱMuseumȱisȱlocatedȱatȱtheȱnorthernȱendȱofȱTrevorȱPark.ȱ

x TheȱGlenwoodȱMetroȱNorthȱstationȱcanȱbeȱaccessedȱviaȱGlenwoodȱAvenueȱnearȱ theȱentranceȱtoȱTrevorȱPark.ȱ

Constraintsȱ

x Theȱneighborhoodȱhasȱsomeȱvacantȱandȱunderutilizedȱlots.ȱȱȱ

x Sidewalksȱ onȱ Ravineȱ Avenueȱ andȱ Woodworthȱ Avenueȱ areȱ unevenȱ andȱ inȱ poorȱ conditionȱȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

WoodworthȱAvenueȱ

Woodworthȱ Avenueȱ isȱ currentlyȱ 24’ȱ wide.ȱȱSouthȱ ofȱ Lamartineȱ Avenue,ȱ Woodworthȱ Avenueȱhasȱoneȱtravelȱlaneȱinȱeachȱdirectionȱandȱparkingȱonȱtheȱeastȱsideȱofȱtheȱstreet.ȱ NorthȱofȱLamartineȱAvenue,ȱWoodworthȱAvenueȱisȱoneȬwayȱnorthboundȱwithȱparkingȱ onȱbothȱsidesȱofȱtheȱstreet.ȱȱOnȬstreetȱparkingȱwouldȱhaveȱtoȱbeȱremovedȱonȱoneȱsideȱofȱ theȱstreetȱtoȱsafelyȱimplementȱaȱClassȱ2ȱbicycleȱfacility.ȱȱHowever,ȱremovalȱofȱparkingȱisȱ notȱ feasibleȱ dueȱ toȱ strongȱ communityȱ opposition.ȱȱTherefore,ȱ aȱ Classȱ 3ȱ sharedȱ laneȱ markingȱwouldȱbeȱinstalled.ȱInȱaddition,ȱsidewalkȱfacilitiesȱonȱbothȱsidesȱofȱroadwayȱ areȱ inȱ poorȱ conditionȱ andȱ needȱ toȱ beȱ upgradedȱ forȱ pedestrianȱ safetyȱ andȱ ADAȱ compliance.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱY_NYCȬ1.ȱ

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RavineȱAvenueȱ

Ravineȱ Avenueȱ isȱ 30’ȱ wide,ȱ withȱ oneȱ travelȱ laneȱ inȱ theȱ southboundȱ directionȱ andȱ residentialȱ parkingȱ onȱ bothȱ sidesȱ ofȱ theȱ street.ȱȱAȱ 5’ȱ protectedȱ bikeȱ laneȱ isȱ proposedȱ betweenȱ theȱ westȱ parkingȱ laneȱ andȱ theȱ travelȱ lane.ȱȱTheȱ eastȱ parkingȱ laneȱ shouldȱ beȱ narrowedȱtoȱ7’.ȱVolumesȱandȱspeedsȱareȱlowȱenoughȱtoȱcomfortablyȱfitȱaȱstripedȱ(Classȱ 2)ȱbikeȱlaneȱwithoutȱremovingȱparking.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱY_NYCȬ2.ȱȱȱ

StripingȱbikeȱlanesȱonȱthisȱtwoȬwayȱroadwayȱpairȱwillȱnotȱcauseȱanyȱsignificantȱimpactsȱ toȱviewȱcorridorsȱorȱtrafficȱoperations.ȱȱȱ

LowȱtrafficȱvolumesȱonȱWoodworthȱandȱRavineȱallowȱforȱtheȱuseȱofȱaȱClassȱ3ȱfacility.ȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Stripingȱtheseȱstreetsȱwithȱthermoplasticȱpaintȱwillȱhaveȱminimalȱconstructionȱimpacts.ȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

BicycleȱLanesȱalongȱWoodworthȱandȱRavineȱAvenues:ȱThermoplasticȱpaintȱandȱsignsȱ=ȱ $32,000ȱȱ

TrevorȱPark/ȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱ/ȱConnectionsȱtoȱOCAȱȱ

ExistingȱConditionsȱ

Theȱ greenwayȱ routeȱ willȱ enterȱ Trevorȱ Parkȱ fromȱ theȱ waterfrontȱ routeȱ and/orȱ theȱ Woodworth/Ravineȱ oneȬwayȱ couplet.ȱȱTheȱ pathȱ willȱ useȱ existingȱ pavedȱ parkȱ pathsȱ leadingȱ toȱ Warburtonȱ Avenue.ȱȱFromȱ Warburtonȱ Avenue,ȱ theȱ OCAȱ Trailȱ canȱ beȱ accessedȱatȱfourȱpossibleȱlocationsȱlistedȱbelowȱfromȱsouthȱtoȱnorth:ȱ

SeeȱphotosȱonȱtheȱfollowingȱpageȱofȱeachȱOCAȱaccessȱpoint.ȱ

x WickerȱStreet;ȱThisȱentranceȱisȱsouthȱofȱTrevorȱParkȱandȱwouldȱbeȱaccessedȱfromȱ WoodworthȱStreet.ȱȱTheȱRavineȱAreaȱMasterȱPlanȱrecommendsȱcreationȱofȱaȱparkȱ atȱWickerȱandȱWarburtonȱtoȱcreateȱaȱgatewayȱtoȱtheȱOCAȱTrail.ȱ

x Shonnardȱ Terrace:ȱ thisȱ isȱ theȱ firstȱ entryȱ pointȱ toȱ theȱ OCAȱ Trailȱ uponȱ exitingȱ TrevorȱPark.ȱȱThisȱentryȱpointȱhasȱtheȱshallowestȱslopeȱfromȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱ ofȱtheȱfourȱentryȱpoints.ȱȱItȱisȱalsoȱclosestȱtoȱTrevorȱParkȱȱȱȱȱ

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x Arthurȱ Street:ȱ theȱ nextȱ entryȱ pointȱ toȱ theȱ OCAȱ Trail,ȱ Arthurȱ Streetȱ hasȱ ratherȱ steepȱslopesȱfromȱWarburtonȱAvenue.ȱȱȱȱ

x Untermyerȱ Parkȱ unusedȱ path:ȱ aȱ wroughtȱ ironȱ gateȱ alongȱ Warburtonȱ Avenueȱ marksȱtheȱlocationȱofȱaȱpathȱthatȱleadsȱthroughȱUntermyerȱParkȱtoȱtheȱOCAȱTrail.ȱȱ Thisȱpathȱisȱovergrown,ȱnotȱmaintainedȱandȱnotȱclearlyȱvisibleȱorȱmarked.ȱ

x OdellȱAvenue:ȱthisȱentryȱtoȱtheȱOCAȱTrailȱisȱtheȱfurthestȱnorthȱinȱYonkers.ȱȱTheȱ slopeȱtoȱitȱfromȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱisȱextremelyȱsteep,ȱandȱisȱtheȱfurthestȱofȱtheȱ fourȱentryȱpointsȱfromȱWarburtonȱAvenue.ȱȱȱ

SeeȱFiguresȱ Y_NYCȬ2ȱ andȱ Y_NYCȬe3ȱ forȱ th ȱ locationȱ ofȱ theseȱ connectionsȱ toȱ theȱ OCAȱ Trail.ȱ

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ȱ Entrance to OCA Trail Entrance to OCA Trail at Shonnard Terrace at Arthur Street ȱ

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ȱ Wrought Iron Gate at Entrance to Entrance to OCA Trail Untermyer Park path connecting to at Odell Avenue ȱ OCA Trail

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Warburtonȱ Avenueȱ betweenȱ Trevorȱ andȱ Otisȱ parksȱ isȱ oneȱ laneȱ ofȱ trafficȱ inȱ eachȱ directionȱwithȱparkingȱonȱeachȱside.ȱȱThisȱsectionȱhasȱsidewalksȱonȱbothȱsides.ȱȱNorthȱofȱ Otisȱ Parkȱ Warburtonȱ Avenueȱ isȱ alsoȱ oneȱ laneȱ ofȱ trafficȱ inȱ eachȱ directionȱ butȱ withȱ parkingȱandȱaȱsidewalkȱonȱonlyȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱtheȱstreet.ȱȱAsȱpartȱofȱCityȱofȱYonkersȱ Northȱ Hudsonȱ Promenadeȱ theȱ westernȱ sidewalkȱ ofȱ Warburtonȱ Avenueȱ wasȱ recentlyȱ rebuiltȱwithȱviewingȱareas,ȱbenchesȱandȱtraditionalȱstreetȱlights.ȱȱTheȱOCAȱTrail,ȱwhichȱ runsȱtoȱtheȱeastȱofȱandȱparallelȱtoȱWarburtonȱAvenue,ȱisȱnotȱpavedȱandȱhasȱaȱvarietyȱofȱ packedȱsurfaces,ȱincludingȱdirtȱandȱgrass.ȱȱȱȱ

SummaryȱofȱTrafficȱVolumesȱ

Warburtonȱ Avenueȱ hasȱ trafficȱ volumesȱ thatȱ rangeȱ fromȱ 200ȱ toȱ 300ȱ vphȱ inȱ theȱ northboundȱdirectionȱduringȱtheȱAMȱpeakȱhourȱandȱ275ȱtoȱ400ȱvphȱduringȱtheȱPMȱpeakȱ hour.ȱInȱtheȱsouthboundȱdirection,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱareȱ275ȱtoȱ400ȱvphȱduringȱAMȱandȱ PMȱpeakȱhours.ȱ

UnderȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱMasterȱPlanȱEIS,ȱtrafficȱvolumesȱonȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱareȱ projectedȱtoȱincreaseȱtoȱapproximatelyȱ550ȱtoȱ800ȱvphȱinȱeachȱdirectionȱinȱtheȱAMȱpeakȱ hour,ȱandȱtoȱ750ȱtoȱ950ȱvphȱinȱeachȱdirectionȱinȱtheȱPMȱpeakȱhour.ȱ ȱ

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ParkingȱRegulationsȱ

ParkingȱalongȱtheȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱcorridorȱvaries.ȱBetweenȱJFKȱMemorialȱDriveȱandȱ Arthurȱ Street,ȱ parkingȱ isȱ regulatedȱ byȱ alternateȱ sideȱ parkingȱ prohibitionsȱ occurringȱ betweenȱ1:00ȱandȱ3:00ȱPM.ȱParkingȱisȱprohibitedȱatȱallȱtimesȱbetweenȱArthurȱStreetȱandȱ theȱMTAȱMetroȬNorthȱRailroadȱGreystoneȱStation.ȱ

SurroundingȱLandȱUseȱ

Openȱ space,ȱ includingȱ Trevor,ȱ Otisȱ andȱ Untermyerȱ parksȱ lineȱ Warburtonȱ Avenue.ȱȱ ThereȱareȱsomeȱsingleȱfamilyȱhomesȱnorthȱofȱTrevorȱPark.ȱȱTheȱHudsonȱRiverȱMuseumȱ isȱwithinȱTrevorȱPark,ȱandȱaȱhighȱschoolȱisȱlocatedȱjustȱtoȱtheȱnorth.ȱȱTheȱOCAȱTrailȱisȱ alsoȱsurroundedȱbyȱopenȱspace,ȱwithȱtheȱpropertyȱofȱsomeȱsingleȱfamilyȱhomesȱcomingȱ quiteȱnearȱtheȱtrailȱinȱsomeȱlocations.ȱȱȱȱȱ

Opportunitiesȱ

x WarburtonȱAvenueȱprovidesȱglimpsesȱbetweenȱtreesȱandȱotherȱvegetationȱofȱtheȱ HudsonȱRiver.ȱ

x TheȱYonkersȱNorthȱHudsonȱPromenadeȱhasȱbeenȱdevelopedȱalongȱtheȱwestȱsideȱ ofȱ Warburtonȱ Avenueȱ providingȱ pedestriansȱ withȱ anȱ ampleȱ sidewalkȱ andȱ viewingȱareasȱwithȱseating.ȱ

x Theȱ OCAȱ Trailȱ providesȱ fewerȱ opportunitiesȱ toȱ viewȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ River,ȱ butȱ itȱ providesȱaȱquiet,ȱtrafficȱfreeȱgreenwayȱexperienceȱ

x AbundantȱopenȱspaceȱalongȱbothȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱandȱtheȱOCAȱTrailȱprovideȱ usersȱwithȱaccessȱtoȱnatureȱandȱaȱgreenwayȱexperience.ȱ

x Providesȱ accessȱ toȱ keyȱ destinationsȱ suchȱ asȱ Untermyerȱ Parkȱ andȱ theȱ Grecianȱ Gardens,ȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱMuseum.ȱ

x ThreeȱBeeȱLineȱbusȱroutesȱrunȱalongȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱ

x Fourȱ locationsȱ alongȱ thisȱ corridorȱ byȱ whichȱ theȱ OCAȱ Trailȱ canȱ beȱ accessed:ȱ ShonnardȱTerrace,ȱArthurȱStreet,ȱaȱwroughtȱironȱgateȱtoȱUntermyerȱParkȱandȱatȱ OdellȱAvenue..ȱ

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x TheȱGreystoneȱMetroȱNorthȱStationȱisȱaccessedȱfromȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱandȱisȱ theȱonlyȱstationȱinȱtheȱprojectȱstudyȱareaȱthatȱcurrentlyȱprovidesȱbicycleȱparkingȱ forȱcommuters.ȱȱ

Constraintsȱ

x Connectionsȱ toȱ theȱ OCAȱ Trailȱ fromȱ Warburtonȱ Avenueȱ viaȱ Odellȱ andȱ Arthurȱ Streetsȱhaveȱveryȱsteepȱgradeȱchanges.ȱ

x Accessȱ toȱ theȱ OCAȱ Trailȱ throughȱ Untermyerȱ Parkȱ willȱ requireȱ substantialȱ improvementsȱtoȱtheȱexistingȱpathȱ

x TrafficȱalongȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱcanȱbeȱhigherȱspeedȱ

x Trafficȱ volumesȱ areȱ projectedȱ toȱ increaseȱ substantiallyȱ withȱ theȱ constructionȱ ofȱ theȱAlexanderȱStreetȱwaterfrontȱdevelopment.ȱ

DesignȱSolutionsȱ

AlongȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱthereȱisȱenoughȱroomȱtoȱplaceȱClassȱ3ȱsharedȱlaneȱmarkings.ȱȱ Seeȱ Figureȱ Y_NYCȬ3.ȱȱTheseȱ laneȱ markingsȱ canȱ alsoȱ beȱ placedȱ onȱ theȱ threeȱ onȬstreetȱ accessȱpointsȱtoȱtheȱOCAȱTrail:ȱShonnardȱTerrace,ȱArthurȱStreetȱandȱOdellȱAvenue.ȱIfȱ theȱUntermyerȱParkȱpathȱwereȱchosenȱasȱtheȱpreferredȱentryȱpointȱtoȱtheȱOCAȱTrailȱtheȱ pathȱ wouldȱ needȱ toȱ beȱ upgraded,ȱ andȱ anȱ appropriateȱ ridingȱ andȱ walkingȱ surfaceȱ provided.ȱȱHigherȱtrafficȱvolumesȱalongȱWarburtonȱcouldȱmakeȱaȱClassȱ3ȱfacilityȱalongȱ thisȱcorridorȱlessȱdesirable.ȱȱ

ConstructionȱImpactsȱ

Ifȱ theȱ greenwayȱ isȱ routedȱ alongȱ Warburtonȱ Avenue,ȱ theȱ designȱ solutionȱ willȱ requireȱ onlyȱ theȱ applicationȱ ofȱ thermoplasticȱ painteȱ toȱ th ȱ pavement.ȱȱTherefore,ȱ constructionȱ impactsȱwillȱbeȱminimalȱalongȱthisȱcorridor.ȱȱIfȱtheȱUntermyerȱParkȱpathȱisȱimproved,ȱ theȱnaturalȱenvironmentȱwillȱbeȱdisruptedȱinȱtheȱparkȱduringȱconstruction.ȱ

ConstructionȱCostȱEstimateȱ

WarburtonȱAvenue:ȱThermoplasticȱPaintȱandȱsigns:ȱ$21,000ȱ

StabilizedȱStoneȱScreenings:ȱ$70,000ȱ

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WATERFRONTȱALIGNMENTȱ ȱ Thisȱ sectionȱ describesȱ aȱ HRVGLȱ alignmentȱ thatȱ followsȱ theȱ shorelineȱ ofȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ RiverȱasȱcloselyȱasȱpossibleȱfromȱtheȱnorthernȱendȱofȱManhattanȱthroughȱtheȱBronxȱtoȱ northernȱ Yonkers.ȱȱThisȱ alignmentȱ createsȱ aȱ continuousȱ pathȱ theȱ lengthȱ ofȱ theȱ studyȱ area,ȱ orȱ someȱ sectionsȱ ofȱ thisȱ alignmentȱ couldȱ beȱ combinedȱ withȱ otherȱ alignmentȱ optionsȱtoȱcreateȱaȱcontinuousȱpath.ȱ ȱ Thereȱ areȱ severalȱ benefitsȱ ofȱ aȱ continuousȱ alignmentȱ alongȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ waterfront.ȱȱMostȱimportantly,ȱtheȱWaterfrontȱAlignmentȱprovidesȱdirectȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱ HudsonȱRiverȱitself,ȱprovidingȱaȱcontinuousȱviewȱofȱtheȱriver,ȱtheȱGeorgeȱWashingtonȱ Bridge,ȱ andȱ theȱ Newȱ Jerseyȱ Palisades.ȱȱItȱ providesȱ aȱ routeȱ withȱ minimalȱ elevationȱ change,ȱandȱaȱseparationȱfromȱvehicularȱtraffic,ȱwhichȱhelpsȱtoȱaccommodateȱaȱrangeȱofȱ skillȱlevels.ȱȱȱ ȱ Theȱ descriptionȱ ofȱ theȱ alignmentȱ andȱ possibleȱ designȱ optionsȱ isȱ dividedȱ intoȱ fourȱ sectionsȱfromȱsouthȱtoȱnorth:ȱManhattan,ȱtheȱHarlemȱRiverȱCrossings,ȱtheȱBronx,ȱandȱ Yonkers.ȱ ȱ ManhattanȱSectionȱ ȱ ExistingȱConditionsȱ ȱȱ TheȱwaterfrontȱalignmentȱbeginsȱatȱtheȱexistingȱnorthernȱterminusȱofȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱ Greenway.ȱȱTheȱHudsonȱRiverȱGreenwayȱrunsȱthroughȱManhattanȱalongȱtheȱHudsonȱ Riverȱ andȱ itsȱ terminusȱ isȱ currentlyȱ locatedȱ atȱ theȱ intersectionȱ ofȱ Dyckmanȱ andȱ Staffȱ Streets.ȱȱNYCDPRȱ isȱ developingȱ plansȱ toȱ relocateȱ theȱ terminusȱ byȱ bringingȱ itȱ toȱ Dyckmanȱ Streetȱ viaȱ aȱ newȱ rampȱ thatȱ willȱ beȱ constructedȱ adjacentȱ toȱ theȱ abandonedȱ railroadȱbuildingȱonȱDyckmanȱStreetȱbetweenȱtheȱnorthȬȱandȱsouthboundȱlanesȱofȱtheȱ HenryȱHudsonȱParkway.ȱȱThis plan is illustrated below. It will bring a ramp from the existing path adjacent to the northbound Henry Hudson Parkway to Dyckman Street.

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A second greenway route has been proposed by DPR along the waterfront west of the railroad tracks. The status of this route is described below by DPR.

“TheȱNewȱYorkȱCityȱDepartmentȱofȱParksȱandȱRecreationȱ(atȱtheȱtimeȱofȱthisȱprinting)ȱ hasȱdesignsȱforȱtheȱ“LighthouseȱLink”ȱproject.ȱTheȱLighthouseȱlinkȱprojectȱisȱmeantȱtoȱ extendȱtheȱexistingȱwaterfrontȱGreenwayȱalongȱtheȱHudsonȱRiver,ȱpastȱitsȱcurrentȱturnȱ offȱnearȱtheȱGeorgeȱWashingtonȱBridge,ȱallȱtheȱwayȱtoȱDyckmanȱStreet.ȱConstructionȱofȱ theȱ firstȱ phaseȱ ofȱ thisȱ projectȱ isȱ scheduledȱ toȱ beginȱ inȱ 2011.ȱȱ Theȱ routeȱ willȱ headȱ southwardȱ fromȱ Dyckmanȱ Streetȱ towardsȱ theȱ bridgeȱ andȱ stopȱ atȱ aboutȱ theȱ oneȱ mileȱ markȱwhereȱtheȱwaterlineȱdiminishesȱtheȱusableȱrightȱofȱway.ȱȱȱTheȱParksȱDepartmentȱ hopesȱtoȱcontinueȱtheȱpathȱsouthwardȱtoȱtheȱbridge,ȱinȱtheȱfuture.”ȱ ȱ Fromȱ here,ȱ theȱ alignmentȱ wouldȱ followȱ Dyckmanȱ Streetȱ underȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ ParkwayȱandȱWestȱSideȱRailȱLineȱtoȱenterȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱInwoodȱHillȱParkȱbetweenȱ theȱ railroadȱ andȱ theȱ river.ȱȱTheȱ alignmentȱ wouldȱ turnȱ northȱ usingȱ existingȱ multiȬuseȱ pathsȱwithinȱthisȱsectionȱofȱtheȱpark.ȱȱTheseȱexistingȱpathsȱareȱpavedȱandȱareȱdirectlyȱ

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adjacentȱtoȱtheȱHudsonȱRiver,ȱasȱseenȱinȱtheȱphotoȱbelow.ȱȱSeeȱalsoȱFigureȱWCȬ1ȱforȱtheȱ locationȱofȱtheȱwaterfrontȱpath.ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Waterfront Path adjacent to the ȱ Hudson River in Inwood Hill Park ȱ ȱ ȱAtȱtheȱnorthernȱendȱofȱthisȱsectionȱofȱInwoodȱHillȱParkȱtheȱpathȱcrossesȱtheȱWestȱSideȱ RailȱLineȱviaȱaȱpedestrianȱbridge.ȱȱTheȱbridgeȱhasȱstairsȱleadingȱtoȱitȱandȱcyclistsȱmustȱ dismountȱandȱcarryȱbicycles.ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Stairs leading to bridge over tracks ȱ in Inwood Hill Park ȱ ȱ TheȱpathȱthenȱentersȱtheȱmainȱportionȱofȱInwoodȱHillȱParkȱwhereȱitȱusesȱparkȱpathsȱtoȱ accessȱ aȱ pedestrianȱ walkwayȱ overȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridge.ȱȱTheȱ walkwayȱ wasȱ

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reopenedȱinȱSpringȱofȱ2010,ȱafterȱhavingȱbeenȱclosedȱforȱrehabilitation.ȱȱThisȱwalkwayȱisȱ theȱexistingȱcrossingȱofȱtheȱHarlemȱRiverȱthatȱisȱclosestȱtoȱtheȱHudsonȱRiver.ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ Opportunitiesȱ x AsideȱfromȱaȱshortȱstretchȱofȱDyckmanȱStreet,ȱtheȱpathwayȱȱwouldȱbeȱanȱentirelyȱoffȬ road,ȱmultiȬuseȱpathȱ x Alignmentȱ almostȱ entirelyȱ withinȱ publiclyȬownedȱ lands,ȱ primarilyȱ Inwoodȱ Hillȱ Park,ȱwhichȱisȱadministeredȱbyȱtheȱNYCDPR.ȱ x ImmediateȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱshoreline,ȱbeautifulȱviewsȱofȱtheȱriverȱtoȱtheȱ northȱandȱsouth,ȱandȱviewsȱofȱtheȱPalisadesȱtoȱtheȱwestȱ x SpectacularȱviewsȱofȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱabove,ȱtoȱtheȱeastȱ x Accessȱtoȱkeyȱdestinationsȱ o InwoodȱHillȱParkȱ o DyckmanȱMarinaȱ&ȱInwoodȱCanoeȱClubȱ x DirectȱconnectionȱtoȱHenryȱHudsonȱGreenwayȱ(inȱManhattan)ȱ ȱ Constraintsȱ x InwoodȱHillȱportionȱeastȱofȱrailȱtrackȱisȱdesignatedȱ“ForeverȱWild,”ȱaȱprotectedȱareaȱ ofȱ heightenedȱ environmentalȱ sensitivityȱ thatȱ couldȱ limitȱ greenwayȱ developmentȱ optionsȱ x Stairsȱ onȱ theȱ bridgeȱ overȱ theȱ railroadȱ tracksȱ leadingȱ toȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ walkwayȱfromȱtheȱwaterfrontȱrequireȱthatȱcyclistsȱdismountȱandȱcarryȱbicycles.ȱ ȱ DesignȱSolutionsȱ ȱ UsingȱExistingȱHarlemȱRiverȱCrossingȱonȱWalkwayȱofȱHenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱ ȱ Accessȱ toȱ theȱ existingȱ walkwayȱ overȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ isȱ possibleȱ fromȱ theȱ InwoodȱHillȱParkȱwaterfront,ȱviaȱtheȱexistingȱpedestrianȱbridgeȱthatȱcrossesȱtheȱrailroadȱ tracksȱandȱentersȱparkȱpathsȱleadingȱtoȱtheȱwalkway.ȱȱTheȱbridgeȱcurrentlyȱrequiresȱthatȱ cyclistsȱdismountȱandȱcarryȱbicyclesȱupȱaȱlongȱflightȱofȱstairs,ȱbeforeȱcrossingȱtheȱtracks.ȱȱ NYCDPRȱisȱplanningȱtoȱinstallȱaȱtireȱrailȱonȱtheȱstaircaseȱofȱtheȱbridgeȱsoȱcyclistsȱwillȱbeȱ ableȱtoȱpushȱbicyclesȱupȱtheȱstairsȱinsteadȱofȱhavingȱtoȱcarryȱthem.ȱȱȱ ȱ AȱmoreȱrobustȱdesignȱsolutionȱwouldȱbeȱtoȱbuildȱanȱADAȱcompliantȱrampȱleadingȱtoȱ theȱ bridge,ȱ allowingȱ cyclistsȱ toȱ rideȱ overȱ theȱ bridgeȱ andȱ intoȱ Inwoodȱ Hillȱ Park.ȱȱThisȱ

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optionȱ isȱ discussedȱ earlierȱ inȱ thisȱ reportȱ asȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ Approachȱ Corridor.ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Inwood Hill Park path leading to ȱ Henry Hudson Bridge walkway ȱ ȱ UsingȱaȱNewȱHarlemȱRiverȱCrossingȱOnȱorȱWestȱofȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱRailroadȱBridgeȱ ȱ IfȱaȱriverȱcrossingȱonȱorȱtoȱtheȱwestȱofȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱrailroadȱbridgeȱwereȱchosen,ȱ theȱpathȱwouldȱcontinueȱalongȱanȱexistingȱpathȱwhichȱendsȱinȱaȱculȱdeȱsacȱaboutȱ560ȱft.ȱ (170ȱ m)ȱ southȱ ofȱ theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ railroadȱ bridge,ȱ andȱ thenȱ onȱ newȱ pathȱ toȱ theȱ crossing.ȱȱSeeȱtheȱphotosȱbelow.ȱȱ ȱ

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ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ View of Spuyten Duyvil railroad bridge from ȱ waterfront path cul de sac in Inwood Hill Park ȱ ȱ SeeȱFigureȱWCȬ1ȱshowingȱtheȱrouteȱofȱtheȱwaterfrontȱalignmentȱfromȱDyckmanȱStreetȱ toȱtheȱareaȱofȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱRailroadȱBridge.ȱ ȱ ȱ HarlemȱRiverȱCrossingsȱ ȱ ExistingȱConditionsȱ ȱ WestȱofȱtheȱBroadwayȱBridge,ȱthereȱareȱtwoȱadditionalȱHarlemȱRiverȱCrossings:ȱ x SpuytenȱDuyvilȱRailroadȱSwingȱBridgeȱ x HenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱ Eachȱisȱdescribedȱbelow.ȱ ȱ SpuytenȱDuyvilȱRailroadȱSwingȱBridgeȱ Theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ railroadȱ bridgeȱ isȱ aȱ trussȱ swingȱ bridgeȱ constructedȱ inȱ 1899ȱ andȱ rehabilitatedȱ inȱ theȱ 1980sȱ toȱ provideȱ Amtrakȱ serviceȱ intoȱ Pennȱ Station.ȱȱTheȱ bridgeȱ previouslyȱhadȱtwoȱtracks,ȱbutȱcurrentlyȱhasȱonlyȱoneȱtrackȱonȱitsȱeastȱside.ȱȱTheȱ2009ȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Stateȱ Railȱ Planȱ identifiesȱ aȱ proposalȱ toȱ doubleȱ trackȱ theȱ bridgeȱ toȱ increaseȱ capacityȱandȱscheduleȱreliabilityȱofȱAmtrakȱserviceȱintoȱPennȱStation1.ȱȱDoubleȱtrackingȱ mayȱ alsoȱ facilitateȱ proposedȱ MetroȬNorthȱ serviceȱ intoȱ Pennȱ Stationȱ andȱ potentialȱ higherȬspeedȱrailȱservice.ȱȱȱ

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ȱ ȱ Thereȱisȱcurrentlyȱnoȱpedestrianȱaccessȱoverȱtheȱswingȱbridge.ȱȱWhileȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱ theȱ bridgeȱ isȱ notȱ currentlyȱ usedȱ forȱ trains,ȱ itȱ wasȱ determinedȱ toȱ beȱ unavailableȱ forȱ aȱ nonȬmotorizedȱ pathȱ becauseȱ ofȱ aȱ plannedȱ futureȱ additionȱ ofȱ aȱ secondȱ trackȱ onȱ theȱ bridge,ȱtoȱaccommodateȱfutureȱincreasesȱinȱtrainȱvolumes.ȱȱTheseȱvolumeȱincreasesȱandȱ plansȱforȱexpansionȱareȱsummarizedȱbelow.ȱȱȱ

Recentȱstudies,ȱincludingȱtheȱ2009ȱNewȱYorkȱStateȱRailȱPlan,ȱareȱnotȱtheȱfirstȱdocumentsȱtoȱ addressȱtheȱadditionȱofȱaȱsecondȱtrackȱoverȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱBridge.ȱȱInȱ1999,ȱtheȱFTAȱandȱ MTAȱMetroȬNorthȱRailroadȱinitiatedȱtheȱPennȱStationȱAccessȱStudy,ȱanȱevaluationȱofȱoptionsȱforȱ additionalȱcommuterȱrailȱserviceȱtoȱtheȱWestȱSideȱofȱManhattan.ȱȱAccordingȱtoȱtheȱMTA’sȱ Officeȱ ofȱ Capitalȱ andȱ LongȬRangeȱ Planning,ȱ theȱ studyȱ isȱ ongoing,ȱ andȱ estimatesȱ ofȱ futureȱ operationsȱwillȱbeȱincludedȱasȱpartȱofȱanȱEnvironmentalȱAssessment,ȱwhichȱisȱexpectedȱtoȱbeȱ completedȱinȱlateȱ2011ȱorȱearlyȱ2012ȱinȱconjunctionȱwithȱtheȱPennȱStationȱOperationsȱStudy.ȱ ImprovementsȱtoȱtheȱEmpireȱConnectionȱinȱorderȱtoȱaccommodateȱMetroȬNorthȱserviceȱwillȱ likelyȱbeginȱsoonȱafterȱinȱ2012,ȱwithȱrevenueȱserviceȱprojectedȱbyȱ2017,ȱtheȱsameȱyearȱthatȱtheȱ EastȱSideȱAccessȱprojectȱisȱexpectedȱtoȱcommenceȱrevenueȱservice.ȱȱȱ

Currently,ȱAmtrakȱoperatesȱpassengerȱserviceȱonȱtheȱWestȱSideȱLine,ȱalsoȱknownȱasȱtheȱ EmpireȱConnection,ȱnorthȱofȱPennȱStationȱbeginningȱatȱ34thȱStreetȱandȱoverȱtheȱSpuytenȱ Duyvilȱ Bridge.ȱȱTheȱ lineȱ carriesȱ trainsȱ headingȱ northȱ andȱ westȱ throughȱ Albanyȱ toȱ Toronto,ȱ Montreal,ȱ Chicago,ȱ andȱ Vermont,ȱ andȱ returnsȱ southȱ toȱ Pennȱ Stationȱ viaȱ theȱ sameȱ route.ȱȱEachȱ averageȱ weekday,ȱ Amtrakȱ schedulesȱ 16ȱ northboundȱ trainsȱ andȱ 14ȱ southboundȱ trainsȱ toȱ travelȱ throughȱ theȱ projectȱ studyȱ area.ȱ Theȱ plannedȱ additionȱ ofȱ highȬspeedȱ interȬcityȱ Amtrakȱ serviceȱ wouldȱ likelyȱ increaseȱ theȱ frequencyȱ ofȱ trainsȱ significantlyȱ(seeȱanswerȱtoȱCommentȱ2ȱbelow.)ȱȱȱ

Onȱaverage,ȱ214ȱMetroȬNorthȱtrainsȱalsoȱoperateȱdailyȱthroughȱtheȱprojectȱstudyȱareaȱtoȱ andȱfromȱGrandȱCentralȱTerminalȱalongȱtheȱHudsonȱLine.ȱȱAccordingȱtoȱMetroȬNorth,ȱ onceȱtheȱPennȱStationȱstudiesȱareȱcomplete,ȱtheȱagencyȱwillȱhaveȱdevelopedȱaȱserviceȱ planȱandȱanȱestimateȱofȱtheȱnumberȱofȱtheseȱtrainsȱthatȱwillȱbeȱdivertedȱtoȱPennȱStationȱ overȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱBridge.ȱȱMetroȬNorthȱalsoȱexpectsȱthatȱfurtherȱserviceȱwillȱbeȱ addedȱtoȱtheȱWestȱSideȱinȱadditionȱtoȱtheȱtrainsȱdivertedȱtoȱandȱfromȱGrandȱCentral.ȱȱȱ

TheȱMTA’sȱ2010Ȭ2014ȱCapitalȱProgramȱbudgetedȱ$2.95ȱbillionȱforȱtheȱongoingȱEastȱ Sideȱ Accessȱ project.ȱ Completionȱ ofȱ constructionȱ andȱ revenueȱ serviceȱ forȱ LIRRȱ serviceȱtoȱGrandȱCentralȱTerminalȱisȱexpectedȱbyȱlateȱ2016ȱorȱearlyȱ2017.ȱ

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Inȱ lateȱ 2009,ȱ asȱ partȱ ofȱ theȱ firstȱ roundȱ ofȱ Presidentȱ Obama’sȱ Americanȱ Recoveryȱ andȱ Reinvestmentȱ Actȱ (ARRA),ȱ fundingȱ wasȱ securedȱ byȱ theȱ Federalȱ Railroadȱ Administrationȱ (FRA)ȱ andȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Stateȱ DOTȱ forȱ aȱ Tierȱ 1ȱ Environmentalȱ Impactȱ Statementȱ(EIS)ȱforȱproposedȱhighȬspeedȱinterȬcityȱrailȱserviceȱthroughoutȱtheȱstate.ȱȱTheȱ EISȱisȱnearingȱcompletionȱandȱadditionalȱARRAȱfundsȱareȱexpectedȱtoȱbeȱallocatedȱtoȱ theȱ project,ȱ theȱ Empireȱ Corridorȱ Highȱ Speedȱ Railȱ Program,ȱ inȱ theȱ comingȱ months.ȱȱ CurrentȱplansȱestimateȱthatȱhighȬspeedȱAmtrakȱserviceȱwouldȱbeȱoperationalȱthroughȱ theȱcorridor,ȱincludingȱoverȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱBridgeȱinȱNewȱYorkȱCity,ȱasȱearlyȱasȱ 2012.ȱ ȱ Inȱaddition,ȱ“ImprovingȱInterȬCityȱRailȱServiceȱinȱtheȱEmpireȱCorridor”ȱisȱincludedȱinȱ NYMTC’sȱmostȱrecentȱRegionalȱTransportationȱPlanȱasȱaȱStrategicȱRegionalȱInvestmentȱ Option.ȱȱȱ Categoryȱ C:ȱ Projectȱ Planningȱ and/orȱ Environmentalȱ Assessmentȱ toȱ beginȱ inȱ Firstȱ 5ȱ Yearsȱ Cost:ȱ$35ȱmillionȱ AArea:ȱNewȱYorkȱCity,ȱLowerȱHudsonȱValleyȱ IssueȱAddressed:ȱOverallȱGrowthȱ PlanningȱandȱEIS:ȱ2009Ȭ2014ȱ AdoptionȱofȱPreferredȱAlternative:ȱ2009Ȭ2014ȱ Design:ȱ2009Ȭ2014ȱ ConstructionȱandȱImplementation:ȱ2009Ȭ2014ȱ ȱ HenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱ TheȱHenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱcarriesȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱoverȱtheȱHarlemȱRiverȱ justȱ eastȱ ofȱ theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ Railroadȱ Bridge.ȱȱTheȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ hasȱ aȱ pedestrianȱwalkwayȱthatȱwasȱreopenedȱinȱSpringȱofȱ2010ȱafterȱhavingȱbeenȱclosedȱforȱ rehabilitation.ȱȱThisȱwalkwayȱisȱaccessedȱfromȱparkȱpathsȱinȱInwoodȱHillȱPark.ȱȱThoughȱ theȱpathȱisȱopenȱtoȱtheȱpublic,ȱitȱisȱaȱsubstandardȱwidthȱforȱaȱmultiȬuseȱpath.ȱȱCyclistsȱ areȱrequiredȱtoȱdismountȱandȱwalkȱbicyclesȱoverȱtheȱbridge.ȱ ȱ Opportunitiesȱ x GreenwayȱcouldȱbeȱatȱorȱnearȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱShoreȱ x ViewsȱofȱHudsonȱRiverȱandȱPalisadesȱ x Greenwayȱ couldȱ beȱ entirelyȱ offȬroad,ȱ onȱ parkȱ land,ȱ inȱ aȱ naturalȱ settingȱ withȱ beautifulȱviewsȱ x AȱnewȱcrossingȱcouldȱbeȱconstructedȱnearȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱ x Access/connectionȱtoȱtransitȱ

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o SpuytenȱDuyvilȱStationȱ(MetroȬNorthȱRailroad)ȱ o DyckmanȱStreetȱStationȱ(SubwayȱȬȱAȱline)ȱ ȱ Constraintsȱ x Theȱexistingȱpedestrian/bicycleȱcrossingȱofȱtheȱHarlemȱRiverȱclosestȱtoȱtheȱHudsonȱ Riverȱ isȱ onȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridge,ȱ whichȱ isȱ toȱ theȱ eastȱ ofȱ theȱ railroadȱ tracks.ȱ Fromȱthisȱcrossing,ȱtheȱrailroadȱtracksȱareȱaȱbarrierȱtoȱwaterfrontȱaccess.ȱ x ȱȱFrequentȱ MetroȬNorthȱ andȱ Amtrakȱ passengerȱ trainsȱ couldȱ affectȱ aȱ peacefulȱ waterfrontȱgreenwayȱexperience.ȱ x Theȱ Harlemȱ Riverȱ isȱ aȱ navigableȱ waterwayȱ andȱ aȱ newȱ crossingȱ wouldȱ haveȱ toȱ maintainȱ certainȱ verticalȱ andȱ horizontalȱ clearancesȱ toȱ allowȱ accessȱ toȱ maritimeȱ traffic.ȱ x Spaceȱ currentlyȱ availableȱ onȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ swingȱ bridgeȱ isȱ plannedȱ forȱ doubleȬ trackingȱ x SpuytenȱDuyvilȱswingȱbridgeȱownedȱbyȱAmtrakȱ x HenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱwalkwayȱisȱaȱsubstandardȱwidth.ȱȱ ȱ DesignȱSolutionsȱ ȱ Fiveȱ optionsȱ forȱ aȱ nonȬmotorizedȱ crossingȱ ofȱ theȱ Harlemȱ Riverȱ closeȱ toȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱhaveȱbeenȱidentified:ȱ 1. Aȱ multiȬuseȱ pathȱ cantileveredȱ offȱ oneȱ orȱ bothȱ sidesȱ ofȱ theȱ existingȱ Spuytenȱ DuyvilȱBridge,ȱ 2. AȱnewȱrailroadȱbridgeȱwithȱanȱintegralȱmultiȬuseȱpath,ȱ 3. AȱnewȱbridgeȱforȱnonȬmotorizedȱtraffic,ȱeitherȱeastȱorȱwestȱofȱtheȱexistingȱbridge,ȱ 4. Aȱferryȱserviceȱforȱpedestriansȱandȱcyclists.ȱ 5. UseȱexistingȱwalkwayȱoverȱHenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱ ȱ Eachȱoptionȱisȱdiscussedȱbelow.ȱ ȱ 1. PathȱCantileveredȱoffȱSwingȱBridgeȱ ȱ Theȱfeasibilityȱofȱcantileveringȱaȱstructureȱoffȱofȱtheȱexistingȱbridgeȱisȱdependentȱonȱ theȱ structureȱ ofȱ theȱ moreȱ thanȱ 100ȱ yearȱ oldȱ bridgeȱ toȱ carryȱ theȱ additionalȱ weight,ȱ especiallyȱasȱitȱrelatesȱtoȱtheȱmechanismsȱthatȱmoveȱtheȱswingȱbridge.ȱCantileveringȱ onlyȱ oneȱ sideȱ wouldȱ affectȱ theȱ balanceȱ ofȱ theȱ bridge,ȱ whichȱ isȱ ofȱ particularȱ consequenceȱforȱaȱmovableȱstructure.ȱȱAnȱoptionȱmayȱbeȱtoȱcounterȬweightȱtheȱotherȱ sideȱ ofȱ theȱ bridgeȱ orȱ addȱ matchingȱ pathwaysȱ onȱ bothȱ sides.ȱ Operatingȱ rulesȱ andȱ

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openingȱ patternsȱ forȱ theȱ bridgeȱ mayȱ differȱ whenȱ aȱ multiȬuseȱ pathȱ isȱ added.ȱȱThisȱ optionȱ wouldȱ haveȱ minimalȱ visualȱ impactȱ andȱ wouldȱ requireȱ almostȱ noȱ gradeȱ change.ȱȱ ȱ Inȱ responseȱ toȱ inquiriesȱ regardingȱ theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ railroadȱ swingȱ bridge,ȱ Amtrakȱ hasȱ statedȱ unequivocally,ȱ inȱ writing,ȱ thatȱ theyȱ willȱ notȱ considerȱ aȱ cantileveredȱ walkwayȱ overȱ theȱ bridge.ȱȱTheyȱ wishȱ toȱ maintainȱ theȱ bridgeȱ forȱ operationsȱ andȱ maintenanceȱ personnelȱ only.ȱȱTheyȱ alsoȱ stateȱ inȱ writing,ȱ plansȱ toȱ increaseȱtrainȱvolumesȱoverȱtheȱbridge,ȱcitingȱaȱdoublingȱofȱtheȱnumberȱofȱAmtrakȱ trains,ȱandȱaccommodationȱofȱMetroȬNorthȱtrainsȱtoȱPennȱStationȱinȱtheȱfuture.ȱ ȱ CostȱEstimateȱ Theȱ costȱ ofȱ retroȬfittingȱ theȱ existingȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ Railroadȱ Bridgeȱ withȱ aȱ cantileveredȱ pedestrianȱ walkwayȱ isȱ notȱ possibleȱ toȱ estimateȱ underȱ thisȱ currentȱ assignment,ȱ asȱ itȱ wouldȱ requireȱ researchȱ intoȱ theȱ existingȱ conditionȱ ofȱ theȱ bridgeȱ andȱ itsȱ loadȬbearingȱ designȱ toȱ determineȱ howȱ muchȱ retroȬfittingȱ ofȱ theȱ originalȱ structureȱwouldȱbeȱrequiredȱtoȱinstallȱaȱcantileveredȱwalkway.ȱȱAȱgrossȱestimateȱofȱ $19ȱmillionȱforȱanȱeightȬfootȱwideȱcantileveredȱpathȱhasȱbeenȱdevelopedȱbasedȱuponȱ veryȱlimitedȱavailableȱinformation.ȱȱNoȱinformationȱisȱcurrentlyȱavailableȱregardingȱ theȱbridge’sȱstructuralȱdesignȱandȱitsȱcurrentȱcondition.ȱ ȱ 2. NewȱRailroadȱBridgeȱwithȱMultiȬUseȱPathȱ ȱ AȱnewȱrailroadȱbridgeȱwithȱmultiȬuseȱpathȱcouldȱeitherȱbeȱasȱaȱreplacementȱofȱtheȱ existingȱ lowȱ levelȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ bridge,ȱ orȱ aȱ higherȱ structureȱ justȱ forȱ aȱ newȱ northboundȱtrackȱtoȱ facilitateȱaȱflyoverȱatȱtheȱrailȱjunctionȱtoȱ theȱnorth.ȱOperatingȱ rulesȱ andȱ openingȱ patternsȱ forȱ theȱ bridgeȱ mayȱ differȱ whenȱ aȱ multiȬuseȱ pathȱ isȱ added.ȱȱSimilarȱ toȱ theȱ cantileveredȱ pathȱ discussedȱ above,ȱ itȱ wouldȱ haveȱ minimalȱ visualȱimpactsȱandȱinvolveȱveryȱlittleȱgradeȱchange.ȱ ȱ CostȱEstimateȱ Costȱ forȱ the ȱ constructionȱ ofȱ aȱ newȱ railroadȱ swingȱ bridgeȱ withȱ anȱ integratedȱ pedestrianȱ walkwayȱ isȱ notȱ possibleȱ toȱ estimateȱ withȱ accuracyȱ atȱ thisȱ time.ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ Preliminaryȱ designȱ isȱ currentlyȱ underwayȱ forȱ aȱ newȱ movableȱ railroadȱ bridgeȱ spanningȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱbetweenȱAlbanyȱandȱRensselaer,ȱNYȱwithȱaȱpreliminaryȱ constructionȱcostȱestimatedȱatȱ$145ȱmillion.ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ 109 HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ

3. NewȱNonȬMotorizedȱBridgeȱ ȱ Aȱ newȱ bridgeȱ forȱ nonȬmotorizedȱ trafficȱ couldȱ createȱ new,ȱ strikingȱ viewsȱ ofȱ theȱ HudsonȱRiverȱandȱPalisades,ȱbutȱmayȱobstructȱexistingȱviewsȱofȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱ Bridgeȱ fromȱ theȱ shorelineȱ &ȱ wouldȱ requireȱ coordinationȱ withȱ Amtrak,ȱ theȱ Coastȱ Guard,ȱ andȱ environmentalȱ permitting.ȱȱPreliminaryȱ coordinationȱ withȱ theȱ Coastȱ Guardȱ indicatesȱ thatȱ theȱ verticalȱ clearanceȱ requirementȱ forȱ aȱ fixedȱ bridgeȱ isȱ 55’,ȱ whileȱtheȱverticalȱclearanceȱinȱtheȱdownȱpositionȱforȱaȱmovableȱbridgeȱisȱ25’.ȱȱȱ ȱ CostȱEstimateȱ Constructionȱofȱaȱnewȱpedestrianȱbridgeȱcouldȱcostȱapproximatelyȱ$15ȱmillion.ȱȱAnȱ exampleȱofȱaȱlargeȱscaleȱpedestrianȱbridgeȱisȱtheȱMillenniumȱBridge,ȱaȱpedestrianȬ onlyȱbridgeȱinȱLondonȱspanningȱtheȱThamesȱRiver.ȱȱItȱwasȱconstructedȱinȱ1999ȱatȱaȱ costȱofȱ£18.2mȱ($28.7m).ȱȱȱItȱisȱ1,082ȱfeetȱinȱlength,ȱandȱ13ȱfeetȱwide.ȱTheȱbridgeȱisȱ 35.4ȱfeetȱaboveȱ theȱriverȱatȱhighȱtide.ȱ ȱ 4. FerryȱServiceȱ ȱ Forȱ aȱ ferryȱ service,ȱ operatingȱ schedule,ȱ seasonalȱ variationsȱ andȱ operatingȱ costsȱ wouldȱ beȱ importantȱ factors.ȱ Itȱ wouldȱ requireȱ dockingȱ facilitiesȱ onȱ bothȱ sidesȱ ofȱ HarlemȱRiver.ȱȱAnȱexistingȱbicycleȱferryȱserviceȱisȱinȱoperationȱalongȱtheȱIslandȱLineȱ TrailȱinȱVermont.ȱItȱtransportsȱcyclists,ȱwalkers,ȱanglersȱandȱrunnersȱacrossȱtheȱ200Ȭ footȱȈcutȈȱinȱtheȱColchesterȱȬȱSouthȱHeroȱCausewayȱȬȬȱaȱcritcalȱlinkȱinȱtheȱIslandȱLineȱ Trail.ȱ Theȱ ferryȱ currentlyȱ runsȱ aȱ limitedȱ scheduleȱ ofȱ Augustȱ weekendsȱ andȱ Laborȱ DayȱWeekendȱfromȱ10amȬ6pm.ȱAȱ$5ȱdonationȱisȱrequestedȱtoȱhelpȱoffsetȱoperatingȱ expenses.ȱ Theȱ ferryȱ isȱ operatedȱ byȱ aȱ localȱ advocacyȱ group,ȱ Localȱ Motion,ȱ whichȱ promotesȱactiveȱtransportationȱandȱrecreationȱinȱtheȱarea.ȱȱCurrentlyȱoperatingȱasȱaȱ demonstrationȱ project,ȱ theyȱ areȱ workingȱtoȱ offerȱ expandedȱ serviceȱ throughoutȱtheȱ season.ȱȱServiceȱisȱcurrentlyȱlimitedȱbyȱweatherȱandȱwaveȱconditions,ȱandȱoperatorsȱ areȱinȱneedȱofȱaȱwaveȱattenuatorȱinȱorderȱtoȱinsureȱaȱsafeȱcrossing.ȱȱȱ ȱ CostȱEstimateȱ ȱ TheȱIslandȱLineȱTrailȱFerryȱcurrentlyȱrequiresȱ$50,000ȱperȱyearȱtoȱoperateȱtwoȱboats.ȱȱ Thisȱincludesȱinsurance,ȱsalaries,ȱvolunteers,ȱmaintenanceȱandȱdepreciation.ȱ Aȱ24Ȭ30ȱfootȱlongȱboatȱwithȱaȱcapacityȱofȱ6,ȱcouldȱbeȱpurchasedȱforȱ$20,000,ȱrequiringȱ onlyȱaȱ“6Ȭpack”ȱlicense,ȱwhichȱisȱrelativelyȱinexpensiveȱandȱeasyȱtoȱobtain.ȱȱȱ Aȱlargerȱboatȱwouldȱbeȱaȱcommercialȱvesselȱrequiringȱaȱcommercialȱlicense.ȱ Theȱferryȱalsoȱreliesȱonȱvolunteersȱtoȱhelpȱoperateȱtheȱservice.ȱȱ

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Constructionȱ ofȱ docksȱ couldȱ varyȱ inȱ price.ȱȱDocksȱ forȱ theȱ Islandȱ Lineȱ Ferryȱ costȱ $50,000ȱ(forȱbothȱdocks)ȱbutȱwereȱnotȱADAȱcompliant.ȱȱTheyȱareȱplanningȱtoȱinstallȱ ADAȱcompliantȱdocksȱthatȱareȱestimatedȱtoȱcostȱ$200,000.ȱȱTheȱrangeȱbetweenȱhighȱ andȱlowȱtideȱwillȱbeȱaȱfactorȱinȱtheȱdesignȱofȱtheȱdocks.ȱȱ Aȱdonationȱofȱ$5ȱisȱrequestedȱperȱroundȱtrip,ȱgeneratingȱ$15,000ȱperȱseason,ȱhelpingȱ toȱdefrayȱoperationalȱandȱmaintenanceȱcosts.ȱ Boatȱ storageȱ andȱ docking:ȱ Mayȱ beȱ possibleȱ toȱ exploreȱ dockingȱ andȱ storageȱ atȱ theȱ DyckmanȱStreetȱMarinaȱorȱtheȱRiverdaleȱYachtȱClub.ȱ Dependingȱ uponȱ heightȱ ofȱ wavesȱ andȱ theȱ sizeȱ ofȱ theȱ ferry,ȱwaveȱ attenuatorsȱmayȱ alsoȱbeȱnecessary.ȱ ȱ

ȱ Island Lineȱ Bike Ferry Service ȱ ȱ 5. HenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱ ȱ WhileȱtheȱexistingȱwalkwayȱoverȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱwasȱreopenedȱinȱSpringȱ ofȱ 2010ȱ toȱ provideȱ aȱ connectionȱ overȱ theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ betweenȱ theȱ Bronxȱ andȱ Manhattan,ȱitsȱwidthȱisȱsubȬstandardȱandȱcyclistsȱareȱforcedȱtoȱdismountȱandȱwalkȱ bicyclesȱoverȱtheȱbridge.ȱȱAȱdesignȱsolutionȱcouldȱbeȱconsideredȱtoȱcantileverȱaȱ10Ȭ footȱwideȱsharedȱuseȱwalkwayȱoutboardȱofȱtheȱexistingȱbridgeȱstructure.ȱȱLandingȱ pointsȱ inȱ Manhattanȱ andȱ theȱ Bronxȱ couldȱ beȱ placedȱ inȱ theȱ sameȱ locationsȱ asȱ theȱ existingȱwalkway.ȱȱThisȱwouldȱhelpȱminimizeȱconflictȱwithȱForeverȱWildȱdesignatedȱ areasȱinȱManhattanȱand ȱtightȱrightȬofȬwayȱwidthsȱinȱtheȱBronx.ȱ ȱ StakeholdersȱsuggestedȱthatȱNYMTCȱexploreȱtheȱpossibilityȱofȱconvertingȱoneȱlaneȱ ofȱtrafficȱonȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱtoȱaȱwalkway,ȱcitingȱexcessȱcapacityȱonȱtheȱ bridge.ȱȱMTAȱBridgesȱandȱTunnelsȱrespondedȱtoȱthisȱsuggestionȱwithȱtheȱfollowingȱ statement:ȱ

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ȈAsȱyouȱknow,ȱweȱareȱrequiredȱbyȱlawȱtoȱprovideȱtollȱfundsȱtoȱhelpȱsupportȱtheȱ massȱtransitȱservicesȱofȱtheȱMTA,ȱandȱtheȱMTAȱisȱinȱtheȱmidstȱofȱaȱbudgetȱcrisis.ȱȱ TheȱalternativeȱofȱdevelopingȱaȱbikeȬpathȱonȱaȱcantileverȱoffȱtheȱsideȱofȱtheȱbridgeȬ whileȱtechnicallyȱpossibleȱfromȱaȱconstructionȱstandpointȬisȱnotȱpartȱofȱtheȱcurrentȱ orȱnextȱcapitalȱplan,ȱwhichȱfocusesȱonȱkeepingȱexistingȱvehicularȱfacilitiesȱinȱaȱstateȱ ofȱgoodȱrepair.ȱȱȱ

Theȱotherȱalternative,ȱtoȱreduceȱtheȱManhattanȬboundȱlowerȱlevelȱfromȱitsȱcurrentȱ fourȱtoȱthreeȱroadwayȱlanesȱandȱdevelopingȱtheȱfourthȱlaneȱasȱaȱdedicatedȱbikeȱpath,ȱ isȱnotȱcurrentlyȱpractical.ȱȱTheȱprimaryȱfunctionȱofȱtheȱbridgeȱisȱtoȱcarryȱvehicularȱ traffic,ȱandȱweȱcannotȱremoveȱaȱlaneȱfromȱaȱbridgeȱusedȱbyȱtollȬpayingȱcustomersȱinȱ orderȱtoȱbetterȱserveȱcyclists.ȱFinally,ȱpleaseȱrememberȱthatȱbicyclesȱareȱnotȱbarredȱ fromȱcrossingȱonȱtheȱexistingȱpedestrianȱpath;ȱcyclistsȱsimplyȱmustȱdismountȱandȱ walkȱtheirȱbikesȱwhileȱonȱtheȱbridgeȱasȱaȱsafetyȱmeasureȱinȱaccordanceȱwithȱTBTAȱ RulesȱandȱRegulationsȱforȱallȱfacilities.Ȉȱ

Theȱ aboveȱ commentsȱ areȱ notȱ officialȱ MTAȱ Bridgesȱdan ȱ Tunnelsȱ policy,ȱ however,ȱ dueȱ toȱ currentȱ budgetȱ constraintsȱ MTAȱ Bridgesȱ andȱ Tunnelsȱ doesȱ notȱ foreseeȱ undertakingȱtheȱextensiveȱconstructionȱthatȱwouldȱbeȱrequiredȱtoȱhaveȱaȱmultiȬuseȱ path,ȱwhetherȱcantileveredȱorȱusingȱanȱexistingȱtrafficȱlane,ȱonȱ theȱHenryȱHudsonȱ Bridgeȱinȱtheȱnearȱfuture.ȱȱȱ ȱ CostȱEstimateȱ Aȱcantileveredȱwalkwayȱcouldȱcostȱ$30Ȭ35ȱmillionȱforȱdesignȱandȱconstructionȱȱ ȱ

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BronxȱSectionȱ ȱ ExistingȱConditionsȱ ȱ Onceȱ inȱ theȱ Bronx,ȱ theȱ Waterfrontȱ Alignmentȱ runsȱ adjacentȱ toȱ theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ Triangle.ȱȱFromȱSpuytenȱDuyvil,ȱpastȱtheȱRiverdaleȱtrainȱstation,ȱtoȱtheȱBronx/Yonkersȱ cityȱ line,ȱ theȱ Waterfrontȱ Alignmentȱ wouldȱ continueȱ alongȱ theȱ narrowȱ stripȱ ofȱ landȱ betweenȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ andȱ MetroȬNorthȱ Railroad’sȱ Hudsonȱ Line.ȱ Throughȱ thisȱ sectionȱ ofȱ theȱ waterfrontȱ corridor,ȱ theȱ widthȱ ofȱ theȱ spaceȱ betweenȱ railȱ tracksȱ andȱ shorelineȱvariesȱfromȱ13ȱtoȱ38ȱfeet.ȱ ȱ SpuytenȱDuyvilȱTriangleȱ ȱ AtȱSpuytenȱDuyvil,ȱtheȱMetroȬNorthȱHudsonȱLineȱtracksȱmeetȱtheȱAmtrakȱEmpireȱlineȱ andȱdelineateȱaȱtriangularȱpieceȱofȱland,ȱwithȱtheȱHarlemȱRiverȱformingȱtheȱthirdȱside.ȱȱ Cutȱoffȱbyȱtheȱtracks,ȱtheȱtriangularȱareaȱandȱwaterfrontȱareȱnotȱaccessibleȱtoȱtheȱpublicȱ today.ȱȱMetroȬNorth’sȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱstationȱisȱlocatedȱjustȱtoȱtheȱeastȱandȱisȱconnectedȱ toȱtheȱneighborhoodȱonȱtheȱhillȱaboveȱbyȱaȱpedestrianȱbridgeȱoverȱtheȱtracks,ȱbutȱdoesȱ notȱprovideȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱwaterfront.ȱȱAȱrailroadȱsignalȱtowerȱbuildingȱsitsȱwithinȱtheȱ triangleȱ alongȱ theȱ Amtrakȱ line.ȱȱSeeȱ Figureȱ WCȬ2ȱ forȱ theȱ locationȱ ofȱ waterfrontȱ alignmentȱscenariosȱinȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱTriangle.ȱ ȱ SpuytenȱDuyvilȱTriangleȱtoȱRiverdaleȱStationȱ ȱ FromȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱareaȱtoȱtheȱRiverdaleȱstation,ȱaȱdirtȱandȱgravelȱserviceȱroadȱ occupiesȱmuchȱofȱtheȱspaceȱbetweenȱtheȱrailroadȱtracksȱandȱtheȱwater’sȱedge,ȱprovidingȱ accessȱ forȱ railroadȱ personnelȱ toȱ controlȱ equipmentȱ andȱ trackȱ turnoutsȱ (“switches”)ȱ whereȱtheȱtwoȱlinesȱmeet.ȱȱTheȱserviceȱroadȱisȱseparatedȱfromȱtheȱshorelineȱinȱthisȱareaȱ byȱaȱnarrowȱ lineȱofȱscrubbyȱvegetationȱfollowedȱbyȱaȱslopedȱareaȱdownȱtoȱtheȱwater’sȱ edge.ȱȱInȱsomeȱlocations,ȱtheȱshorelineȱisȱpiledȱupȱwithȱlargeȱrocksȱandȱsmallȱballastȱorȱ ripȬrap.ȱȱSeeȱtheȱphotoȱbelow.ȱȱThisȱphotoȱalsoȱshowsȱremnantsȱofȱaȱbridgeȱthatȱonceȱ connectedȱtheȱwaterfrontȱtoȱtheȱneighborhoodȱatȱapproximatelyȱ232ndȱStreet.ȱȱAdjacentȱ toȱtheȱserviceȱroadȱareȱseveralȱsetsȱofȱrailroadȱtracks;ȱthereȱisȱnoȱfenceȱorȱbarrierȱofȱanyȱ typeȱ betweenȱ theȱ serviceȱ roadȱ andȱ theȱ tracks.ȱȱOnȱ theȱ easternȱ sideȱ ofȱ theȱ tracks,ȱ anȱ abruptȱchangeȱinȱelevationȱseparatesȱtheȱtrackȱareaȱfromȱRiverdaleȱPark.ȱȱInȱaddition,ȱ theȱparkȱisȱfencedȱoffȱfromȱtheȱtracksȱwithȱchainȬlinkȱfencing.ȱ ȱ

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ȱ ȱ Maintenance road, scrubby vegetation, ȱ rip rap, ballast and bridge remnants ȱ ȱ AtȱRiverdaleȱstation,ȱaȱsmallȱparkȱhasȱbeenȱdevelopedȱforȱwaterfrontȱaccess,ȱwhichȱisȱ reachedȱbyȱaȱpedestrianȱcrossingȱfromȱtheȱsouthboundȱplatformȱandȱacrossȱTrackȱ6.ȱȱSeeȱ theȱphotographȱbelow.ȱȱTheȱspaceȱoccupiedȱbyȱtheȱparkȱwouldȱbeȱincorporatedȱintoȱtheȱ trail.ȱ SeeȱFiguresȱ WCȬ2,ȱ WCȬ3ȱ andȱ WCȬ4ȱ forȱ theȱ locationȱ ofȱ theȱ waterfrontȱ alignmentȱ betweenȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱTriangleȱandȱtheȱRiverdaleȱStation.ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Riverdale Station waterfront park ȱ ȱ Itȱ isȱ importantȱ toȱ noteȱ thatȱ Amtrakȱ plansȱ toȱ installȱ aȱ secondȱ trackȱ overȱ theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ Railroadȱ Bridge.ȱȱThisȱ secondȱ trackȱ willȱ extendȱ northȱ toȱ theȱ pointȱ whereȱ theȱ existingȱnonȬelectrifiedȱTrackȱ6ȱtiesȱintoȱtheȱmainȱlineȱatȱtheȱapproximateȱequivalentȱofȱ 247thȱ Street,,ȱ andȱ isȱ intendedȱ toȱ accommodateȱ higherȱ speedȱ railȱ service.ȱȱItȱ willȱ beȱ locatedȱbetweenȱtheȱexistingȱtracksȱandȱtheȱriver,ȱwithinȱtheȱMetroȱNorthȱpropertyȱline.ȱȱ Thisȱnewȱtrackȱwillȱrequireȱtheȱrelocationȱofȱtheȱexistingȱpowerȱsubstation,ȱhowever,ȱatȱ

114 HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ thisȱtimeȱaȱdeterminationȱhasȱnotȱbeenȱmadeȱasȱtoȱwhereȱitȱwillȱbeȱplaced.ȱȱAȱtimeȱlineȱ forȱ implementationȱ isȱ notȱ availableȱ atȱ thisȱ time.ȱȱHowever,ȱ theȱ projectȱ isȱ includedȱ inȱ Amtrak’sȱ2030ȱplanningȱdocument,ȱandȱisȱintendedȱtoȱbeȱimplementedȱwithinȱthatȱtimeȱ frame.ȱȱȱ ȱȱ RiverdaleȱStationȱtoȱYonkersȱCityȱLineȱ ȱ NorthȱofȱRiverdaleȱstationȱtheȱspaceȱbetweenȱTrackȱ6ȱandȱtheȱriver’sȱedgeȱbecomesȱveryȱ narrowȱandȱwouldȱbeȱinadequateȱforȱaȱtrail.ȱȱTheȱreasonȱforȱthisȱisȱthatȱTrackȱ6ȱshiftsȱtoȱ theȱ west,ȱ andȱ isȱ thereforeȱ isȱ spacedȱ muchȱ fartherȱ fromȱ theȱ otherȱ fourȱ tracksȱ inȱ thisȱ location.ȱȱSeeȱtheȱphotoȱbelowȱwithȱTrackȱ6ȱtoȱtheȱleftȱwithȱampleȱspaceȱbetweenȱitȱandȱ theȱmainȱline.ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Rail corridor north of Riverdale ȱ Station with Track 6 to the left ȱ ȱ Atȱ theȱ Collegeȱ ofȱ Mountȱ Saintȱ Vincent,ȱ theȱ shorelineȱ becomesȱwider,ȱ creatingȱ aȱ largeȱ pointȱwhichȱjutsȱintoȱtheȱwaterȱandȱwhichȱisȱownedȱbyȱtheȱcollegeȱandȱconnectedȱtoȱtheȱ collegeȱbyȱaȱpedestrianȱbridgeȱoverȱtheȱtracks.ȱȱThereȱwasȱonceȱaȱstationȱhere,ȱwithȱaȱ sideȱplatformȱbetweenȱTracksȱ5ȱandȱ3,ȱasȱatȱRiverdaleȱandȱLudlowȱstations.ȱȱSeeȱFiguresȱ WCȬ4ȱ andȱ WCȬ5ȱ forȱ theȱ waterfrontȱ alignmentȱ betweenȱ theȱ Riverdaleȱ Stationȱ andȱ theȱ Yonkersȱcityȱline.ȱȱȱ ȱ Opportunitiesȱ x PathwayȱwouldȱbeȱanȱentirelyȱoffȬroad,ȱmultiȬuseȱpathȱ x ImmediateȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱshoreline,ȱviewsȱofȱtheȱriverȱtoȱtheȱnorthȱandȱ south,ȱandȱviewsȱofȱtheȱPalisadesȱtoȱtheȱwestȱ

115 HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ x Accessȱtoȱkeyȱdestinationsȱ o SpuytenȱDuyvilȱTriangleȱ o DodgeȱPointȱ o RiverdaleȱParkȱ(withȱconnectorȱpath)ȱ o RiverdaleȱYachtȱClubȱ o CollegeȱofȱMountȱSaintȱVincentȱ(withȱreȬuseȱofȱexistingȱpedestrianȱbridge)ȱ&ȱMt.ȱ St.ȱVincentȱPointȱ o HebrewȱHomeȱ(withȱconnectorȱpath)ȱ x Access/connectionȱtoȱtransitȱ o SpuytenȱDuyvilȱStationȱ(MetroȬNorthȱRailroad)ȱ o RiverdaleȱStationȱ(MetroȬNorthȱRailroad)ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Views of the Hudson River and ȱ Palisades from the shoreline ȱ Constraintsȱ x Stripȱofȱlandȱbetweenȱrailȱtracksȱandȱshorelineȱisȱveryȱnarrowȱinȱplacesȱȱ x TwoȱMetroȬNorthȱmaintenanceȱorȱserviceȱbuildingsȱareȱpresentȱatȱControlȱPointȱ12ȱ (justȱnorthȱofȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱtriangle)ȱandȱconstrictȱtheȱrightȬofȬwayȱwidthȱ x OverpassesȱatȱtheȱRiverdaleȱYachtȱClubȱandȱtheȱCollegeȱofȱMountȱSaintȱVincentȱalsoȱ constrictȱrightȬofȬwayȱwidthsȱ x Frequentȱ MetroȬNorthȱ andȱ Amtrakȱ passengerȱ trainȱ trafficȱ couldȱ affectȱ aȱ peacefulȱ greenwayȱexperienceȱ x AlignmentȱappearsȱtoȱbeȱentirelyȱwithinȱMetroȬNorthȱjurisdictionȱ&ȱwouldȱrequireȱ coordination/approvalȱ

116 HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ x MetroȬNorthȱ hasȱ expressedȱ aȱ needȱ toȱ maintainȱ theȱ nonȬelectrifiedȱ Trackȱ 6ȱ toȱ theȱ westȱofȱtheȱmainȱline,ȱandȱwillȱnotȱlikelyȱapproveȱitsȱremovalȱatȱanyȱlocationȱalongȱ theȱcorridorȱinȱtheȱBronx.ȱ x Federalȱ lawȱ requiresȱ aȱ 23Ȭfootȱ verticalȱ clearanceȱ betweenȱ railroadȱ tracksȱ andȱ anȱ overheadȱ structureȱ suchȱ asȱ aȱ bridge.ȱȱThisȱ requirementȱ presentsȱ aȱ challengeȱ toȱ bringingȱ aȱ pedestrianȱ overpassȱ backȱ toȱ grade,ȱ orȱ trackȱ level,ȱ andȱ wouldȱ requireȱ multipleȱswitchbacks.ȱ x Amtrak’sȱplannedȱinstallationȱofȱaȱsecondȱ trackȱoverȱ theȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱRailroadȱ Bridgeȱ willȱ extendȱ theȱ secondȱ trackȱ northȱ toȱ theȱ pointȱ atȱ whichȱ theȱ existingȱ nonȬ electrifiedȱTrackȱ6ȱcurrentlyȱtiesȱintoȱtheȱmainȱlineȱatȱtheȱapproximateȱequivalentȱofȱ 247thȱ Street,ȱ toȱ accommodateȱ highȱ speedȱ railȱ service.ȱȱThisȱ trackȱ willȱ beȱ locatedȱ betweenȱtheȱexistingȱtrackȱandȱtheȱwater,ȱandȱwillȱlimitȱavailableȱrightȬofȬwayȱatȱthisȱ location.ȱȱȱ x InstallationȱofȱaȱsecondȱAmtrakȱtrackȱwillȱfurtherȱconstrainȱavailableȱrightȬofȬwayȱinȱ theȱareaȱadjacentȱtoȱtheȱRiverdaleȱYachtȱClub.ȱȱȱ x Theȱ projectȱ teamȱ requestedȱ butȱ wasȱ notȱ ableȱ toȱ obtainȱ anyȱ dataȱ regardingȱ frightȱ usageȱ ofȱ Trackȱ 6.ȱȱFreightȱ railroadsȱ areȱ unwillingȱ toȱ provideȱ informationȱ aboutȱ specificȱrailȱcarȱdeliveriesȱtoȱspecificȱcustomers.ȱ ȱ

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DesignȱSolutionsȱ ȱ SpuytenȱDuyvilȱTriangleȱ ȱ Threeȱalignmentȱoptionsȱhaveȱbeenȱidentifiedȱinȱthisȱarea,ȱwhichȱareȱrelatedȱinȱpartȱtoȱ whereȱtheȱtrailȱcrossesȱtheȱHarlemȱRiver.ȱȱOne,ȱifȱtheȱtrailȱspansȱtheȱHarlemȱRiverȱalongȱ theȱwestȱsideȱofȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱBridge,ȱtheȱtrailȱcouldȱcontinueȱnorthȱinȱtheȱspaceȱ betweenȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱandȱtheȱAmtrakȱline.ȱȱSecondly,ȱifȱtheȱtrailȱspansȱtheȱHarlemȱ RiverȱjustȱeastȱofȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱBridge,ȱthenȱtheȱpathȱwouldȱenterȱtheȱtriangleȱonȱ theȱnorthȱshoreȱandȱwouldȱneedȱtoȱcrossȱtheȱAmtrakȱlineȱtoȱcontinueȱnorthȱalongȱtheȱ river’sȱedge.ȱȱWithȱtheȱexistingȱsingleȱtrack,ȱanȱatȬgradeȱcrossingȱwithȱwarningȱsignalsȱ wouldȱbeȱpossible.ȱȱHowever,ȱifȱthisȱconnectionȱisȱdoubleȱtrackedȱatȬgradeȱinȱtheȱfuture,ȱ theȱ risksȱ associatedȱ withȱ anȱ atȬgradeȱ crossingȱ wouldȱ increase.ȱȱInȱ eitherȱ case,ȱ anȱ elevatedȱcrossingȱofȱthisȱtrackȱmayȱbeȱrequired.ȱ ȱ Aȱ thirdȱ alignmentȱ involvesȱ anȱ extensionȱ (andȱ possibleȱ widening)ȱ ofȱ theȱ pedestrianȱ bridgeȱatȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱMetroȬNorthȱstationȱoverȱtrackȱ3ȱtoȱtheȱtriangleȱbetweenȱ theȱtracks,ȱthenȱacrossȱtheȱAmtrakȱlineȱtoȱreachȱtheȱwaterfront.ȱȱThisȱconnectionȱcouldȱ beȱprovidedȱasȱaȱmeansȱtoȱconnectȱaȱcrossingȱatȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱBridgeȱorȱBroadwayȱ Bridgeȱtoȱtheȱwaterfrontȱalignment,ȱorȱitȱcouldȱbeȱprovidedȱasȱaȱconnectionȱtoȱnearbyȱ neighborhoodsȱinȱconjunctionȱwithȱoneȱofȱtheȱfirstȱtwoȱalignments.ȱ ȱ Seeȱ Figureȱ WCȬ2ȱ forȱ possibleȱ alignmentsȱ throughȱ andȱ aroundȱ theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ Triangle.ȱ ȱ SpuytenȱDuyvilȱTriangleȱtoȱRiverdaleȱStationȱ ȱ Threeȱ optionsȱ forȱ placementȱ ofȱaȱ trailȱ betweenȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ andȱ Riverdaleȱ Stationȱ haveȱ beenȱ identified:ȱ aȱ multiȬuseȱ pathȱ separatedȱ fromȱ theȱ serviceȱ roadȱ byȱ aȱ fenceȱ inȬ between;ȱ orȱ aȱ combinedȱ serviceȱ road/multiȬuseȱ pathȱ forȱ nonȬmotorizedȱ trafficȱ inȱ aȱ widerȱ alignment,ȱ withȱ aȱ fenceȱ separatingȱ theȱ combinedȱ serviceȱ roadȬpathȱ fromȱ theȱ tracks.ȱȱAnotherȱoptionȱwouldȱconstructȱaȱconcreteȱwalkwayȱoverȱtheȱriprapȱwithȱpilesȱ drivenȱ throughȱ theȱ ripȱ rap.2ȱȱTheȱ areaȱ availableȱ forȱ aȱ multiȬuseȱ pathȱ (orȱ combinedȱ serviceȱroad/path)ȱvariesȱinȱwidthȱfromȱasȱnarrowȱasȱ13ȱfeetȱtoȱasȱwideȱasȱaboutȱ38ȱfeet,ȱ asȱ measuredȱ fromȱ theȱ outsideȱ railȱ ofȱ Trackȱ 6ȱ toȱ aȱ reasonablyȱ stableȱ edgeȱ alongȱ theȱ shoreline.ȱȱȱ ȱ

2 While all waterfront alignment options have environmental compliance implications, construction of any structure over the rip rap may raise greater issues. These possible issues are spelled out in the Environmental Screening Appendix of this report. 118 HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ

Controlȱequipmentȱisȱlocatedȱinȱtwoȱstructuresȱpresentȱinȱtheȱsouthernȱportionȱofȱthisȱ section.ȱȱTheȱ southernȱ structure,ȱ whichȱ isȱ theȱ largerȱ ofȱ theȱ two,ȱ isȱ setȱ closerȱ toȱ theȱ water’sȱ edgeȱ soȱ theȱ existingȱ serviceȱ roadȱ passesȱ throughȱ aȱ narrowȱ spaceȱbetweenȱtheȱ structureȱandȱtheȱadjacentȱtrack.ȱȱApproximatelyȱ15ȱfeetȱseparatesȱtheȱstructureȱfromȱtheȱ electrifiedȱthirdȱrailȱofȱTrackȱ4.ȱȱSeeȱfigureȱWCȬ2ȱforȱpossibleȱalignmentȱoptionsȱaroundȱ thisȱstructure.ȱȱȱ ȱ Theȱsmallerȱnorthernȱstructureȱisȱsetȱcloserȱtoȱtheȱtrack,ȱwithȱtheȱserviceȱroadȱlocatedȱ betweenȱtheȱstructureȱandȱtheȱriverȱbank.ȱȱThisȱstructureȱisȱapproximatelyȱ15ȱfeetȱfromȱ theȱlineȱofȱscrubbyȱbrushȱthatȱdelineatesȱtheȱslopingȱareaȱofȱshoreline,ȱandȱaboutȱ8ȱfeetȱ fromȱ theȱ thirdȱ railȱ ofȱ Trackȱ 4.ȱȱTheȱ Waterfrontȱ Alignmentȱ wouldȱ runȱ betweenȱ theȱ southernȱstructureȱandȱtheȱtracksȱ(separatedȱfromȱtheȱtracksȱbyȱfencing)ȱandȱbetweenȱ theȱnorthernȱstructureȱandȱtheȱwater.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱWCȬ3ȱOptionȱ1ȱforȱalignmentȱaroundȱ thisȱbuilding.ȱȱȱ ȱ Metroȱ Northȱ hasȱ expressedȱ itsȱ requirementȱ toȱ maintainȱ unfetteredȱ accessȱ toȱ theirȱ maintenanceȱ roadȱ adjacentȱ toȱ theȱ tracks,ȱ andȱ isȱ thereforeȱ opposedȱ toȱ aȱ combinedȱ maintenanceȱroad/greenway.ȱ ȱ Whereȱ thereȱ isȱ noȱ structureȱ butȱ varyingȱ widthsȱ betweenȱ theȱ trackȱ andȱ theȱ shoreline,ȱ FigureȱWCȬ3ȱOptionsȱ2Aȱandȱ2Bȱshowȱpossibleȱalignmentsȱdependingȱuponȱavailableȱ rightȬofȬway.ȱȱItȱshouldȱbeȱnotedȱthatȱifȱAmtrakȱinstallsȱaȱsecondȱtrackȱoverȱtheȱSpuytenȱ DuyvilȱRailroadȱBridgeȱandȱextendsȱtheȱtrackȱtoȱtheȱpointȱatȱwhichȱTrackȱ6ȱtiesȱintoȱtheȱ mainȱline,ȱitȱwillȱlimitȱavailableȱrightȬofȬway.ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Existing maintenance road adjacent to tracks ȱ ȱ

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InȱadditionȱtoȱaȱpossibleȱconnectionȱatȱtheȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱstation,ȱotherȱpotentialȱaccessȱ pointsȱ betweenȱ theȱ Waterfrontȱ Alignmentȱ andȱ neighborhoodsȱ onȱ theȱ hillȱ toȱ theȱ eastȱ couldȱbeȱprovidedȱatȱWestȱ231stȱStreetȱorȱtheȱsouthȱendȱofȱRiverdaleȱParkȱ(Westȱ232ndȱ Street),ȱandȱatȱWestȱ247thȱStreet.ȱȱTheȱexistingȱbridgeȱatȱWestȱ254thȱStreetȱjustȱsouthȱofȱ Riverdaleȱstation,ȱwhichȱservesȱtheȱRiverdaleȱYachtȱClub,ȱwouldȱprovideȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱ trailȱatȱthatȱpoint.ȱȱTheseȱconnectionsȱareȱshownȱonȱFiguresȱWCȬ2ȱandȱWCȬ3.ȱȱ ȱ RiverdaleȱStationȱtoȱtheȱYonkersȱCityȱLineȱ ȱ Adequateȱ spaceȱ forȱ aȱ trailȱ andȱ fenceȱ couldȱ beȱ obtainedȱ thoughȱ mostȱ ofȱ thisȱ areaȱ byȱ shiftingȱTrackȱ6ȱtoȱtheȱeast,ȱcloserȱtoȱtheȱotherȱtracks.ȱȱByȱdoingȱthis,ȱampleȱroomȱcouldȱ beȱcreatedȱforȱtheȱtrailȱtoȱpassȱunderȱtheȱpedestrianȱbridge.ȱȱPublicȱorȱstudentȱaccessȱtoȱ theȱtrailȱcouldȱbeȱprovidedȱviaȱtheȱcollegeȱcampusȱandȱpedestrianȱbridgeȱifȱdesirable.ȱȱ SeeȱFigureȱWCȬ4ȱforȱaȱcrossȱsectionȱofȱtheȱrelocationȱofȱTrackȱ6.ȱȱȱ ȱ Aȱpathȱonȱorȱnearȱtheȱexistingȱmaintenanceȱroadȱcouldȱbeȱasphaltȱorȱaȱstabilizedȱstoneȱ screening,ȱasȱshownȱinȱtheȱphotoȱbelow.ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Stabilized stone screening as seen in Nyack ȱ State Park ȱ ȱ ConstructionȱImpactsȱ ȱ x Inȱplaces,ȱtheȱstripȱofȱlandȱisȱnarrowȱbetweenȱtheȱshorelineȱandȱtheȱtracks.ȱȱAddingȱaȱ multiȬuseȱpathȱcouldȱrequireȱuseȱofȱfillȱinȱHudsonȱRiverȱorȱanȱelevatedȱboardwalkȬ typeȱstructureȱalongȱshortȱsegmentsȱofȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱshorelineȱ

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x Inȱ addition,ȱ narrowȱ rightȬofȬwayȱ inȱ someȱ locationsȱ alongȱ theȱ railȱ corridor,ȱ couldȱ requireȱ theȱ useȱ ofȱ workȱ bargesȱ toȱ stageȱ andȱ siteȱ constructionȱ equipmentȱ onȱ theȱ water.ȱ x RiverdaleȱStationȱpromenadeȱwouldȱbeȱincorporatedȱintoȱmultiȬuseȱpathȱandȱwouldȱ noȱlongerȱexistȱasȱaȱseparateȱparkȱ x Constructionȱ ofȱ aȱ bridgeȱ crossingȱ theȱ tracksȱ atȱ 232ndȱ Streetȱ couldȱ haveȱ impactsȱ onȱ RiverdaleȱParkȱasȱwellȱasȱtheȱrailroad.ȱȱRiverdaleȱParkȱisȱdesignatedȱasȱForeverȱWildȱ whichȱrestrictsȱdevelopment.ȱȱUseȱofȱtheȱtracksȱwouldȱneedȱtoȱbeȱmaintainedȱduringȱ construction,ȱpossiblyȱcausingȱaȱlengthenedȱconstructionȱperiod.ȱȱ ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Park at Riverdale Station would be ȱ incorporated into multi-use path ȱ CostȱEstimateȱ ȱ ReconstructionȱofȱTrackȱ6ȱcloserȱtoȱtheȱmainȱline:ȱnoȱcostȱestimatesȱareȱavailableȱatȱthisȱ time,ȱhoweverȱitȱisȱassumedȱthatȱtheȱtrack,ȱbecauseȱofȱitsȱageȱwouldȱneedȱtoȱbeȱreplaced,ȱ andȱwouldȱrequireȱaȱsignificantȱcapitalȱexpenditure.ȱ ȱ Installationȱofȱstabilizedȱstoneȱscreeningȱthroughoutȱtheȱlengthȱofȱtheȱrailȱcorridorȱinȱtheȱ Bronxȱassumingȱaȱ12ȱfootȱwideȱpathȱ=ȱ$1.5ȱmillion.ȱ ȱ TheȱRiverwalkȱprojectȱonȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱManhattanȱbetweenȱ83rdȱandȱ91stȱStreetsȱisȱaȱ multiȬuseȱ pathȱ builtȱ onȱ pilesȱ overȱ theȱ shoreline.ȱȱBasedȱ onȱ theȱ costȱ toȱ constructȱ thatȱ project,ȱinstallationȱofȱaȱpathȱbuiltȱonȱpilesȱalongȱtheȱshorelineȱinȱtheȱBronxȱmayȱcostȱ$12ȱ millionȱperȱhalfȱmile.ȱȱItȱisȱnotȱpossibleȱatȱthisȱtimeȱtoȱdetermineȱwhatȱ theȱDepartmentȱofȱ

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EnvironmentalȱConservationȱwillȱrequireȱinȱtermsȱofȱmitigationȱofȱimpactsȱonȱshorelineȱ habitats.ȱȱThisȱwouldȱbeȱanȱadditionalȱprojectȱcost.ȱ ȱ Installationȱofȱaȱ10Ȭfootȱhighȱwroughtȱironȱfenceȱthroughoutȱtheȱlengthȱofȱtheȱcorridorȱ=ȱ $2.7ȱmillionȱȱȱ ȱ Aȱchainȱlinkȱfenceȱcouldȱbeȱusedȱinsteadȱofȱwroughtȱiron,ȱthoughȱwroughtȱironȱwouldȱ beȱmoreȱdurable.ȱȱInstallationȱofȱ10Ȭfootȱhighȱchainȱlinkȱfenceȱthroughoutȱtheȱlengthȱofȱ theȱcorridorȱ=ȱ$800,000.ȱ ȱ Constructionȱofȱaȱpedestrianȱbridgeȱatȱ231stȱorȱ232ndȱStreetȱcouldȱbeȱ$10ȱmillion.ȱ ȱ YonkersȱSectionȱ ȱ ExistingȱConditionsȱ ȱ AȱnumberȱofȱoptionsȱareȱpossibleȱinȱYonkersȱforȱtheȱWaterfrontȱAlignment.ȱȱAmongȱtheȱ optionsȱareȱjoiningȱtheȱRiverWalk,ȱusingȱportionsȱofȱtheȱexistingȱrailȱalignment,ȱusingȱ onȬstreetȱorȱonȬsidewalkȱsolutions,ȱorȱaȱcombinationȱofȱthese.ȱȱInȱsomeȱplaces,ȱsuchȱasȱatȱ theȱ Yonkersȱ Jointȱ Wastewaterȱ Treatmentȱ Plantȱ andȱ Americanȱ Sugarȱ Refinery,ȱ anȱ alignmentȱalongȱtheȱwaterȱisȱnotȱavailable.ȱȱInȱtheseȱlocations,ȱalternativesȱtoȱaȱwaterȬ adjacentȱfacilityȱwereȱidentifiedȱasȱcloseȱtoȱtheȱwaterȱasȱfeasible.ȱȱȱ ȱ FormerȱindustrialȱareasȱalongȱtheȱYonkersȱwaterfrontȱareȱcurrentlyȱbeingȱredevelopedȱ andȱ plansȱ forȱ redevelopmentȱ provideȱ anȱ opportunityȱ toȱ includeȱ multiȬuseȱ pathwaysȱ andȱfacilities.ȱȱInȱparticular,ȱincorporationȱofȱaȱmultiȬuseȱpathwayȱinȱtheȱplansȱforȱtheȱ PalisadesȱPointȱandȱAlexanderȱStreetȱdevelopmentȱsitesȱwillȱbeȱdiscussedȱbelow.ȱ ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLineȱtoȱPalisadesȱPointȱDevelopmentȱSiteȱ ȱ Justȱ northȱ ofȱ theȱ Yonkersȱ Cityȱ limit,ȱ theȱ Yonkersȱ Jointȱ Wastewaterȱ Treatmentȱ Plant,ȱ ownedȱandȱoperatedȱbyȱWestchesterȱCounty,ȱoccupiesȱtheȱwaterfront,ȱwithȱtheȱrailȱlineȱ passingȱonȱitsȱinlandȱside.ȱThereȱisȱtrackȱsidingȱandȱfencingȱalongȱtheȱlandȱsideȱofȱtheȱ treatmentȱ plantȱ inȱ thisȱ area.ȱȱTheȱ currentȱ distanceȱ fromȱ theȱ fenceȱ toȱ theȱ sidingȱ isȱ approximatelyȱ18ȱfeet,ȱwithȱanotherȱ14ȱfeetȱfromȱtheȱsidingȱtoȱTrackȱ6.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱWCȬ5ȱ forȱanȱaerialȱviewȱofȱtheȱWastewaterȱTreatmentȱPlant.ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ

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ȱ ȱ Gated entrance to the Westchester ȱ County Wastewater Treatment Plant ȱ ȱ NorthȱofȱtheȱWastewaterȱTreatmentȱPlantȱtheȱwaterfrontȱisȱlinedȱwithȱindustrialȱuses,ȱ creatingȱ aȱ barrierȱ toȱ publicȱ accessȱ toȱ theȱ waterfront.ȱȱOnceȱ theȱ Waterfrontȱ Alignmentȱ passesȱnorthȱofȱtheȱWastewaterȱTreatmentȱPlant,ȱTrackȱ6ȱpassesȱthroughȱaȱnarrowȱspaceȱ betweenȱtheȱLudlowȱstationȱandȱadjacentȱbuildingsȱandȱtwoȱsidingsȱprovideȱaccessȱtoȱ twoȱpropertiesȱ(TycoȱPlasticsȱatȱ78ȱFernbrookȱStreetȱandȱHudsonȱScenicȱStudios,ȱatȱ130ȱ Fernbrookȱ Street).ȱȱTheȱ narrownessȱ ofȱ theȱ alignmentȱ combinedȱ withȱ theȱ twoȱ sidingsȱ rendersȱuseȱofȱtheȱrailȱalignmentȱhighlyȱunlikely.ȱȱInstead,ȱtwoȱotherȱopportunitiesȱexist.ȱȱ AȱnewȱbridgeȱforȱnonȬmotorizedȱtravelȱcouldȱbeȱprovidedȱoverȱtheȱtracksȱtoȱValentineȱ Laneȱwithȱaȱrampȱapproachȱfromȱtheȱsouth.ȱȱFromȱhere,ȱtheȱtrailȱcouldȱturnȱnorthȱonȱ Sunnysideȱ Drive,ȱ joiningȱ theȱ Buenaȱ Vistaȱ Corridor.ȱ Sunnysideȱ Driveȱ isȱ aȱ residentialȱ streetȱ withȱ singleȱ familyȱ homesȱ andȱ apartments,ȱ asȱ discussedȱ inȱ theȱ Buenaȱ Vistaȱ Corridorȱ sectionȱ ofȱ thisȱ report.ȱȱAlternately,ȱ theȱ multiȬuseȱ trailȱ couldȱ connectȱ toȱ theȱ southȱ endȱ ofȱ Fernbrookȱ Street,ȱ andȱ continueȱ northȱ onȱ Fernbrookȱ Streetȱ andȱ Knowlesȱ streets.ȱȱTheseȱstreetsȱpassȱthroughȱaȱlightȱindustrialȱareaȱplannedȱforȱredevelopment,ȱ butȱremainȱcloseȱtoȱtheȱwaterfront.ȱȱWhicheverȱrouteȱtheȱHRVGLȱtakes,ȱbothȱofȱtheseȱ connectionsȱcouldȱbeȱprovidedȱtoȱmaximizeȱcommunityȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱtrail.ȱȱUseȱofȱeitherȱ ofȱtheȱidentifiedȱroutesȱallowsȱtravelȱthroughȱthisȱareaȱwithoutȱaffectingȱTrackȱ6ȱorȱtheȱ sidingsȱ toȱ Tycoȱ Plasticsȱ andȱ Scenicȱ Hudson.ȱȱSeeȱ Figureȱ WCȬ5ȱ forȱ anȱ aerialȱ viewȱ ofȱ waterfrontȱindustrialȱusesȱnorthȱofȱtheȱWastewaterȱTreatmentȱPlant.ȱȱ ȱ

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ȱ ȱ Fernbrook Street ȱ ȱ Continuingȱ northȱ fromȱ Fernbrookȱ andȱ Knowlesȱ Streets,ȱ anȱ offȬroadȱ multiȬuseȱ pathȱ couldȱ runȱ betweenȱ theȱ Americanȱ Sugarȱ Refineryȱ andȱ theȱ railȱ line.ȱȱTheȱ refineryȱ isȱ aȱ waterȱdependentȱindustrialȱuse,ȱsoȱitȱwouldȱbeȱimpossibleȱtoȱrouteȱaȱgreenwayȱtoȱtheȱ watersideȱ ofȱ theȱ operation.ȱ Justȱ northȱ ofȱ Knowlesȱ andȱ Federalȱ Streets,ȱ thereȱ isȱ ampleȱ spaceȱforȱaȱmultiȬuseȱpathȱinȱanȱareaȱpreviouslyȱoccupiedȱbyȱtrackȱspurs.ȱȱNorthȱofȱthat,ȱ theȱspaceȱoccupiedȱbyȱTrackȱ6ȱbecomesȱnarrowȱforȱaȱdistanceȱofȱaboutȱ280ȱfeetȱ(85m),ȱ withȱjustȱenoughȱroomȱforȱtheȱtrack,ȱbeforeȱwideningȱagainȱwithȱaȱspurȱleadingȱintoȱtheȱ AmericanȱSugarȱRefinery’sȱloadingȱdockȱandȱTrackȱ6ȱcontinuingȱinȱaȱspaceȱwithȱwallsȱ onȱbothȱsidesȱtoȱtheȱnorthȱendȱofȱtheȱplant.ȱȱ(Atȱthisȱpoint,ȱtheȱpassengerȱrailȱtracksȱtoȱ theȱ eastȱ ofȱ Trackȱ 6ȱ areȱ onȱ anȱ embankmentȱ aboutȱ 15ȱ feetȱ higherȱ thanȱ Trackȱ 6.)ȱȱ ImmediatelyȱtoȱtheȱnorthȱofȱtheȱAmericanȱSugarȱRefinery,ȱisȱaȱvacantȱpropertyȱslatedȱforȱ redevelopment.ȱȱTheȱdevelopmentȱproject,ȱknownȱasȱPalisadesȱPoint,ȱwillȱconstructȱnewȱ midȬriseȱ residentialȱ units.ȱȱSeeȱ Figureȱ WCȬ6ȱ showingȱ anȱ aerialȱ viewȱ ofȱ theȱ Americanȱ SugarȱRefineryȱandȱtheȱPalisadesȱPointȱdevelopmentȱsiteȱdirectlyȱtoȱtheȱnorth.ȱȱ ȱ

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American Sugar Refinery with tracks in the foreground. ȱ ȱ PalisadesȱPointȱDevelopmentȱSiteȱtoȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱDevelopmentȱ(WellsȱStreet)ȱ ȱ AtȱtheȱnorthȱendȱofȱtheȱPalisadesȱPointȱdevelopmentȱsite,ȱtheȱpathȱcouldȱconnectȱtoȱtheȱ endȱ ofȱ Waterȱ Grantȱ Street,ȱ andȱ joinȱ theȱ existingȱ multiȬuseȱ path,ȱ whichȱ followsȱ theȱ shorelineȱinȱdowntownȱYonkers,ȱprovidingȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱesplanadeȱalongȱtheȱwaterfrontȱ Itȱ isȱ designedȱ asȱ aȱ promenadeȱ inȱ thisȱ areaȱ withȱ excellentȱ amenitiesȱ forȱ recreationalȱ walkersȱandȱbicyclists.ȱȱHowever,ȱitȱmakesȱseveralȱabruptȱturnsȱandȱisȱpavedȱwithȱsmallȱ stones,ȱmakingȱitȱlessȱdesirableȱforȱpeopleȱwhoȱwishȱtoȱtravelȱmoreȱquickly.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱ WCȬ6ȱshowingȱ theȱwaterfrontȱesplanadeȱnorthȱofȱtheȱPalisadeȱPointȱdevelopment.ȱ ȱ ȱ

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ȱ ȱ Downtown Yonkers waterfront esplanade ȱ ȱ Alternatively,ȱtheȱmultiȬuseȱpathȱcouldȱfollowȱtheȱformerȱalignmentȱofȱTrackȱ6ȱonȱtopȱofȱ theȱviaductȱthatȱservesȱtheȱYonkersȱtrainȱstation.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱWCȬ6.ȱȱCurrently,ȱthereȱisȱ approximatelyȱ 14ȱ feetȱ ofȱ spaceȱ betweenȱ theȱ thirdȱ railȱ ofȱ Trackȱ 4ȱ andȱ theȱ fenceȱ ofȱ theȱ viaduct.ȱ Thisȱ spaceȱ withinȱ theȱ viaductȱ presentsȱ aȱ uniqueȱ opportunityȱ forȱ anȱ offȬroadȱ pathȱ withoutȱ streetȱ crossings,ȱ andȱ withȱstrikingȱ viewsȱ ofȱ theȱ waterfrontȱ areaȱfromȱitsȱ elevatedȱposition.ȱȱȱ ȱ AlexanderȱStreetȱDevelopmentȱ(WellsȱStreet)ȱtoȱTrevorȱParkȱ ȱ Northȱ ofȱ theȱ downtownȱ developmentȱ beginningȱ atȱ Wellsȱ Streetȱ isȱ theȱ proposedȱ AlexanderȱStreetȱdevelopmentȱsite,ȱwhichȱextendsȱnorthȱalongȱtheȱwaterfrontȱpastȱtheȱ GlenwoodȱStationȱintoȱJFKȱMarina.ȱȱThisȱprojectȱplansȱtoȱdevelopȱmidȬrise,ȱmixedȬuseȱ residential,ȱincludingȱpublicȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱwaterfront.ȱȱNorthȱofȱPointȱStreetȱalongȱtheȱ water,ȱ upȱ untilȱ justȱ southȱ ofȱ theȱ abandonedȱ Glenwoodȱ Powerȱ Station,ȱ theȱ distanceȱ betweenȱ theȱ railroadȱ tracksȱ andȱ theȱ shoreȱ isȱ quiteȱ narrow.ȱȱTheȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ redevelopmentȱplansȱincludeȱaȱwideningȱofȱthisȱareaȱtoȱprovideȱaȱcausewayȱincludingȱaȱ roadwayȱandȱwalkway.ȱȱȱSeeȱFigureȱWCȬ7.ȱ ȱ Theȱ northernmostȱ partȱ ofȱ theȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ developmentȱ includesȱ theȱ siteȱ ofȱ theȱ abandonedȱGlenwoodȱPowerȱPlant.ȱȱ ȱ

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Abandoned Glenwood Power Plant ȱ ȱ JustȱnorthȱofȱtheȱGlenwoodȱPowerȱPlant,ȱtheȱproposedȱroadwayȱwouldȱpassȱalongȱtheȱ edgeȱofȱJFKȱMarinaȱandȱconnectȱtoȱtheȱexistingȱJFKȱMemorialȱDriveȱbridge.ȱȱȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Park at JFK Marina ȱ Theȱ bridgeȱ leadsȱ toȱ Trevorȱ Parkȱ whichȱ hasȱ pavedȱ pathsȱ throughȱ itȱ leadingȱ toȱ WarburtonȱAvenue.ȱ ȱ Theȱfollowingȱpointsȱsummarizeȱtheȱexistingȱconditionsȱdescribedȱaboveȱalongȱvariousȱ portionsȱofȱtheȱwaterfrontȱalignment.ȱ

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ȱ x RailȱrightȬofȬwayȱȱ o Limitedȱ spaceȱ inȱ railȱ rightȬofȬwayȱ fromȱ Yonkersȱ Cityȱ lineȱ toȱ Americanȱ Sugarȱ Refineryȱ ƒ Wastewaterȱ Treatmentȱ Plant,ȱ Fernbrookȱ Street,ȱ sidingȱ tracksȱ servingȱ theȱ formerȱ Tycoȱ Plasticsȱ site,ȱ Hudsonȱ Scenicȱ Studio,ȱ andȱ Americanȱ Sugarȱ RefineryȱlimitȱavailableȱrightȬofȬwayȱ o Eastȱ ofȱ (behind)ȱ Americanȱ Sugarȱ Refinery,ȱ Trackȱ 6ȱ appearsȱ toȱ beȱ unused.ȱ Seeȱ FigureȱWCȬ5ȱexistingȱcrossȱsection.ȱ o Trackȱ6ȱendsȱnorthȱofȱAmericanȱSugarȱRefinery,ȱalthoughȱsomeȱtrackageȱisȱstillȱ presentȱ x Spaceȱ formerlyȱ occupiedȱ byȱ Trackȱ 6ȱ atȱ Yonkersȱ Station.ȱ Seeȱ Figureȱ WCȬ6ȱ existingȱ crossȱsectionȱ x FernbrookȱStreetȱ o Littleȱtrafficȱduringȱtheȱday;ȱlightȱtrafficȱonȱweekendsȱ o Lowȱspeedsȱ(deadȬendȱstreet)ȱ o FiveȬfootȱsidewalksȱpresentȱonȱeasternȱsideȱonlyȱ ƒ Manyȱvehiclesȱparkedȱonȱsidewalksȱ o Activeȱlightȱindustrialȱlandȱusesȱ x PalisadesȱPointȱDevelopmentȱ(SFCȱDevelopmentȱCorporation)ȱ o Developmentȱ underwayȱ inȱ downtownȱ Yonkers,ȱ willȱ includeȱ publicȱ waterfrontȱ accessȱ x WaterȱGrantȱ(VanȱderȱDonck)Streetȱ o 30Ȭfootȱwideȱstreetȱ(atȱMainȱStreet)ȱ o MeteredȱparallelȱonȬstreetȱparkingȱonȱeastȱsideȱ(inȱplaces)ȱ o Lowȱobservedȱtrafficȱvolumesȱȱ x AlexanderȱStreetȱ(betweenȱWellsȱAvenueȱandȱBabcockȱPlace)ȱ o 30Ȭfootȱwideȱstreetȱ o 10ȱfootȱsidewalksȱonȱbothȱsidesȱ o Metered,ȱonȬstreetȱparkingȱonȱeastȱside,ȱnextȱtoȱYonkersȱstationȱ o Lowȱobservedȱtrafficȱvolumesȱandȱspeedsȱ x AlexanderȱStreetȱDevelopmentȱȱ o Developmentȱunderwayȱnorthȱofȱdowntownȱ o Willȱ includeȱ causewayȱ overȱ narrowȱ stretchȱ ofȱ landȱ betweenȱ tracksȱ andȱ shoreȱ southȱofȱtheȱabandonedȱGlenwoodȱPowerȱStationȱȱ x Zoningȱ o Industrialȱzoningȱalongȱsouthernȱportionȱofȱalignmentȱ

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o ZonedȱurbanȱrenewalȱsitesȱatȱPalisadesȱPointȱandȱAlexanderȱStreetȱdevelopmentȱ o AlexanderȱStreetȱdevelopmentȱareaȱisȱzonedȱindustrialȱbutȱtheȱmasterȱplanȱcallsȱ forȱrezoningȱtoȱmixedȱuseȱcommercial/residential.ȱȱ ȱ Opportunitiesȱ x AnȱoffȬroadȱmultiȬuseȱpathȱpossibleȱforȱmuchȱofȱtheȱalignmentȱ x Waterfrontȱaccessȱand/orȱviewsȱforȱmostȱofȱtheȱalignmentȱ x Viewsȱofȱinterestingȱsitesȱ o AmericanȱSugarȱRefineryȱ(activeȱindustrialȱsite)ȱ o GlenwoodȱPowerȱPlantȱ(abandonedȱsite)ȱ x Accessȱtoȱkeyȱdestinationsȱ o O’BoyleȱParkȱ(withȱconnectorȱpath)ȱ o EsplanadeȱParkȱ(includingȱSculptureȱGarden)ȱ o YonkersȱRecreationȱPierȱ o DowntownȱYonkersȱbusinessȱdistrictȱ&ȱYonkersȱpromenadeȱ o BeczakȱEnvironmentalȱCenterȱ o TrevorȱParkȱ o JFKȱMarinaȱParkȱ o GlenwoodȱPowerȱStationȱ o HudsonȱRiverȱMuseumȱ o OldȱCrotonȱAqueductȱTrailȱ(withȱconnectorȱpath)ȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Old Croton Aqueduct Trail in Yonkers ȱ ȱ x Access/connectionȱtoȱtransitȱ o LudlowȱStationȱ(MetroȬNorthȱRailroad)ȱ

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o YonkersȱStationȱ(MetroȬNorthȱRailroad,ȱAmtrak,ȱWestchesterȱCo.ȱBeelineȱbus)ȱ o Yonkersȱ Ferryȱ Slipȱ (Newȱ Yorkȱ Waterȱ Taxiȱ serviceȱ toȱ Manhattan);ȱ serviceȱ hasȱ recentlyȱbeenȱdiscontinued.ȱȱ o GlenwoodȱStationȱ(MetroȬNorthȱRailroad)ȱ x InȱdowntownȱYonkers,ȱRiverWalkȱalreadyȱexistsȱandȱprovidesȱaccessȱtoȱwaterfront,ȱ downtownȱYonkersȱbusinesses,ȱEsplanadeȱPark,ȱandȱBeczakȱEnvironmentalȱCenterȱ x PalisadesȱPointȱDevelopmentȱ o IncorporateȱmultiȬuseȱpathwayȱintoȱnewȱdowntownȱYonkersȱdevelopmentȱplansȱ x AlexanderȱStreetȱDevelopmentȱȱ o ModifyȱplansȱforȱcausewayȱsouthȱofȱGlenwoodȱStationȱtoȱincorporateȱmultiȬuseȱ pathȱorȱonȬstreetȱstripedȱbikeȱpathȱ ȱ Constraintsȱ x YonkersȱJointȱWastewaterȱTreatmentȱPlantȱ o Facilityȱoccupiesȱwaterfrontȱandȱisȱfencedȱoffȱfromȱpublicȱaccessȱ o Currentlyȱimpossibleȱtoȱaccessȱwaterȱsideȱofȱfacilityȱȱ o Theȱ Wastewaterȱ Treatmentȱ Plantȱ isȱ lookingȱ intoȱ theȱ possibilityȱ ofȱ bringingȱ chemicalsȱtoȱtheȱfacilityȱinȱtheȱfutureȱviaȱrail.ȱȱThisȱwouldȱoccurȱinȱsevenȱyearsȱ whenȱtheirȱexistingȱtruckingȱcontractȱexpires.ȱ x AmericanȱSugarȱRefineryȱ o WaterȬdependentȱindustrialȱuseȱwithȱanȱactiveȱdockȱfacilityȱ o Impossibleȱtoȱrouteȱaȱgreenwayȱonȱtheȱactiveȱwatersideȱofȱtheȱoperationȱ o Placementȱ inȱ railȱ rightȬofȬwayȱ behindȱ Americanȱ Sugarȱ Refineryȱ requiresȱ reconfigurationȱofȱTrackȱ6ȱandȱplantȱsiding.ȱ o Dueȱtoȱitsȱactiveȱdockȱfacility,ȱAmericanȱSugarȱRefineryȱareaȱisȱsubjectȱtoȱtheȱU.S.ȱ CoastȱGuard’sȱMarineȱSecurityȱ(“MARSEC”)ȱsystemȱandȱprocedures.ȱ x RiverWalkȱ o PortionsȱofȱRiverWalkȱmayȱnotȱbeȱsuitableȱforȱbicyclistsȱtoȱrideȱgivenȱsharpȱturnsȱ andȱanticipatedȱpedestrianȱtrafficȱ x FromȱJFKȱMarinaȱtoȱGreystoneȱStationȱ o VeryȱlittleȱspaceȱbetweenȱtheȱHudsonȱLineȱtracksȱandȱtheȱwaterȱ o Veryȱsteepȱelevationȱchangesȱbetweenȱwatersideȱandȱinlandȱdestinationsȱ x Trafficȱandȱsafetyȱissuesȱ o Onȱweekdays,ȱaȱlackȱofȱoffȬstreetȱparkingȱonȱFernbrookȱStreetȱresultsȱinȱvehiclesȱ parkedȱonȱsidewalksȱ o OnȬstreetȱparkingȱonȱWaterȱGrantȱStreetȱȱ

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x Portionȱofȱalignmentȱwithinȱrailȱcorridorȱwouldȱrequireȱcoordinationȱwith/approvalȱ fromȱMetroȬNorthȱRailroadȱ ȱ

ȱ ȱ Little room along some portions of ȱ the railroad right-of-way ȱ DesignȱSolutionsȱ ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLineȱtoȱPalisadesȱPointȱDevelopmentȱSiteȱ ȱ InȱYonkers,ȱtheȱwaterfrontȱalignmentȱwouldȱinitiallyȱcontinueȱnorthȱinȱanȱareaȱbetweenȱ theȱrailȱtracksȱandȱtheȱWastewaterȱTreatmentȱPlant.ȱȱThisȱmayȱrequireȱremovingȱaȱtrackȱ sidingȱorȱshiftingȱtheȱfencingȱalongȱtheȱlandȱsideȱofȱtheȱtreatmentȱplantȱinȱthisȱarea.ȱȱTheȱ currentȱdistanceȱfromȱtheȱfenceȱtoȱtheȱsidingȱisȱapproximatelyȱ18ȱfeet,ȱwithȱanotherȱ14ȱ feetȱfromȱtheȱsidingȱtoȱTrackȱ6.ȱ ȱ AdjacentȱtoȱtheȱAmericanȱSugarȱRefinery’sȱloadingȱdockȱarea,ȱaȱmultiȬuseȱpathȱcouldȱ occupyȱtheȱspaceȱcurrentlyȱoccupiedȱbyȱTrackȱ6,ȱleavingȱtheȱspurȱtoȱtheȱplantȱinȱplace,ȱ butȱaȱcrossingȱandȱpossiblyȱshiftingȱtheȱspurȱtrackȱtoȱshareȱspaceȱwithȱaȱroadwayȱwithinȱ theȱ plantȱ propertyȱ mayȱ beȱ required.ȱȱTheȱ multiȬuseȱ pathȱ wouldȱ thenȱ continueȱ inȱ theȱ walledȱsectionȱwhereȱTrackȱ6ȱpassesȱtheȱplant.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱWCȬ5ȱforȱaȱcrossȱsectionȱofȱaȱ pathȱpassingȱtheȱloadingȱdockȱarea.ȱ ȱ TheȱmultiȬuseȱpathȱwouldȱcontinueȱwhereȱtheȱendȱofȱTrackȱ6ȱisȱtoday,ȱadjacentȱtoȱtheȱ PalisadesȱPointȱdevelopmentȱsite.ȱȱTrackȱ6ȱendsȱseveralȱhundredȱfeetȱnorthȱofȱtheȱofȱtheȱ sugarȱ refinery.ȱȱOnceȱ Trackȱ 6ȱ ends,ȱ severalȱ opportunitiesȱ areȱ availableȱ toȱ provideȱ anȱ alignmentȱcloseȱtoȱtheȱwaterfront.ȱ ȱ

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PublicȱwaterfrontȱaccessȱisȱplannedȱforȱtheȱPalisadesȱPointȱdevelopmentȱandȱwouldȱbeȱ incorporatedȱintoȱYonkersȱRiverWalk.ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ PalisadesȱPointȱDevelopmentȱSiteȱtoȱAlexanderȱStreetȱDevelopmentȱ(WellsȱStreet)ȱ ȱ Forȱ bicyclistsȱ wishingȱ toȱ travelȱ atȱ greaterȱ speedsȱ thanȱ theȱ Yonkersȱ Promenadeȱ isȱ designedȱfor,ȱtheȱWaterfrontȱAlignmentȱcouldȱcontinueȱalongȱtheȱbaseȱofȱtheȱrailroadȱ viaductȱonȱAlexanderȱStreetȱpastȱtheȱYonkersȱstationȱarea.ȱȱThisȱonȬstreetȱrouteȱcouldȱ continueȱonȱAlexanderȱStreetȱtoȱjustȱnorthȱofȱBabcockȱPlace,ȱwhereȱitȱcouldȱtransitionȱ backȱtoȱtheȱwestȱsideȱofȱtheȱrailȱline.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱWCȬ6,ȱOptionȱ1B.ȱ ȱ Alternatively,ȱtheȱmultiȬuseȱpathȱcouldȱfollowȱtheȱformerȱalignmentȱofȱTrackȱ6ȱonȱtopȱofȱ theȱviaductȱthatȱservesȱtheȱYonkersȱtrainȱstation.ȱȱCurrently,ȱthereȱisȱapproximatelyȱ14ȱ feetȱofȱspaceȱbetweenȱtheȱthirdȱrailȱofȱTrackȱ4ȱandȱtheȱfenceȱofȱtheȱviaduct.ȱThisȱspaceȱ withinȱ theȱ viaductȱ presentsȱ aȱ uniqueȱ opportunityȱ forȱ anȱ offȬroadȱ pathȱ withoutȱ streetȱ crossings,ȱ andȱ withȱ strikingȱ viewsȱ ofȱ theȱ waterfrontȱ areaȱ fromȱ itsȱ elevatedȱ position.ȱȱ Suchȱaȱpathȱwouldȱrequireȱrelocationȱofȱtwoȱsmallȱsignalȱstructuresȱandȱcoveringȱofȱaȱ lightȱwellȱintoȱtheȱstationȱcorridorȱbelow.ȱȱAȱnarrowȱcantileverȱaboutȱ2ȱfeetȱwideȱalongȱ theȱsideȱofȱtheȱstructureȱwouldȱaddȱneededȱwidthȱandȱanȱaccessȱstairȱcouldȱbeȱprovidedȱ atȱtheȱnortheastȱcornerȱofȱDockȱStreetȱandȱAlexanderȱStreet.ȱȱAȱrampȱaccessȱcouldȱbeȱ providedȱ inȱ anȱ openȱ triangleȱ nearȱ theȱ northȱ endȱ ofȱ theȱ stationȱ andȱ acrossȱ fromȱ theȱ Beczackȱ Environmentalȱ Educationȱ Centerȱ atȱ 35ȱ Alexanderȱ Street.ȱȱTheȱ elevatedȱ alignmentȱcouldȱcontinueȱinȱtheȱformerȱspaceȱofȱTrackȱ6ȱnorthȱcrossingȱoverȱAshburtonȱ AvenueȱandȱunderȱBabcockȱPlace.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱWCȬ6,ȱOptionȱ1Aȱforȱaȱcrossȱsectionȱofȱ thisȱpathȱonȱtheȱviaduct.ȱȱ ȱ Whetherȱ theȱ Waterfrontȱ Alignmentȱ followsȱ theȱ RiverWalk,ȱ anȱ onȬstreetȱ solutionȱ onȱ Alexanderȱ Street,ȱ orȱ theȱ railȱ viaduct,ȱ allȱ optionsȱ wouldȱ convergeȱ northȱ ofȱ downtownȱ YonkersȱjustȱnorthȱofȱBabcockȱPlaceȱnextȱtoȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱRedevelopmentȱsite.ȱȱȱ ȱ AlexanderȱStreetȱDevelopmentȱ(WellsȱStreet)ȱtoȱTrevorȱParkȱ ȱ Northȱ ofȱ downtown,ȱ theȱ Waterfrontȱ Alignmentȱ couldȱ continueȱ northȱ alongȱ theȱ westȱ sideȱofȱtheȱrailȱline,ȱpassingȱtheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱdevelopmentȱwithoutȱstreetȱcrossings.ȱȱ Northȱ ofȱ Pointȱ Street,ȱ theȱ landȱ narrowsȱ forȱ aboutȱ 700ȱ feetȱ (215m)ȱ untilȱ itȱ reachesȱ theȱ Glenwoodȱtrainȱstation.ȱȱTheȱAlexanderȱStreetȱredevelopmentȱplansȱincludeȱaȱwideningȱ ofȱthisȱareaȱtoȱprovideȱaȱcausewayȱincludingȱaȱroadwayȱandȱwalkway.ȱȱTheȱmultiȬuseȱ corridorȱcouldȱbeȱincludedȱinȱthisȱspace,ȱpossiblyȱwithȱaȱspaceȱreservedȱprimarilyȱforȱ cyclistsȱonȱtheȱrailroadȱsideȱofȱtheȱsegmentȱ(toȱavoidȱstreetȱcrossings)ȱandȱaȱpedestrianȱ 132 HudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ

walkwayȱ alongȱ theȱ watersȱ edge.ȱȱThisȱ configurationȱ wouldȱ continueȱ inȱ theȱ spaceȱ betweenȱtheȱsouthboundȱplatformȱofȱtheȱGlenwoodȱstationȱandȱtheȱadjacentȱabandonedȱ GlenwoodȱPowerȱPlant.ȱȱ(TheȱWaterfrontȱAlignmentȱconnectsȱorȱpassesȱthroughȱseveralȱ redevelopmentȱprojectsȱinȱtheȱCityȱofȱYonkers.ȱȱOpportunitiesȱtoȱincludeȱtheȱAlignmentȱ inȱ redevelopmentȱ plansȱ shouldȱ beȱ pursued.)ȱȱSeeȱ Figuresȱ WCȬ7ȱ andȱ WCȬ8ȱ forȱ crossȱ sectionsȱalongȱtheȱrailȱcorridorȱandȱfutureȱcauseway.ȱ ȱ JustȱnorthȱofȱtheȱGlenwoodȱPowerȱPlant,ȱtheȱproposedȱroadwayȱwouldȱpassȱalongȱtheȱ edgeȱofȱJFKȱParkȱandȱconnectȱtoȱtheȱexistingȱJFKȱMemorialȱDriveȱbridge.ȱȱTheȱmultiȬuseȱ pathȱ couldȱ followȱ theȱ eastȱ sideȱ ofȱ thisȱ alignment,ȱ usingȱ theȱ southȱ sidewalkȱ onȱ JFKȱ MemorialȱDriveȱtoȱcrossȱtheȱrailroadȱtracksȱandȱconnectȱtoȱTrevorȱParkȱonȱtheȱeastȱsideȱ ofȱtheȱtacks.ȱȱSeeȱFigureȱWCȬ8ȱforȱtheȱpathȱofȱthisȱroute.ȱȱ ȱ Fromȱ JFKȱ Memorialȱ Drive,ȱ theȱ pathȱ couldȱ passȱ throughȱ Trevorȱ Parkȱ andȱ connectȱ toȱ WarburtonȱAvenue.ȱȱAlongȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱtheȱtrailȱcouldȱconnectȱtoȱtheȱOCAȱTrailȱ atȱ4ȱdifferentȱlocations:ȱȱShonnardȱTerrace,ȱArthurȱStreet,ȱaȱpathȱthroughȱUntermeyerȱ Park,ȱ andȱ Odellȱ Avenue.ȱȱShonnardȱ Terraceȱ isȱ theȱ closestȱ connectionȱ pointȱ toȱ Trevorȱ Park.ȱȱTheseȱOCAȱconnectionȱpointsȱareȱdiscussedȱearlierȱinȱthisȱreportȱasȱpartȱofȱtheȱ NorthȱYonkersȱCorridor.ȱ ȱ ThisȱrouteȱwouldȱprovideȱgoodȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱMuseumȱatȱtheȱnorthȱendȱofȱ TrevorȱParkȱandȱtoȱtheȱMuseumȱSchoolȱ25,ȱtheȱMuseumȱMiddleȱSchool,ȱandȱRiversideȱ Highȱ School,ȱ allȱ locatedȱ atȱ theȱ intersectionȱ ofȱ JFKȱ Memorialȱ Driveȱ andȱ Warburtonȱ Avenue.ȱ ȱ ConstructionȱImpactsȱ x OnȬstreetȱ solutionsȱ couldȱ requireȱ eliminationȱ ofȱ onȬstreetȱ parkingȱ onȱ Fernbrookȱ Street,ȱWaterȱGrantȱStreetȱ x ȱRemovalȱofȱunusedȱTrackȱ6ȱwouldȱbeȱrequiredȱbehindȱAmericanȱSugarȱRefineryȱ ȱ ConstructionȱCostsȱ ȱ InstallationȱofȱstabilizedȱstoneȱscreeningȱthroughȱtheȱYonkersȱportionȱofȱtheȱgreenwayȱ fromȱtheȱBronx/YonkersȱborderȱtoȱapproximatelyȱValentineȱLane,ȱȱassumingȱaȱ12ȱfootȱ wideȱpathȱ=ȱ$300,000ȱ ȱ Installationȱ ofȱ aȱ 10Ȭfootȱ highȱ wroughtȱ ironȱ fenceȱ throughȱ theȱ sameȱ lengthȱ asȱ aboveȱ =ȱ $500,000ȱȱ ȱ

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Aȱchainȱlinkȱfenceȱcouldȱbeȱusedȱinsteadȱofȱwroughtȱiron,ȱthoughȱwroughtȱironȱwouldȱ beȱmoreȱdurable.ȱȱInstallationȱofȱ10Ȭfootȱhighȱchainȱlinkȱfenceȱthroughoutȱtheȱlengthȱofȱ theȱcorridorȱ=ȱ$50,000.ȱ ȱ Constructionȱ ofȱ aȱ pedestrianȱ bridgeȱ atȱ Valentineȱ Laneȱ couldȱ costȱ approximatelyȱ $10ȱ million.ȱ

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RiverȱAccessȱandȱEastȬWestȱConnectionsȱ

Throughoutȱtheȱcourseȱofȱtheȱproject,ȱstakeholdersȱhaveȱidentifiedȱtheȱneedȱtoȱestablishȱeast/westȱconnections,ȱbringingȱpeopleȱtoȱtheȱ waterfrontȱfromȱtheȱneighborhoodsȱinland.ȱBarriersȱsuchȱasȱrailroadȱtracksȱandȱsteepȱgradeȱchangesȱmakeȱtheȱestablishmentȱofȱtheseȱ connectionsȱ veryȱ challenging.ȱȱTheȱ discussionȱ belowȱ outlinesȱ theȱ challengesȱ presentedȱ atȱ eachȱ ofȱ theȱ possibleȱ connectionȱ pointsȱ identifiedȱinȱthisȱstudy.ȱ

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231stȱ StreetȱȬȱIfȱ 231stȱ Streetȱ wereȱ toȱ extendȱ pastȱ itsȱ westernȱ terminationȱ pointȱ atȱ Palisadeȱ Avenueȱ itȱ wouldȱ passȱ throughȱ aȱ privatelyȱ ownedȱparcelȱofȱland,ȱleadingȱtoȱrailroadȱrightȬofȬwayȱandȱtheȱriver.ȱȱȱTheȱterrainȱleadingȱthroughȱtheȱprivatelyȱownedȱparcelȱisȱveryȱ steep,ȱleadingȱtoȱaȱpointȱwhereȱaȱbridgeȱwouldȱbeȱconstructedȱoverȱtheȱtracks.ȱȱSeeȱtheȱparcelȱownershipȱmapȱonȱtheȱfollowingȱpage.ȱȱ Theȱclearanceȱofȱtheȱbridgeȱoverȱtheȱtracksȱmustȱbeȱ23ȱfeetȱaccordingȱtoȱrailroadȱrequirements.ȱȱWithȱaȱclearanceȱofȱthisȱheight,ȱtheȱpathȱ wouldȱthenȱbeȱbroughtȱbackȱtoȱgradeȱonȱtheȱwaterȱsideȱofȱtheȱtracks.ȱȱThisȱwouldȱrequireȱanȱADAȱcompliantȱrampȱofȱapproximatelyȱ 276ȱfeetȱinȱlength,ȱorȱaȱmechanicalȱdeviseȱsuchȱasȱanȱelevator.ȱ

232ndȱStreetȱnearȱRiverdaleȱParkȱ–ȱIfȱ232ndȱStreetȱwereȱtoȱextendȱpastȱitsȱwesternȱterminationȱpointȱatȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱitȱwouldȱpassȱalongȱ theȱlotȱlineȱseparatingȱRiverdaleȱParkȱandȱaȱprivatelyȱownedȱparcel.ȱȱAsȱstatedȱabove,ȱtheȱterrainȱleadingȱthroughȱRiverdaleȱParkȱisȱveryȱ steep,ȱleadingȱtoȱaȱpointȱwhereȱaȱbridgeȱwouldȱbeȱconstructedȱoverȱtheȱtracks.ȱȱTheȱclearanceȱofȱtheȱbridgeȱoverȱtheȱtracksȱmustȱbeȱ23ȱ feetȱaccordingȱtoȱrailroadȱrequirements.ȱȱWithȱaȱclearanceȱofȱthisȱheight,ȱtheȱpathȱwouldȱthenȱbeȱbroughtȱbackȱtoȱgradeȱonȱtheȱwaterȱ sideȱofȱtheȱtracks.ȱȱThisȱwouldȱrequireȱanȱADAȱcompliantȱrampȱofȱapproximatelyȱ276ȱfeetȱinȱlength,ȱorȱaȱmechanicalȱdeviseȱsuchȱasȱanȱ elevator.ȱȱȱȱȱ

DodgeȱDockȱ–ȱDodgeȱDockȱisȱaȱsmallȱoutcroppingȱofȱlandȱintoȱtheȱHudsonȱRiverȱatȱapproximatelyȱ246thȱStreet.ȱȱParcelȱownershipȱmapsȱ indicateȱthatȱthisȱpieceȱofȱlandȱisȱownedȱbyȱtheȱNewȱYorkȱCityȱDepartmentȱofȱParksȱandȱRecreation.ȱConnectionsȱtoȱthisȱparcelȱfromȱtheȱ eastȱwouldȱfaceȱtheȱsameȱtopographicȱobstaclesȱasȱthoseȱoutlinedȱaboveȱatȱ231stȱandȱ232ndȱStreets.ȱȱSeeȱtheȱparcelȱownershipȱmapȱonȱtheȱ followingȱpage.ȱ

NorthȱEndȱofȱRiverdaleȱStationȱParkingȱLotȱ–ȱAccessȱtoȱtheȱwaterfrontȱatȱtheȱnorthȱendȱofȱtheȱRiverdaleȱStationȱparkingȱlotȱisȱanȱatȱgradeȱ crossingȱofȱtheȱelectrifiedȱtracks,ȱandȱisȱdesignatedȱforȱrailroadȱmaintenanceȱworkersȱonly.ȱȱAccessȱacrossȱtheseȱelectrified,ȱactiveȱtracksȱ byȱtheȱgeneralȱpublicȱwouldȱbeȱdangerous,ȱandȱlittleȱopportunityȱexistsȱtoȱcreateȱaȱsafeȱatȱgradeȱcrossingȱhere.ȱ

TheȱPointȱatȱtheȱCollegeȱofȱMountȱSaintȱVincentȱȬȱTheȱPointȱisȱaȱpropertyȱownedȱbyȱtheȱSistersȱofȱCharityȱatȱtheȱCollegeȱofȱMountȱSaintȱ Vincent.ȱȱItȱcanȱonlyȱbeȱaccessedȱfromȱinlandȱviaȱtheȱCollegeȱcampus.ȱȱTheȱCollegeȱisȱveryȱsecurityȱconsciousȱandȱrestrictsȱpublicȱaccess.ȱȱ Therefore,ȱtheȱPointȱcouldȱnotȱbeȱaccessedȱbyȱtheȱgeneralȱpublic.ȱ

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LudlowȱStreetȱexistingȱbridgeȱ–ȱThisȱproject’sȱTaskȱ4ȱdocumentȱoutlinedȱtheȱcharacteristicsȱofȱLudlowȱStreetȱandȱtheȱLudlowȱStreetȱBridgeȱ crossingȱtheȱtracksȱasȱanȱeastȬwestȱconnection.ȱȱTheȱTaskȱ4ȱdocumentȱstatedȱthatȱLudlowȱStreetȱprovidesȱtheȱfirstȱexistingȱlocationȱnorthȱ ofȱ theȱ Yonkersȱ cityȱ lineȱ toȱ crossȱ overȱ theȱ railȱ tracks.ȱ Ludlowȱ Streetȱ isȱ wideȱ enoughȱ forȱ stripedȱ bikeȱ lanesȱ onȱ bothȱ sides,ȱ althoughȱ currentlyȱthereȱisȱparkingȱonȱtheȱsouthȱsideȱofȱtheȱstreet.ȱInȱaddition,ȱbecauseȱLudlowȱStreetȱisȱtheȱonlyȱaccessȱpointȱtoȱtheȱindustrialȱ usesȱonȱtheȱwater’sȱedge,ȱaȱmoderateȱamountȱofȱtruckȱtrafficȱwasȱobserved.ȱ

CharacteristicsȱdescribedȱinȱtheȱTaskȱ4ȱdocumentȱinclude:ȱ

x Twoȱwayȱstreet,ȱoneȱlaneȱinȱeachȱdirection,ȱparkingȱonȱoneȱsideȱ x PossibleȱconnectionȱtoȱtheȱwaterfrontȱȬȱcrossesȱtheȱrailȱtracksȱ x ProvidesȱconnectionȱtoȱtheȱLudlowȱTrainȱStationȱ x Lightȱtruckȱtrafficȱfromȱwaterfrontȱindustrialȱusesȱ x Surroundingȱlandȱusesȱincludeȱsmallȱwarehousesȱandȱfactoriesȱ

SugarȱFactoryȱBridgeȱ–ȱTheȱbridgeȱfromȱVarkȱStreetȱoverȱtheȱrailroadȱtracksȱandȱintoȱtheȱSugarȱRefineryȱdoȱnotȱprovideȱaccessȱtoȱtheȱ waterfrontȱnorȱdoesȱitȱprovideȱaȱpublicȱeastȬwestȱconnection.ȱȱȱ

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APPENDIX:ȱENVIRONMENTALȱSCREENINGȱ

Thisȱappendixȱsummarizesȱexistingȱenvironmentalȱconditionsȱandȱsensitivitiesȱinȱ theȱstudyȱarea,ȱoutlinesȱregulatoryȱrequirementsȱrelevantȱtoȱtheȱdevelopmentȱofȱ theȱalternativeȱalignmentsȱunderȱconsideration,ȱandȱpresentsȱtheȱenvironmentalȱ screeningȱ findingsȱ byȱ alternativeȱ alignment.ȱȱDataȱ collectionȱ andȱ analysisȱ methodologiesȱ areȱ presentedȱ underȱ eachȱ subjectȱ heading.ȱȱTheȱ followingȱ environmentalȱ resourcesȱ andȱ conditionsȱ wereȱ evaluatedȱ underȱ thisȱ taskȱ (organizedȱfromȱsouthȱtoȱnorth—Manhattan,ȱBronx,ȱYonkers),ȱasȱapplicable:ȱ

x Landȱuseȱandȱzoningȱ x Parksȱandȱopenȱspaceȱ x Communityȱfacilitiesȱ x Naturalȱresourcesȱ(coastalȱzone,ȱfloodplains,ȱandȱwetlands)ȱ x Visualȱqualityȱandȱaestheticsȱ x Historicȱandȱarchaeologicalȱresourcesȱ x Hazardousȱmaterialsȱ x Socioeconomicsȱ x Environmentalȱjusticeȱ x PreliminaryȱListȱofȱPermitsȱandȱApprovalsȱ(Waterfront)ȱ

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LANDȱUSEȱANDȱZONINGȱ

Dataȱ forȱ Manhattanȱ andȱ theȱ Bronxȱ comeȱ fromȱ theȱ Cityȱ ofȱ Newȱ York’sȱ MapPLUTOȱfile,ȱpublishedȱinȱJuneȱ2009.ȱȱTheȱMapPLUTOȱdatasetȱrepresentsȱaȱ compilationȱ ofȱ dataȱ fromȱ variousȱ governmentȱ agenciesȱ throughoutȱ theȱ Cityȱ ofȱ Newȱ York,ȱ representedȱ inȱ aȱ geographicȱ dataset.ȱȱTheȱ underlyingȱ geographyȱ isȱ derivedȱfromȱtheȱTaxȱLotȱPolygonȱfeatureȱclassȱwhichȱisȱpartȱofȱtheȱDepartmentȱ ofȱ Financeȇsȱ Digitalȱ Taxȱ Mapȱ (DTM).ȱȱInformationȱ forȱ theȱ Cityȱ ofȱ Yonkersȱ wasȱ extractedȱ fromȱ taxȱ parcelȱ dataȱ maintainedȱ byȱ theȱ City’sȱ Departmentȱ ofȱ Publicȱ Works,ȱ alsoȱ representedȱ asȱ aȱ geographicȱ dataset,ȱ andȱ isȱ currentȱ asȱ ofȱ Augustȱ 2009.ȱȱDataȱforȱtheȱCityȱofȱNewȱYorkȱisȱpresentedȱasȱreceived;ȱtheȱdataȱforȱtheȱ CityȱofȱYonkersȱwasȱeditedȱforȱcompleteness,ȱconsistency,ȱandȱcurrency.ȱȱParcelȱ landȱ useȱ categoriesȱ wereȱ derivedȱ fromȱ landȱ useȱ codesȱ withinȱ eachȱ ofȱ theȱ municipalȱdataȱsets.ȱ

WhileȱnoȱzoningȱorȱlandȱuseȱchangesȱareȱanticipatedȱasȱaȱresultȱofȱtheȱHRVGLȱ project,ȱ bothȱ zoningȱ andȱ landȱ useȱ provideȱ anȱ understandingȱ ofȱ theȱ builtȱ environmentȱsurroundingȱtheȱproposedȱalignmentsȱandȱtheȱcontextȱinȱwhichȱtheȱ futureȱgreenwayȱlinkȱwillȱexist.ȱ

LandȱUseȱ

Theȱgreatestȱuseȱofȱlandȱinȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱisȱforȱresidentialȱpurposes,ȱwithȱ27%ȱofȱ theȱstudyȱareaȱdedicatedȱtoȱoneȱorȱtwoȬfamilyȱhousingȱandȱaȱfurtherȱ11%ȱusedȱ forȱmultiȬfamilyȱhousing.ȱȱOpenȱspaceȱisȱtheȱnextȱlargestȱuseȱofȱlandȱinȱtheȱstudyȱ area,ȱ comprisingȱ 20%ȱ ofȱ theȱ land.ȱȱPublicȱ facilitiesȱ makeȱ upȱ theȱ nextȱ greatestȱ amountȱacreage,ȱatȱ17%ȱofȱtheȱstudyȱarea.ȱȱTableȱ1ȱsummarizesȱlandȱuseȱinȱtheȱ studyȱareaȱasȱaȱwhole.ȱȱMapsȱinȱFiguresȱ1ȱandȱ2ȱshowȱlandȱuseȱinȱManhattanȱ&ȱ theȱBronxȱandȱinȱYonkers.ȱȱ

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TABLEȱ1:ȱ LANDȱUSEȱINȱTHEȱSTUDYȱAREAȱ

Overall area Type of Land Use Acres Percent of study area Total Residential 853 38% One & Two Family Buildings 605 27% Multi-Family Buildings 248 11% Open Space and Outdoor Recreation 463 20% Public Facilities and Institutions 393 17% Vacant 184 8% Industrial and Manufacturing 93 4% Unknown 68 3% Transportation and Utility 101 4% Commercial and Office Buildings 60 3% Parking Facilities 18 1% Residential of Unknown Density 5 0% Mixed Residential and Commercial 33 1% Total 2,272 100% ȱ

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FIGUREȱ1:ȱ LANDȱUSEȱANDȱZONINGȱINȱMANHATTANȱANDȱTHEȱBRONXȱ

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Zoningȱ

Zoningȱ informationȱ forȱ Manhattanȱ andȱ theȱ Bronxȱ isȱ presentedȱ inȱ Figureȱ 1.ȱȱ Zoningȱ districtsȱ inȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ includeȱ residential,ȱ commercial,ȱ manufacturing,ȱandȱparklandȱuses.ȱ

Residentialȱ zoningȱ inȱ theȱ Manhattanȱ andȱ Bronxȱ portionȱ ofȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ includesȱ singleȱ family,ȱ detachedȱ housingȱ onȱ largeȱ lotsȱ (R1Ȭ1,ȱ R1Ȭ2,ȱ R2);ȱ oneȱ orȱ twoȬfamilyȱsemiȬdetachedȱ housingȱ (R3Ȭ1,ȱ R3A);ȱ aȱ varietyȱ ofȱ housingȱ typesȱ andȱ densitiesȱ (R3Ȭ2,ȱ R4,ȱ R5),ȱ andȱ apartmentȱ housingȱ atȱ varyingȱ densitiesȱ (R6,ȱ R7Ȭ1,ȱ R7Ȭ2,ȱR7A).ȱȱCommercialȱ zoningȱ inȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱisȱpresentȱ asȱzonedȱ districtsȱ C8Ȭ1,ȱ C8Ȭ2,ȱ C8Ȭ3,ȱ allȱ ofȱ whichȱ bridgeȱ commercialȱ andȱ manufacturingȱ usesȱ byȱ allowingȱ commercialȱ usesȱ thatȱ requireȱ largeȱ lots,ȱ suchȱ asȱ autoȱ repairȱ shops.ȱȱ Commercialȱoverlaysȱinȱresidentialȱdistrictsȱallowȱlocalȱretailȱ(C1Ȭ2,ȱC1Ȭ3,ȱC1Ȭ4,ȱ C2Ȭ2,ȱandȱC2Ȭ3).ȱȱAȱsmallȱManufacturingȱzoningȱdistrictȱisȱpresentȱ(M1Ȭ1),ȱwhichȱ allowsȱlightȱindustry.ȱ

AnȱoverlayȱzoneȱofȱnoteȱisȱpresentȱinȱtheȱBronxȱportionȱofȱtheȱstudyȱarea;ȱthisȱisȱ theȱ Specialȱ Naturalȱ Areaȱ Districtȱ (NAȬ2),ȱ orȱ SNAD,ȱ whichȱ coversȱ almostȱ 900ȱ acresȱinȱtheȱBronx.ȱȱSNADȱoverlaysȱareȱpresentȱinȱareasȱofȱNewȱYorkȱCityȱwithȱ significantȱ naturalȱ featuresȱ suchȱ asȱ steepȱ slopes,ȱ rockȱ outcroppings,ȱ forests,ȱ wetlands,ȱponds,ȱandȱstreamȱcorridors.ȱȱTheȱSNADȱinȱtheȱBronxȱisȱoneȱofȱfourȱ suchȱdistrictsȱcityȬwide.ȱȱTheȱpurposeȱofȱtheȱSNADȱisȱ“toȱguideȱdevelopmentȱtoȱ preserveȱuniqueȱnaturalȱfeaturesȱbyȱrequiringȱCityȱPlanningȱCommissionȱreviewȱ ofȱnewȱdevelopmentsȱandȱsiteȱalterationȱonȱprimarilyȱvacantȱland.”ȱ1ȱ

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Note:ȱInformationȱonȱzoningȱisȱnotȱcurrentlyȱavailableȱforȱtheȱYonkersȱportionȱofȱ theȱstudyȱarea.ȱ

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PARKSȱ&ȱOPENȱSPACEȱ

Thereȱ areȱ 36ȱ publicȱ openȱ spacesȱ andȱ playgroundsȱ situatedȱ withinȱ theȱ HRVGLȱ studyȱarea,ȱrangingȱfromȱregionalȱparksȱandȱforestsȱtoȱsmallȱlocalȱplaygrounds.ȱȱ Thisȱinformationȱwasȱcompiledȱfromȱaȱvarietyȱofȱdatabases:ȱtheȱNewȱYorkȱCityȱ Departmentȱ ofȱ Parksȱ &ȱ Recreation;ȱ theȱ Cityȱ ofȱ Yonkersȱ Departmentȱ ofȱ Parks,ȱ Recreationȱ&ȱConservation;ȱandȱtheȱNewȱYorkȱStateȱOfficeȱofȱParks,ȱRecreationȱ&ȱ HistoricȱPreservationȱ(seeȱFiguresȱ3ȱandȱ4ȱandȱTableȱ1).ȱ

Shouldȱ theȱ selectedȱ alignment(s)ȱ requireȱ acquisitionȱ fromȱ publicȱ parkland,ȱ theȱ agencyȱ havingȱ jurisdictionȱ wouldȱ beȱ consultedȱ regardingȱ measuresȱ toȱ avoid,ȱ mitigate,ȱorȱminimizeȱimpacts.ȱȱShouldȱtheȱprojectȱreceiveȱfederalȱtransportationȱ funding,ȱthenȱaȱSectionȱ4(f)ȱEvaluation2ȱwouldȱbeȱrequiredȱifȱtheȱprojectȱproposesȱ toȱuseȱpropertyȱfrom:ȱ

1)ȱ aȱ publicȱ park,ȱ recreationȱ area,ȱ orȱ wildlifeȱ andȱ waterfowlȱ refugeȱofȱ national,ȱ state,ȱorȱlocalȱsignificance;ȱorȱ 2)ȱ aȱhistoricȱsiteȱofȱnational,ȱstate,ȱorȱlocalȱsignificance.ȱ

TheȱFTAȱmayȱnotȱapproveȱtheȱuseȱofȱSectionȱ4(f)ȱpropertyȱunlessȱitȱdeterminesȱ that:ȱ x Thereȱisȱnoȱfeasibleȱorȱprudentȱalternativeȱandȱtheȱactionȱincludesȱallȱpossibleȱ planningȱtoȱminimizeȱharmȱtoȱtheȱpropertyȱresultingȱfromȱsuchȱuse;ȱorȱ x Theȱ useȱ ofȱ theȱ property,ȱ includingȱ anyȱ measure(s)ȱ toȱ minimizeȱ harmȱ willȱ haveȱaȱdeȱminimisȱimpactȱonȱtheȱproperty.ȱ

Withȱ regardȱ toȱ publicȱ parks,ȱ recreationȱ areas,ȱ andȱ wildlifeȱ andȱ waterfowlȱ refuges,ȱ mitigationȱ measuresȱ mayȱ includeȱ (butȱ areȱ notȱ limitedȱ to)ȱ designȱ modifications,ȱreplacementȱofȱlandȱorȱfacilitiesȱofȱcomparableȱvalueȱandȱfunction,ȱ orȱmonetaryȱcompensationȱtoȱenhanceȱtheȱremainingȱpropertyȱorȱtoȱmitigateȱtheȱ adverseȱimpactsȱofȱtheȱprojectȱinȱotherȱways.ȱ

2 A Section 4(f) Evaluation is prepared pursuant to federal regulations contained in 23 CFR 774 that implement 23 U.S.C. 138 and 49 U.S.C. 303, which were originally enacted as Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 and are still commonly referred to as ``Section 4(f)''. 7 TheȱHudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ ȱTaskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ

AnotherȱpertinentȱregulationȱisȱSectionȱ6(f)ȱofȱtheȱLandȱandȱWaterȱConservationȱ FundȱActȱ(LWCFA)ȱofȱ1965,ȱwhichȱconcernsȱtransportationȱprojectsȱthatȱproposeȱ toȱ convertȱ outdoorȱ recreationȱ propertyȱ acquiredȱ orȱ developedȱ withȱ LWCFAȱ grantȱ assistance.ȱȱSectionȱ 6(f)ȱ ofȱ theȱ actȱ prohibitsȱ theȱ conversionȱ ofȱ propertyȱ acquiredȱorȱdevelopedȱwithȱtheseȱgrantsȱtoȱaȱnonȬrecreationalȱpurposeȱwithoutȱ theȱapprovalȱofȱtheȱUSȱDepartmentȱofȱtheȱInterior’sȱNationalȱParkȱServiceȱ(NPS).ȱ

Theȱ NPSȱ mustȱ assureȱ thatȱ replacementȱ landsȱ ofȱ equalȱ value,ȱ location,ȱ andȱ usefulnessȱ beȱ providedȱ asȱ conditionsȱ toȱ approvalȱ ofȱ landȱ conversions,ȱ andȱ theȱ NPS’sȱpositionȱonȱtheȱlandȱtransferȱmustȱbeȱdocumented.ȱ

Whileȱ Sectionȱ 6(f)ȱ isȱ similarȱ toȱ theȱ recreationȬrelatedȱ provisionsȱ ofȱ Sectionȱ 4(f),ȱ thereȱareȱsomeȱkeyȱdifferences:ȱ

x WhereasȱSectionȱ4(f)ȱappliesȱonlyȱtoȱprogramsȱandȱpoliciesȱundertakenȱbyȱtheȱ USȱDepartmentȱofȱTransportationȱ(USDOT),ȱSectionȱ6(f)ȱappliesȱtoȱprogramsȱ andȱpoliciesȱofȱanyȱfederalȱagency.ȱ x MitigationȱopportunitiesȱareȱmoreȱflexibleȱunderȱSectionȱ4(f)ȱandȱmayȱorȱmayȱ notȱincludeȱreplacementȱlands.ȱȱAsȱpreviouslyȱstated,ȱSectionȱ6(f)ȱdirectsȱtheȱ NPSȱ toȱ assureȱ thatȱ replacementȱ landsȱ areȱ ofȱ equalȱ value,ȱ locationȱ andȱ usefulnessȱasȱimpactedȱlands.ȱȱȱ

Withȱthisȱinȱmind,ȱtheȱLWCFAȱdatabaseȱwasȱreviewedȱtoȱdetermineȱwhetherȱanyȱ ofȱ theȱ studyȱ area’sȱ parksȱ receivedȱ fundingȱ throughȱ thisȱ programȱ inȱ caseȱ alignmentsȱrequiredȱacquisitionȱofȱparkland.ȱȱSeveralȱparksȱwereȱfoundȱtoȱhaveȱ receivedȱsuchȱfundingȱandȱtheyȱareȱidentifiedȱinȱTableȱ2.ȱ

InȱadditionȱtoȱtheȱfederalȬlevelȱregulationsȱdetailedȱabove,ȱitȱisȱimportantȱtoȱnoteȱ thatȱ ifȱ publicȱ parklandȱ isȱ alienatedȱ andȱ developedȱ forȱ anotherȱ use,ȱ thisȱ actionȱ mustȱbeȱapprovedȱbyȱtheȱNewȱYorkȱStateȱLegislature.ȱ

Manhattanȱ Thereȱ areȱ twoȱ publicȱ parksȱ withinȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ inȱ Manhattan:ȱ Inwoodȱ Hillȱ Parkȱ(aȱ200ȬacreȱparkȱthatȱpossessesȱtheȱlastȱnaturalȱforestȱinȱManhattan)ȱlocatedȱ atȱ theȱ northernȱ edgeȱ ofȱ theȱ borough;ȱ andȱ Ishamȱ Park,ȱ justȱ eastȱ ofȱ Seamanȱ Avenue.ȱȱ(SeeȱFigureȱ3ȱforȱparksȱandȱopenȱspacesȱinȱManhattanȱandȱtheȱBronx.)ȱȱ Bothȱ ofȱ theseȱ parksȱ receivedȱ LWCFAȱ fundingȱ inȱ theȱ lastȱ 40ȱ years.ȱȱWithinȱ

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InwoodȱHillȱPark,ȱtheȱShorakapokȱPreserveȱ(comprisingȱ136ȱacresȱofȱforestȱandȱ saltȱ marsh)ȱ isȱ partȱ ofȱ theȱ NYCȱ Departmentȱ ofȱ Parksȱ andȱ Recreation’sȱ Foreverȱ Wildȱ Program,ȱ anȱ initiativeȱ toȱ protectȱ andȱ preserveȱ theȱ mostȱ ecologicallyȱ valuableȱlandsȱwithinȱNewȱYorkȱCity.ȱ

Bronxȱ Thereȱareȱ17ȱparksȱandȱopenȱspacesȱinȱtheȱBronxȱportionȱofȱtheȱstudyȱarea;ȱtheȱ largestȱonesȱareȱlocatedȱwestȱofȱHenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱandȱincludeȱRiverdaleȱ Park,ȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Park,ȱ Waveȱ Hill,ȱ andȱ Setonȱ Park.ȱȱAdditionally,ȱ theȱ veryȱ largeȱVanȱCortlandtȱParkȱliesȱjustȱoutsideȱtheȱeasternȱboundaryȱofȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱ alongȱtheȱeastȱsideȱofȱBroadway.ȱ

Yonkersȱ Thereȱareȱ17ȱparksȱandȱopenȱspacesȱinȱtheȱYonkersȱstudyȱarea.ȱȱTheȱlargestȱparksȱ areȱ locatedȱ inȱ theȱ northernȱ portionȱ ofȱ Yonkersȱ andȱ includeȱ Trevorȱ Parkȱ andȱ UntermyerȱPark.ȱȱ(SeeȱFigureȱ4ȱforȱparksȱandȱopenȱspaceȱinȱYonkers.)ȱ

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FIGUREȱ3:ȱ PARKSȱANDȱOPENȱSPACEȱINȱMANHATTANȱANDȱTHEȱBRONXȱ

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FIGUREȱ4:ȱ PARKSȱANDȱOPENȱSPACEȱINȱYONKERSȱ

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TABLEȱ2:ȱ PARKSȱANDȱOPENȱSPACESȱINȱMANHATTAN,ȱTHEȱBRONXȱANDȱYONKERSȱ

Name Location Acreage Type Features 1 Inwood Hill Park* Manhattan 196.4 Forest/Salt Barbecuing Areas, Baseball Field, Basketball & Marsh Handball Courts, Dog Runs, Tennis Court, Soccer Field, Marina, Kayak/Canoe Sites, Playground, Nature Center 2 Isham Park* Manhattan 20.09 Park 3 Henry Hudson Park Bronx 8.97 Park Playground, Baseball Field, Basketball & Handball Courts 4 Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Bronx 0.19 Passive Gravel Pathways, Foot Bridge, Benches Park 5 Phyllis Post Goodman Park Bronx 50.0 Passive Sitting Area, Garden 6 Ewen Park Bronx 7.84 Park Two Basketball Courts 7 Marble Hill Playground Bronx 1.6 Playground Basketball Court, Playground, Spray Showers 8 Riverdale Park Bronx 97.19 Forest 9 Raoul Wallenberg Forest Bronx 4.37 Forest 10 Seton Park Bronx 11.69 Park Jungle Gym, Sprinklers, Basketball & Tennis Courts, Flagpole, Sitting Areas 11 Spuyten Duyvil Bronx 1.85 Playground Basketball Court, Playground, Spray Showers Playground 12 Riverdale Playground Bronx 2.58 Playground Baseball Field, Handball Court, Basketball Court, Playground 13 Bell Tower Park Bronx 0.5 Greenstreet The Bell Tower, Benches 14 Maclaughlin Playground Bronx 0.3 Playground Play Equipment, Benches 15 Brust Park Bronx 1.8 Park Play Equipment 16 Wave Hill Bronx 20.87 Estate The Wave Hill House, Garden, Green House 17 Henry Hudson Parkway Bronx 54.1 Parkway Dog Runs, Roadside Green space 18 Hackett Park Bronx 1.0 Park Dog Run, Lighted Pathways,

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Name Location Acreage Type Features 19 Vinmont Veteran Park Bronx 3.52 Park/Playground Baseball Field, Mosholu Playground, Benches, Picnic Tables, Water Fountains 20 Fay Park Yonkers 6.27 Park Playground, Benches, Baseball Diamond, Tennis Court 21 Clemens Park & Yonkers 0.3 Park Playground, Sitting Area Playground 22 Culver Street Playground Yonkers 0.2 Park Playground, Basketball Court, Sitting Area 23 Picket Park & Playground Yonkers 0.2 Park Playground, Basketball Court 24 Post-Elliot Park Yonkers 0.2 Park Unknown 25 Cedar Place Playground Yonkers 0.2 Park Playground 26 O'Boyle Park Yonkers 3.4 Park Basketball Court, Playground, Kickball Diamond, Benches *ȱReceivedȱLandȱ&ȱWaterȱConservationȱFundȱ(LWCF)ȱGrantsȱ Note:ȱȱLWCFȱGrantsȱmayȱhaveȱbeenȱappliedȱtoȱopenȱspaceȱresourcesȱwithinȱtheȱprojectȱstudyȱareaȱunderȱtheȱlistingȱofȱ YonkersȱTwoȱParks,ȱsponsoredȱbyȱtheȱCityȱofȱYonkersȱ ȱ TABLEȱ2:ȱ PARKSȱANDȱOPENȱSPACESȱINȱMANHATTAN,ȱTHEȱBRONXȱANDȱYONKERSȱ(CONT’D)ȱ

Name Location Acreage Type Features 27 Cerrato Park Yonkers 2.3 Park Playground, Handball & Basketball Courts, Sitting Area 28 Esplanade Park Yonkers 2.5 Park Sculpture Garden, Sitting Area 29 Yonkers Waterfront Park Yonkers 1.0 Passive Docking Facility, Benches 30 Larkin Plaza Park Yonkers 0.2 Plaza Sitting Areas, Garden, Fountain 31 Ravine Avenue Park & Yonkers 0.2 Park Playground, Basketball Court, Benches Playground 32 Irving Park Yonkers 0.8 Park Unknown 33 Trevor Park Yonkers 25.0 Park Playground, Sitting Area, Basketball & Tennis Courts

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Name Location Acreage Type Features 34 JFK Marina Yonkers n/a Marina Picnic Pavilion, 35 Old Croton Aqueduct State Yonkers 26.2 Passive Multi-use Pathways Historic Park 36 Untermyer Park Yonkers 33.0 Park Garden *ȱReceivedȱLandȱ&ȱWaterȱConservationȱFundȱ(LWCF)ȱGrantsȱ Note:ȱȱLWCFȱGrantsȱmayȱhaveȱbeenȱappliedȱtoȱopenȱspaceȱresourcesȱwithinȱtheȱprojectȱstudyȱareaȱunderȱtheȱlistingȱof:ȱ YonkersȱTwoȱParks,ȱsponsoredȱbyȱtheȱCityȱofȱYonkersȱ ȱ ȱ

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COMMUNITYȱFACILITIESȱ

Communityȱ facilitiesȱ areȱ definedȱ hereȱ asȱ hospitals,ȱ schools,ȱ nursingȱ homes,ȱ housesȱofȱworshipȱandȱotherȱpublicȱfacilities.ȱȱTheyȱtendȱtoȱbeȱsensitiveȱtoȱnoiseȱ andȱ generateȱ substantialȱ amountsȱ ofȱ footȱ andȱ vehicularȱ traffic.ȱȱNoȱ environmentalȱ regulationsȱ applyȱ specificallyȱ toȱ communityȱ facilities;ȱ however,ȱ theyȱareȱtypicallyȱconsideredȱsensitiveȱnoiseȱreceptorsȱandȱnoiseȱstandardsȱhaveȱ beenȱdevelopedȱtoȱprotectȱthem.ȱȱProjectsȱthatȱrequireȱdiscretionaryȱpublicȱactionȱ wouldȱhaveȱtoȱcomplyȱwithȱrelevantȱfederalȱandȱlocalȱnoiseȱcodesȱandȱstandards,ȱ asȱ applicable.ȱȱWhileȱ theȱ proposedȱ greenwayȱ wouldȱ notȱ necessarilyȱ increaseȱ ambientȱ noiseȱ levels,ȱ thereȱ couldȱ beȱ changesȱ toȱ traffic,ȱ bicycle,ȱ andȱ pedestrianȱ flows.ȱȱWith ȱthisȱinȱmind,ȱcommunityȱfacilitiesȱwereȱidentifiedȱinȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱ toȱinformȱtheȱoperationalȱstudiesȱbeingȱconductedȱandȱconceptualȱdesignsȱbeingȱ developedȱforȱtheȱplan.ȱ

Basedȱ onȱ informationȱ gatheredȱ fromȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Cityȱ Departmentȱ ofȱ Cityȱ PlanningȱandȱWestchesterȱCountyȱGISȱdatabases,ȱoverȱ100ȱcommunityȱfacilitiesȱ wereȱidentifiedȱwithinȱtheȱstudyȱarea.ȱȱTablesȱ3ȱandȱ4ȱidentifyȱtheseȱfacilitiesȱbyȱ addressȱandȱtypeȱandȱareȱnumberedȱtoȱcorrespondȱtoȱFiguresȱ5ȱandȱ6.ȱȱ

Note:ȱȱinȱTablesȱ3ȱandȱ4,ȱfacilitiesȱmayȱbeȱlistedȱmoreȱthanȱonceȱifȱtheyȱperformȱ moreȱthanȱoneȱfunctionȱorȱifȱmultipleȱbuildingsȱcompriseȱanȱinstitution.ȱ

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FIGUREȱ5:ȱ COMMUNITYȱFACILITIESȱINȱMANHATTANȱANDȱTHEȱBRONXȱ

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FIGUREȱ6:ȱ COMMUNITYȱFACILITIESȱINȱYONKERSȱ

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TABLEȱ3:ȱ COMMUNITYȱFACILITIESȱINȱMANHATTANȱANDȱTHEȱBRONXȱ

IDȱ Addressȱ FacilityȱNameȱ FacilityȱTypeȱ 1ȱ 5233ȱBroadwayȱ CarolinaȱBaptistȱChurchȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 2ȱ 4780ȱBroadwayȱ InwoodȱBranchȱPublicȱLibraryȱ Libraryȱ 3ȱ 620ȱIshamȱStreetȱ RomanȱCatholicȱChurchȱOfȱGoodȱShepherdȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 4ȱ 4852ȱBroadwayȱ PublicȱSchoolȱ176ȱ EducationȱInstitution 5ȱ 630ȱAcademyȱStreetȱ JHSȱ52ȱInwoodȱ EducationȱInstitution 6ȱ 144ȱWestȱ228ȱStreetȱ St.ȱStephensȱSpanishȱUnitedȱMethodistȱChurchȱ EducationȱInstitution 7ȱ 146ȱWestȱ228ȱStreetȱ St.ȱStephensȱSpanishȱUnitedȱMethodistȱChurchȱ EducationȱInstitution 8ȱ 1815ȱRiversideȱDriveȱ TheȱChurchȱOfȱJesusȱChristȱOfȱLatterȱDayȱSaintsȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 9ȱ 168ȱWestȱ225ȱStreetȱ MissionȱPentecostalȱRehobothȱ HigherȱEducationȱ 10ȱ 5141ȱBroadwayȱ ColumbiaȱPresbyterianȱHospitalȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 11ȱ 3030ȱGodwinȱTerraceȱ PublicȱSchoolȱ207ȱ EducationȱInstitution 12ȱ 3029ȱGodwinȱTerraceȱ PublicȱSchoolȱ207ȱ EducationȱInstitution 13ȱ 3021ȱKingsbridgeȱAvenueȱ PublicȱSchoolȱ7ȱ EducationȱInstitution 14ȱ 3053ȱKingsbridgeȱAvenueȱ ChurchȱOfȱTheȱMediatorȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 15ȱ 3033ȱKingsbridgeȱAvenueȱ StȱJohnsȱRomanȱCatholicȱChurchȱ EducationȱInstitution 16ȱ 3041ȱKingsbridgeȱAvenueȱ SpuytenȱDuyvilȱPreȬSchoolȱ HigherȱEducationȱ 17ȱ 3035ȱCorlearȱAvenueȱ AmericanȱLegionȱ EducationȱInstitution 18ȱ 311ȱWestȱ231ȱStreetȱ ManhattanvilleȱNursingȱCenterȱ EducationȱInstitution 19ȱ 3115ȱCorlearȱAvenueȱ KingsbridgeȱPublicȱLibraryȱ Libraryȱ 20ȱ 3135ȱKingsbridgeȱAvenueȱ StȱJohnsȱElementaryȱSchoolȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 21ȱ 3201ȱKingsbridgeȱAvenueȱ PublicȱSchoolȱ7ȱ HigherȱEducationȱ

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IDȱ Addressȱ FacilityȱNameȱ FacilityȱTypeȱ 22ȱ 3245ȱKingsbridgeȱAvenueȱ GreekȱOrthodoxȱChurchȱOfȱKingsbridgeȱAndȱRiverdaleȱ HigherȱEducationȱ 23ȱ 3234ȱTibbettȱAvenueȱ AdvocatesȱForȱServicesȱForȱTheȱBlindȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 24ȱ 3450ȱKingsbridgeȱAvenueȱ Bronxȱ50thȱPoliceȱPrecinctȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 25ȱ 3350ȱJohnsonȱAvenueȱ InȬTechȱAcademyȱMiddle/HighȱSchoolȱ368ȱ EducationȱInstitution 26ȱ 2570ȱIndependenceȱAvenueȱ EdgehillȱChurchȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 27ȱ 666ȱKappockȱStreetȱ FieldstonȱLodgeȱCareȱCenterȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 28ȱ 2973ȱIndependenceȱAvenueȱ FrancesȱSchievierȱHSGȱ EducationȱInstitution 29ȱ 641ȱFairfieldȱAvenueȱ RiverdaleȱNursingȱHomeȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 30ȱ 3132ȱHenryȱHudsonȱPkwyȱEȱ RiverdaleȱMentalȱHealthȱFacilityȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 31ȱ 3220ȱHenryȱHudsonȱPkwyȱEȱ HudsonȱPointeȱCenterȱForȱNursingȱ EducationȱInstitution 32ȱ 650ȱWestȱ235ȱStreetȱ SpuytenȱDuyvilȱBranchȱPublicȱLibraryȱ Libraryȱ 33ȱ 3250ȱArlingtonȱAvenueȱ ChurchȱOfȱStȱGabrielsȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ

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TABLEȱ3:ȱ COMMUNITYȱFACILITIESȱINȱMANHATTANȱANDȱTHEȱBRONXȱ(CONT’D)ȱ

IDȱ Addressȱ FacilityȱNameȱ FacilityȱTypeȱ 34ȱ 660ȱWestȱ237ȱStreetȱ JHSȱ141ȱ EducationȱInstitution 35ȱ 3700ȱIndependenceȱAvenueȱ RiverdaleȱJewishȱCenterȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 36ȱ 629ȱWestȱ239ȱStreetȱ CongregationȱTorahȱV’ChesedȱNanashȱ Synagogueȱ 37ȱ 3700ȱHenryȱHudsonȱPkwyȱEȱ CoalitionȱForȱJewishȱConcernsȱ CommunityȱCenterȱ 38ȱ 3726ȱHenryȱHudsonȱPkwyȱEȱ CoalitionȱForȱJewishȱConcernsȱ CommunityȱCenterȱ 39ȱ 521ȱWestȱ239ȱStreetȱ JewishȱBoardȱOfȱFamilyȱ&ȱChildren’sȱServicesȱ CommunityȱCenterȱ 40ȱ 3901ȱFieldstonȱRoadȱ EthicalȱCultureȱFieldstonȱSchoolȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 41ȱ 3830ȱWaldoȱAvenueȱ VanȱCortlandtȱHouseȱMuseumȱ HigherȱEducationȱ 42ȱ 3825ȱCorlearȱAvenueȱ ManhattanȱCollegeȱBookȱStoreȱ EducationȱInstitution 43ȱ 5845ȱBroadwayȱ ManhattanȱCollegeȱ HigherȱEducationȱ 44ȱ 5905ȱBroadwayȱ WordsȱOfȱLifeȱChristianȱCenterȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 45ȱ 4415ȱPostȱRoadȱ ManhattanȱCollegeȱBrother’sȱResidenceȱ Libraryȱ 46ȱ 4401ȱCayugaȱAvenueȱ HoraceȱMannȱSchoolȱ CulturalȱInstitutionȱ 47ȱ 4381ȱPostȱRoadȱ ManhattanȱCollegeȱȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 48ȱ 4481ȱManhattanȱCollegeȱPyȱ ManhattanȱCollegeȱ EducationȱInstitution 49ȱ 4401ȱTibbettȱAvenueȱ ManhattanȱCollegeȱ EducationȱInstitution 50ȱ 4499ȱWaldoȱAvenueȱ MethodistȱChurchȱHomeȱ EducationȱInstitution 51ȱ 4450ȱFieldstonȱRoadȱ ManhattanȱCollegeȱ HigherȱEducationȱ 52ȱ 4502ȱHenryȱHudsonȱPkwyȱEȱ YoungȱIsraelȱOfȱRiverdaleȱ EducationȱInstitution 53ȱ 4550ȱHenryȱHudsonȱPkwyȱEȱ FireȱDepartmentȱ FireȱDepartmentȱ 54ȱ 535ȱWestȱ246ȱStreetȱ ChabadȱLubavitchȱOfȱRiverdaleȱ Synagogueȱ

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IDȱ Addressȱ FacilityȱNameȱ FacilityȱTypeȱ 55ȱ 4545ȱIndependenceȱAvenueȱ RiverdaleȱTempleȱ Templeȱ 56ȱ 800ȱWestȱ254ȱStreetȱ RiverdaleȱYachtȱClubȱ RecreationalȱCenterȱ 57ȱ 4930ȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱ RiverdaleȱCountryȱSchoolȱLowerȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 58ȱ 4900ȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱ RiverdaleȱCountryȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 59ȱ 4904ȱIndependenceȱAvenueȱ YeshivaȱOfȱTelsheȱAlumniȱ EducationȱInstitution 60ȱ 640ȱWestȱ249ȱStreetȱ YeshivaȱOfȱTelsheȱAlumniȱ EducationȱInstitution 61ȱ 4759ȱHenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱW RiverdaleȱPresbyterianȱChurchȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 62ȱ 450ȱWestȱ250ȱStreetȱ YeshivaȱOhaveiȱTorahȱRiverdaleȱIncȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 63ȱ 475ȱWestȱ250ȱStreetȱ ConservativeȱSynagogueȱOfȱRiverdaleȱ Synagogueȱ 64ȱ 5030ȱHenryȱHudsonȱPkwyȱEȱ ChristȱChurchȱOfȱRiverdaleȱ EducationȱInstitution 65ȱ 5040ȱHenryȱHudsonȱPkwyȱEȱ ChristȱChurchȱOfȱRiverdaleȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 66ȱ 5050ȱIselinȱAvenueȱ JewishȱBoardȱOfȱFamilyȱ&ȱChildren’sȱServicesȱ CommunityȱCenterȱ

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TABLEȱ3:ȱ COMMUNITYȱFACILITIESȱINȱMANHATTANȱANDȱTHEȱBRONXȱ(CONT’D)ȱ

IDȱ Addressȱ FacilityȱNameȱ FacilityȱTypeȱ 67ȱ 5223ȱFieldstonȱRoadȱ RiverdaleȱCountryȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 68ȱ 5260ȱFieldstonȱRoadȱ RiverdaleȱCountryȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 69ȱ 231ȱWestȱ252ȱStreetȱ RiverdaleȱCountryȱSchoolȱUpperȱ EducationȱInstitution 70ȱ 5079ȱTibbettȱAvenueȱ RiverdaleȱCountryȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 71ȱ 5028ȱFieldstonȱRoadȱ RiverdaleȱCountryȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 72ȱ 4664ȱTibbettȱAvenueȱ HoraceȱMannȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 73ȱ 4662ȱTibbettȱAvenueȱ HoraceȱMannȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 74ȱ 231ȱWestȱ246ȱStreetȱ HoraceȱMannȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 75ȱ 225ȱWestȱ254ȱStreetȱ SusanȱEȱWagnerȱDayȱSchoolȱAtȱRiverdaleȱ EducationȱInstitution 76ȱ 5540ȱMosholuȱAvenueȱ RiverdaleȱBranchȱPublicȱLibraryȱ Libraryȱ 77ȱ 5500ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ PublicȱSchoolȱ81ȱ EducationȱInstitution 78ȱ 5625ȱArlingtonȱAvenueȱ RabbiȱJacobȱJosephȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 79ȱ 655ȱWestȱ254ȱStreetȱ SalanterȱAkibaȱRiverdaleȱAcademyȱ EducationȱInstitution 80ȱ 5655ȱArlingtonȱAvenueȱ StȱJosephsȱSeminaryȱȱ EducationȱInstitution 81ȱ 5801ȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱ CardinalȱSpellmanȱRetreatȱHouseȱ Housingȱ 82ȱ 750ȱWestȱ261ȱStreetȱ CollegeȱOfȱMountȱSaintȱVincentȱ EducationȱInstitution 83ȱ 5959ȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱ PalisadeȱNursingȱHomeȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 84ȱ 5901ȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱ JudaicaȱMuseumȱ CulturalȱInstitutionȱ 85ȱ 5961ȱPalisadeȱAvenueȱ PalisadeȱNursingȱHomeȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 86ȱ 5959ȱIndependenceȱAvenueȱ HighȱRidgeȱHouseȱIncȱ Housingȱ 87ȱ 6301ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ CollegeȱOfȱMountȱSaintȱVincentȱ HigherȱEducationȱ

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IDȱ Addressȱ FacilityȱNameȱ FacilityȱTypeȱ 88ȱ 755ȱWestȱ261ȱStreetȱ MountȱStȱVincentȱCollegeȱ HigherȱEducationȱ 89ȱ 6015ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ YoungȱIsraelȬOhabȱZedekȱOfȱNorthȱRiverdaleȱ EducationȱInstitution 90ȱ 503ȱWestȱ259ȱStreetȱ SalanterȱAkibaȱRiverdaleȱAcademyȱ EducationȱInstitution 91ȱ 5940ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ StȱMargaretȱCatholicȱChurchȱ ReligiousȱInstitutionȱ 92ȱ 6000ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ StȱMargaret’sȱYouthȱCenterȱ ChildȱCareȱCenterȱ 93ȱ 6010ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ StȱMargaretȱOfȱCortonaȱSchoolȱ EducationȱInstitution 94ȱ 6118ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ BenderȱAnimalȱHospitalȱ AnimalȱHospitalȱ 95ȱ 6240ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ AdvocatesȱforȱServicesȱforȱtheȱBlindȱMultihandicappedȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 96ȱ 6585ȱBroadwayȱ ParkviewȱNursingȱHomeȱ HealthȱFacilityȱ 97ȱ 537AȱWestȱ261ȱStreetȱ TheȱLeakeȱ&ȱWattsȱChildȱCareȱCenterȱ ChildȱCareȱCenterȱ ȱ

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TABLEȱ4:ȱ COMMUNITYȱFACILITIESȱINȱYONKERSȱ

IDȱ Addressȱ FacilityȱNameȱ FacilityȱTypeȱ 1ȱ 463ȱHawthorneȱAvenueȱ Carolȱ&ȱFrankȱBiondiȱEducationȱCenterȱ Schoolȱ 2ȱ 132ȱValentineȱLaneȱ MontessoriȱElementaryȱSchoolȱ27ȱ Schoolȱ 3ȱ 435ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ YonkersȱPoliceȱDepartmentȱȬȱ3rdȱPCTȱ PoliceȱDepartmentȱ 4ȱ 348ȱHawthorneȱAvenueȱ PearlsȱHawthorneȱElementaryȱSchoolȱ Schoolȱ 5ȱ 75ȱMorrisȱStreetȱ EugenioȱMariaȱdeȱHostasȱMicrosocietyȱSchoolȱ Schoolȱ 6ȱ 20ȱCedarȱPlaceȱ CedarȱPlaceȱSchoolȱ Schoolȱ 7ȱ 204ȱHawthorneȱAvenueȱ StȱPeterȇsȱSchoolȱ Schoolȱ 8ȱ 104ȱSouthȱBroadwayȱ YonkersȱPoliceȱDepartmentȱȬȱHeadȱQuartersȱ PoliceȱDepartmentȱ 9ȱ 122ȱS.ȱBroadwayȱ St.ȱJosephȇsȱSeniorȱHousingȱ NursingȱHomeȱ 10ȱ 127ȱS.ȱBroadwayȱ St.ȱJosephȇsȱNursingȱHomeȱ NursingȱHomeȱ 11ȱ 127ȱSouthȱBroadwayȱ St.ȱJosephȇsȱMedicalȱCenterȱ Hospitalȱ 12ȱ 15ȱStȱMaryȇsȱStreetȱ StȱMaryȇsȱSchoolȱ Schoolȱ 13ȱ 96ȱVarkȱStreetȱ YonkersȱFireȱDepartmentȱ FireȱDepartmentȱ 14ȱ 75ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ EarlyȱChildhoodȱElementaryȱCenterȱ Schoolȱ 15ȱ 34ȱRiverdaleȱAvenueȱ TabernacleȱFaithȱChristianȱAcademyȱ Schoolȱ 16ȱ 7ȱMainȱStreetȱ YonkersȱPublicȱLibraryȱ Libraryȱ 17ȱ 2Ȭ8ȱHudsonȱStreetȱatȱGettyȱSquareȱ PhilipsburgȱPerformingȱArtsȱCenterȱ Theaterȱ 18ȱ 44ȱHudsonȱStreetȱ CityȱHarvestȱChristianȱAcademyȱ Schoolȱ Alexanderȱ Streetȱ (behindȱ pumpȱ 19ȱ station)ȱ YonkersȱPaddlingȱ&ȱRowingȱ(‘Canoe’)ȱClubȱ RecreationalȱFacilityȱ 20ȱ WarburtonȱAvenueȱ JohnȱF.ȱKennedyȱMemorialȱMarinaȱ RecreationalȱFacilityȱ

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21ȱ 565ȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱ MuseumȱMiddleȱSchoolȱ Schoolȱ 22ȱ 579ȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱ MuseumȱElementaryȱSchoolȱ Schoolȱ 23ȱ 571ȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱ YonkersȱFireȱDepartmentȱ FireȱDepartmentȱ 24ȱ 759ȱNȱBroadwayȱ ElementaryȱSchoolȱ16ȱ Schoolȱ 25ȱ 771ȱWarburtonȱAvenueȱ YonkersȱCorinthianȱYachtȱClubȱ RecreationalȱFacilityȱ 26ȱ 967ȱNorthȱBroadwayȱ St.ȱJohnȇsȱRiversideȱMedicalȱCenterȱ Hospitalȱ 27ȱ 120ȱOdellȱAvenueȱ MichaelȱN.ȱMalotzȱNursingȱPavilionȱ NursingȱHomeȱ Cochranȱ Schoolȱ ofȱ NursingȬSt.ȱ Johnȇsȱ Riversideȱ R.N.ȱ Licensingȱ 28ȱ 967ȱNorthȱBroadwayȱ Hospitalȱ Schoolȱ 29ȱ 1061ȱNȱBroadwayȱ TheȱFoxfireȱSchoolȱ Schoolȱ 30ȱ 1061ȱBroadwayȱ CenterȱforȱContinuingȱEducationȱ Schoolȱ ȱ

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NATURALȱRESOURCESȱ

Whileȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ isȱ locatedȱ inȱ aȱ denselyȱ developedȱ urbanȱ environment,ȱ significantȱ naturalȱ resourcesȱ areȱ presentȱ primarilyȱ alongȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ waterfrontȱandȱwithinȱselectȱinteriorȱparklands.ȱȱSeveralȱsourcesȱwereȱreviewedȱ toȱ determineȱ significantȱ naturalȱ resources:ȱ theȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Stateȱ Departmentȱ ofȱ State,ȱ Divisionȱ ofȱ Coastalȱ Resourcesȱ Coastalȱ Zoneȱ Boundaryȱ Map;ȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ StateȱCoastalȱAtlas;ȱNewȱYorkȱStateȱDepartmentȱofȱEnvironmentalȱConservationȱ (NYSDEC)ȱ 1974ȱ Tidalȱ Wetlandsȱ Inventory;ȱ Federalȱ Emergencyȱ Managementȱ Agencyȱ (FEMA)ȱ Floodȱ Insuranceȱ Rateȱ Maps;ȱ andȱ theȱ Nationalȱ Wetlandsȱ Inventoryȱ(NWI).ȱȱFiguresȱ7ȱandȱ8ȱshowȱtheseȱnaturalȱfeatures.ȱ

Theȱdataȱshowȱthatȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱisȱlocatedȱewithinȱth ȱNewȱYorkȱStateȱCoastalȱ Zone.ȱȱWhenȱaȱproposedȱprojectȱisȱlocatedȱwithinȱtheȱcoastalȱzoneȱandȱitȱrequiresȱ aȱ local,ȱ state,ȱ orȱ federalȱ discretionaryȱ actionȱ (i.e.,ȱ permitsȱ orȱ funding),ȱ aȱ determinationȱ ofȱ theȱ projectȇsȱ consistencyȱ withȱ theȱ policiesȱ andȱ intentȱ ofȱ theȱ applicableȱ Waterfrontȱ Revitalizationȱ Programȱ (WRP)ȱ mustȱ beȱ madeȱ beforeȱ theȱ projectȱ canȱ moveȱ forward.ȱȱSinceȱ theȱ projectȱ isȱ withinȱ theȱ coastalȱ zone,ȱ theȱ applicantȱwouldȱhaveȱtoȱconsultȱwithȱtheȱNYCȱDepartmentȱofȱCityȱPlanningȱandȱ submitȱaȱconsistencyȱreviewȱperȱtheȱpoliciesȱofȱtheȱNewȱWaterfrontȱRevitalizationȱ Programȱ(theȱlocalȱWRP)ȱandȱNewȱYorkȱStateȱDepartmentȱofȱStateȱCoastalȱZoneȱ ManagementȱProgramȱ(CZMP).ȱ

Floodplainsȱareȱdefinedȱasȱtheȱareaȱlowȱenoughȱinȱelevationȱtoȱholdȱfloodȱwatersȱ duringȱ largeȱ stormȱ events.ȱȱRegulatedȱ floodplainsȱ areȱ definedȱ byȱ theȱ Federalȱ Emergencyȱ Managementȱ Agencyȱ (FEMA)ȱ andȱ includeȱ areasȱ thatȱ floodȱ duringȱ stormsȱthatȱhaveȱaȱoneȱpercentȱchanceȱofȱoccurringȱinȱanyȱgivenȱyear,ȱwhichȱisȱ equivalentȱtoȱtheȱlikelihoodȱofȱaȱstormȱoccurringȱonceȱeveryȱ100ȱyearsȱ(100Ȭyearȱ storm).ȱȱTheȱextentȱofȱtheȱProjectȱAreaȱwithinȱtheȱȱ100Ȭyearȱȱbaseȱȱfloodȱȱarea,ȱȱalsoȱȱ knownȱȱasȱȱtheȱȱSpecialȱȱFloodȱȱHazardȱȱArea,ȱȱisȱȱdepictedȱȱinȱFigureȱ7ȱandȱ8.ȱȱ Mostȱ ofȱ theȱ areaȱ liesȱ outsideȱ theȱ Specialȱ Floodȱ Hazardȱ Area,ȱ andȱ accordingȱ toȱ FEMA,ȱisȱanȱareaȱofȱminimalȱfloodingȱhazard.ȱ

FEMAȱalsoȱmapsȱtheȱ500Ȭyearȱfloodplainȱbutȱtheseȱareasȱareȱnotȱregulated.ȱȱAtȱ theȱlocalȱlevel,ȱNewȱYorkȱCity’sȱLocalȱLawȱ33ȱofȱ1988ȱregulatesȱconstructionȱinȱ

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theȱ100Ȭyearȱfloodplain.ȱȱInȱallȱcases,ȱhabitableȱstructuresȱmustȱbeȱfloodȬproofedȱ orȱraisedȱaboveȱtheȱ100Ȭyearȱfloodplain.ȱȱ

Edgesȱofȱȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱareȱsituatedȱwithinȱtheȱ100Ȭyearȱfloodplain,ȱhoweverȱtheȱ proposedȱgreenwayȱalignmentsȱandȱassociatedȱsignageȱwouldȱnotȱresultȱinȱanyȱ significantȱincreasesȱinȱfloodȱlevelsȱinȱsurroundingȱareas,ȱrepresentȱaȱsignificantȱ floodplainȱencroachment,ȱorȱalterȱexistingȱprimaryȱfloodplainȱcharacteristics.ȱȱ

AccordingȱtoȱtheȱNewȱYorkȱStateȱCoastalȱAtlas,ȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱisȱlocatedȱwithinȱ theȱ Lowerȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ Reachȱ andȱ adjacentȱ toȱ significantȱ coastalȱ fishȱ andȱ wildlifeȱhabitatsȱ(inȱtheȱHudsonȱRiver).ȱȱWetlandsȱareȱpresentȱinȱareasȱalongȱtheȱ Hudsonȱ River.ȱȱCertainȱ wetlandȬrelatedȱ regulatoryȱ boundariesȱ areȱ presentȱ withinȱtheȱstudyȱarea,ȱasȱshownȱonȱFiguresȱ7ȱandȱ8..ȱȱAccordingȱtoȱtheȱNYSDEC,ȱ theȱTidalȱWetlandsȱwithinȱtheȱHRVGLȱstudyȱareaȱareȱclassifiedȱasȱ5000ȱAdjacentȱ Areaȱ (AA),ȱ 2020ȱ Littoralȱ Zoneȱ (LZ),ȱ orȱ 3000ȱ Intertidalȱ Marshȱ (IM).ȱȱ“Adjacentȱ Area”(whichȱ isȱ notȱ shownȱ onȱ Figuresȱ 7ȱ andȱ 8)ȱ refersȱ toȱ thoseȱ landȱ areasȱ notȱ includedȱ inȱ anyȱ otherȱ tidalȱ wetlandȱ categoriesȱ thatȱ areȱ notȱ inundatedȱ byȱ tidalȱ waterȱ andȱ thatȱ extendȱ 300ȱ feetȱ landwardȱ ofȱ theȱ mostȱ landwardȱ tidalȱ wetlandsȱ boundaryȱ orȱ toȱ anȱ elevationȱ ofȱ tenȱ feet.ȱȱTheȱ adjacentȱ areaȱ isȱ meantȱ toȱ beȱ aȱ protectiveȱareaȱaroundȱanȱactualȱwetlandȱand,ȱinȱsomeȱcases,ȱitȱisȱextendedȱforȱ particularlyȱ sensitiveȱ wetlands.ȱȱ“Littoralȱ Zone”ȱ includesȱ landsȱ underȱ tidalȱ watersȱwhichȱareȱnotȱincludedȱinȱanyȱotherȱcategory.ȱȱ“IntertidalȱMarshes”ȱareȱ vegetatedȱ tidalȱ wetlandȱ zonesȱ generallyȱ lyingȱ betweenȱ averageȱ highȱ andȱ lowȱ tidalȱ elevationsȱ inȱ salineȱ waters.ȱȱThereȱ isȱ aȱ smallȱ intertidalȱ marshȱ onȱ theȱ southernȱborderȱofȱtheȱBronx.ȱȱTheȱwetlandȱmapsȱareȱdrawnȱatȱaȱscaleȱthatȱdoesȱ notȱestablishȱanȱexactȱwetlandȱboundary;ȱandȱareȱmeantȱtoȱsignalȱtheȱpotentialȱ presenceȱofȱaȱwetland.ȱȱNotȱallȱwetlandȱactivitiesȱareȱregulatedȱbutȱanyȱprojectȱinȱ theȱwetlandȱboundariesȱwouldȱrequireȱaȱconsultationȱwithȱNYSDEC.ȱ

Theȱ projectȱ teamȱ consultedȱ theȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Stateȱ Departmentȱ ofȱ Environmentalȱ Conservationȱ(NYSDEC)ȱNaturalȱHeritageȱProgramȱtoȱidentifyȱanyȱendangered,ȱ threatened,ȱ orȱ specialȱ concernȱ terrestrialȱ speciesȱ inȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ thatȱ mightȱ informȱtheȱchoiceȱofȱalignment(s).ȱȱBasedȱonȱthisȱinformation,ȱseveralȱspeciesȱareȱ presentȱ but,ȱ givenȱ theȱ developedȱ natureȱ ofȱ muchȱ ofȱ theȱ studyȱ area,ȱ onȬstreetȱ alignmentsȱareȱnotȱanticipatedȱtoȱleadȱtoȱaȱpotentialȱdisturbanceȱofȱhabitat.ȱȱTheȱ exceptionȱ isȱ alongȱ theȱ waterfront,ȱ whereȱ theȱ needȱ toȱ addȱ fillȱ orȱ constructȱ anȱ

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elevatedȱ pathwayȱ hasȱ theȱ potentialȱ toȱ disturbȱ habitat.ȱȱOnceȱ theȱ specificȱ alignmentȱ hasȱ beenȱ identified,ȱ aȱ biologistȱ willȱ needȱ toȱ performȱ moreȱ intensiveȱ researchȱtoȱidentifyȱtheȱpresenceȱofȱsensitiveȱspeciesȱandȱtheirȱhabitat.ȱ

Ifȱ theȱ projectȱ wouldȱ createȱ disturbancesȱ (includingȱ riprap)ȱ orȱ requireȱ constructionȱalongȱtheȱwater’sȱedgeȱorȱeinȱth ȱwater,ȱpermitsȱwouldȱmostȱlikelyȱbeȱ requiredȱfromȱtheȱNYSDECȱandȱU.S.ȱArmyȱCorpsȱofȱEngineersȱ(ACOE).ȱȱTheseȱ areȱdescribedȱinȱgreaterȱdetailȱinȱtheȱPreliminaryȱListȱofȱPermitsȱandȱApprovalsȱ atȱtheȱendȱofȱthisȱdocument.ȱ

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FIGUREȱ7:ȱ NATURALȱRESOURCESȱINȱMANHATTANȱANDȱTHEȱBRONXȱ

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FIGUREȱ8:ȱ NATURALȱRESOURCESȱINȱYONKERSȱ

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VISUALȱQUALITYȱ&ȱAESTHETICSȱ

Thereȱareȱmanyȱsensitiveȱvisualȱresourcesȱinȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱwhoseȱgenerallyȱhighȱ visualȱqualityȱisȱdueȱtoȱtheȱhistoricȱnatureȱofȱtheȱarea,ȱitsȱdramaticȱtopography,ȱ andȱuniqueȱsettingȱnearȱtheȱHudsonȱandȱHarlemȱRivers.ȱȱTheseȱvisualȱresourcesȱ includeȱ historicȱ structuresȱ ofȱ nationalȱ significance,ȱ localȱ landmarks,ȱ naturalȱ landmarks,ȱ parks,ȱ andȱ numerousȱ scenicȱ viewsȱ ofȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ andȱ Palisadesȱbeyond.ȱȱSimilarȱtoȱcommunityȱfacilities,ȱaȱpublicȱactionȱmustȱconsiderȱ andȱdiscloseȱallȱenvironmentalȱimpactsȱfromȱaȱproposedȱprojectȱ(includingȱvisualȱ resources)ȱpriorȱtoȱagencyȱapproval.ȱȱInȱthisȱcase,ȱtheȱprojectȱwouldȱlikelyȱexpandȱ publicȱ accessibilityȱ toȱ significantȱ visualȱ resourcesȱ andȱ createȱ opportunitiesȱ forȱ newȱviewsȱandȱviewers.ȱ

Manhattanȱ SensitiveȱvisualȱresourcesȱinȱManhattanȱincludeȱviewsȱofȱInwoodȱHillȱPark,ȱtheȱ Georgeȱ Washingtonȱ Bridge,ȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ Bridge,ȱ andȱ viewsȱ ofȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ RiverȱparticularlyȱfromȱhighȱpointsȱwithinȱInwoodȱHillȱPark.ȱȱDramaticȱviewsȱofȱ theȱ toweringȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ asȱ itȱ crossesȱ theȱ Harlemȱ Riverȱ areȱ presentȱ fromȱportionsȱofȱtheȱnorthernȱshorelineȱofȱManhattan.ȱȱSeveralȱhistoricȱresourcesȱ locatedȱonȱBroadwayȱatȱtheȱeasternȱedgeȱofȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱalsoȱprovideȱtheȱareaȱ withȱhighȱaestheticȱvalue.ȱ

Bronxȱ Thereȱ areȱ scenicȱ vistasȱ fromȱ theȱ Spuytenȱ Duyvilȱ Shorefrontȱ Parkȱ towardȱ theȱ HarlemȱandȱHudsonȱRiversȱonȱtheȱeasternȱedgeȱofȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱandȱfromȱtheȱ numerousȱ historicȱ propertiesȱ andȱ twoȱ largeȱ historicȱ districtsȱ locatedȱ alongȱ theȱ easterlyȱandȱcentralȱportionsȱofȱtheȱstudyȱarea,ȱrespectively.ȱȱAsȱinȱManhattan,ȱ viewsȱ ofȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Bridgeȱ areȱ presentȱ fromȱ southernȱ portionsȱ ofȱ theȱ Bronx.ȱȱTheȱexpansiveȱFieldstonȱHistoricȱDistrictȱinȱtheȱcenterȱofȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱ andȱ Riverdaleȱ Historicȱ Districtȱ overlookingȱ theȱ riverȱ (besideȱ Waveȱ Hillȱ publicȱ garden)ȱ provideȱ scenicȱ vistasȱ andȱ containȱ notableȱ visualȱ resourcesȱ themselves.ȱȱ Riverdaleȱ Stationȱ allowsȱ theȱ soleȱ accessȱ inȱ theȱ Bronxȱ toȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ shoreline,ȱprovidingȱviewsȱofȱtheȱriverȱitselfȱandȱtheȱNewȱJerseyȱPalisades.ȱ

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Yonkersȱ Visualȱ qualityȱ inȱ thisȱ portionȱ ofȱ Yonkersȱ isȱ definedȱ byȱ theȱ mixȱ ofȱ establishedȱ industrialȱbuildingsȱandȱdevelopingȱresidentialȱwaterfrontȱasȱwellȱasȱbyȱtheȱcity’sȱ civicȱ center.ȱȱMetroȱ Northȱ Railroad’sȱ Hudsonȱ Lineȱ providesȱ anȱ interestingȱ aestheticȱresource,ȱprovidingȱ passengersȱwithȱscenicȱviewsȱofȱtheȱHudsonȱasȱitȱ runsȱalongȱtheȱshorelineȱandȱelevatedȱthroughȱdowntownȱYonkers.ȱȱWhileȱthereȱ areȱseveralȱlandmarksȱofȱnationalȱsignificanceȱinȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱ(seeȱnextȱsection),ȱ theȱwaterfrontȱparksȱsuchȱasȱEsplanadeȱPark,ȱYonkersȱWaterfrontȱPark,ȱandȱJFKȱ Marinaȱ provideȱ theȱ mostȱ directȱ andȱ expansiveȱ vistasȱ ofȱ theȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ andȱ theȱPalisades.ȱȱYonkers’ȱrestoredȱVictorianȱPierȱisȱtheȱonlyȱoneȱofȱitsȱtypeȱonȱtheȱ Hudson.ȱȱ

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HISTORICȱ&ȱARCHAEOLOGICALȱRESOURCESȱ

BasedȱonȱaȱreviewȱofȱtheȱNewȱYorkȱStateȱOfficeȱofȱPark,ȱRecreationȱandȱHistoricȱ Preservationȱ (NYSOPRHP)ȱ andȱ theȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Cityȱ Landmarkȱ Preservationȱ Commissionȱ (NYCLPC)ȱ GISȱ databases,ȱ designatedȱ historicȱ propertiesȱ wereȱ identifiedȱwithinȱtheȱstudyȱarea.ȱ

Withinȱtheȱprojectȱstudyȱareaȱthereȱareȱ37ȱhistoricȱresourcesȱofȱlocal,ȱandȱnationalȱ significanceȱ thatȱ includeȱ individualȱ structuresȱ (churches,ȱ homes,ȱ etc.),ȱ locallyȱ landmarkedȱ lamppostsȱ inȱ Manhattanȱ andȱ theȱ Bronx,ȱ andȱ expansiveȱ historicȱ districtsȱ(e.g.,ȱFieldstonȱandȱRiverdale)ȱinȱtheȱBronx.ȱȱ(SeeȱFiguresȱ9ȱandȱ10ȱandȱ Tableȱ5.)ȱȱ[Note:ȱȱConsultationȱisȱcurrentlyȱunderwayȱwithȱtheȱNewȱYorkȱStateȱ OfficeȱofȱParks,ȱRecreationȱandȱHistoricȱPreservationȱ(NYSOPRHP)ȱtoȱdetermineȱ whetherȱ thereȱ areȱ otherȱ propertiesȱ ofȱ noteȱ thatȱ shouldȱ beȱ consideredȱ inȱ thisȱ environmentalȱscreening.]ȱ

Asȱ withȱ parklands,ȱ ifȱ thisȱ projectȱ receivesȱ federalȱ transportationȱ funding,ȱ aȱ Sectionȱ 4(f)ȱ evaluationȱ wouldȱ beȱ conductedȱ perȱ FTA’sȱ guidance.ȱȱMitigationȱ measuresȱ wouldȱ beȱ developedȱ toȱ preserveȱ theȱ historicȱ activities,ȱ features,ȱ orȱ attributesȱ ofȱ theȱ siteȱ asȱ agreedȱ byȱ theȱ FTAȱ andȱ theȱ official(s)ȱ withȱ jurisdictionȱ overȱtheȱSectionȱ4(f)ȱresource.ȱ

Manhattanȱ Thereȱ areȱ fiveȱ historicȱ resourcesȱ inȱ theȱ Manhattanȱ portionȱ ofȱ theȱ studyȱ area,ȱ primarilyȱ locatedȱ alongȱ theȱ Broadwayȱ corridor.ȱȱMostȱ ofȱ theseȱ areȱ historicȱ lamppostsȱ(localȱlandmarks).ȱȱTheȱWilliamȱDyckmanȱHouseȱisȱlocatedȱhereȱandȱisȱ bothȱaȱNewȱYorkȱCityȱlandmarkȱandȱlistedȱonȱtheȱNationalȱRegister.ȱ

Bronxȱ Thereȱ areȱ 21ȱ historicȱ resourcesȱ andȱ twoȱ historicȱ districtsȱ inȱ theȱ Bronx.ȱȱSeveralȱ historicȱhomesȱandȱestatesȱareȱlocatedȱwestȱofȱtheȱHenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱandȱ historicȱ institutionalȱ sitesȱ areȱ locatedȱ justȱ southȱ ofȱ theȱ Yonkersȱ border.ȱȱHenryȱ HudsonȱParkwayȱisȱitselfȱeligibleȱforȱlistingȱonȱtheȱNationalȱRegister.ȱȱNewȱYorkȱ Cityȱ historicȱ lamppostsȱ areȱ locatedȱ southȱ ofȱ Broadwayȱ onȱ Postȱ Road.ȱȱTheȱ Fieldstonȱ Historicȱ Districtȱ (locallyȱ designated)ȱ isȱ locatedȱ eastȱ ofȱ theȱ Henryȱ Hudsonȱ Parkwayȱ inȱ theȱ centerȱ portionȱ of ȱ theȱ Bronxȱ studyȱ areaȱ andȱ featuresȱ

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picturesqueȱ revivalȱ styleȱ homesȱ includingȱ Medieval,ȱ Englishȱ Tudor,ȱ Mediterranean,ȱ Dutchȱ andȱ Georgianȱ Colonialȱ homes.ȱȱTheȱ Riverdaleȱ Historicȱ Districtȱ (alsoȱ locallyȱ designated)ȱ isȱ locatedȱ fartherȱ west,ȱ adjacentȱ toȱ Riverdaleȱ Park.ȱȱItȱfeaturesȱaȱselectionȱofȱvillaȱestatesȱbuiltȱduringȱtheȱmidȬ19thȱcenturyȱandȱ fashionedȱ fromȱ Greekȱ Revival,ȱ Gothicȱ Revival,ȱ Tuscan,ȱ andȱ variedȱ Italianateȱ styles.ȱ

Yonkersȱ Thereȱareȱ10ȱhistoricȱsitesȱinȱtheȱYonkersȱstudyȱarea,ȱallȱwhichȱareȱlistedȱonȱtheȱ NationalȱRegisterȱofȱHistoricȱPlaces,ȱincludingȱtwoȱhistoricȱdistricts:ȱTheȱDelavanȱ Terraceȱ Historicȱ Districtȱ locatedȱ alongȱ theȱ easternȱ portionȱ ofȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱonȱ Northȱ Broadwayȱ andȱ theȱ Halcyonȱ Placeȱ Historicȱ Districtȱ locatedȱ inȱ theȱ centralȱ portionȱofȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱnearȱWarburtonȱAvenue.ȱ

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FIGUREȱ9:ȱ HISTORICȱRESOURCESȱFORȱMANHATTANȱANDȱTHEȱBRONXȱ

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FIGUREȱ10:ȱ HISTORICȱRESOURCESȱFORȱYONKERSȱ

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TABLEȱ5:ȱ HISTORICȱRESOURCESȱINȱMANHATTAN,ȱTHEȱBRONXȱANDȱYONKERSȱ

IDȱ Nameȱ Designationȱ MANHATTANȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Cityȱ andȱ Nationalȱ RegisterȱȬȱ 1ȱ WilliamȱDyckmanȱHouseȱ Listedȱ 2ȱ HistoricȱLamppostȱ85ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ 3ȱ HistoricȱLamppostȱ87ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ 4ȱ HistoricȱLamppostȱ86ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ 5ȱ HistoricȱLamppostȱ88ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ THEȱBRONXȱ 6ȱ HistoricȱLamppostȱ83ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Cityȱ andȱ Nationalȱ RegisterȱȬȱ 7ȱ EdgehillȱChurchȱofȱSpuytenȱDuyvilȱ Listedȱ 8ȱ 242ndȱStreetȬȬVanȱCortlandtȱParkȱStationȱ(IRT)ȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 9ȱ ChristȱChurchȱComplexȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 10ȱ HadleyȱHouseȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ 11ȱ ChristȱChurchȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Cityȱ andȱ Nationalȱ RegisterȱȬȱ 12ȱ RiverdaleȱPresbyterianȱChurchȱ Listedȱ 13ȱ DuffȱHouseȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ 14ȱ AnthonyȱCampagnaȱEstateȱ NewȱYorkȱNewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Cityȱ andȱ Nationalȱ RegisterȱȬȱ 15ȱ WilliamȱE.ȱDodgeȱHouseȱ Listedȱ

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IDȱ Nameȱ Designationȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Cityȱ andȱ Nationalȱ RegisterȱȬȱ 16ȱ HenryȱF.ȱSpauldingȱHouseȱ Listedȱ 17ȱ WaveȱHillȱHouseȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ 18ȱ WaveȱHillȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Cityȱ andȱ Nationalȱ RegisterȱȬȱ 19ȱ RobertȱColgateȱHouseȱ Listedȱ 20ȱ HistoricȱLamppostȱ102ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ 21ȱ HistoricȱLamppostȱ101ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ 22ȱ HistoricȱLamppostȱ96ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ FonthillȱCastleȱandȱtheȱAdministrationȱBuildingȱofȱtheȱCollegeȱofȱMountȱ 23ȱ St.ȱVincentȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 24ȱ CottageȱandȱStable,ȱCollegeȱofȱMountȱSt.ȱVincentȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ 25ȱ CollegeȱofȱMountȱSt.ȱVincentȱAdministrationȱBuildingȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ 26ȱ Fonthillȱ(CollegeȱLibrary)ȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱLandmarkȱ ȱȱ RiverdaleȱHistoricȱDistrictȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱHistoricȱDistrictȱ ȱȱ FieldstonȱHistoricȱDistrictȱ NewȱYorkȱCityȱHistoricȱDistrictȱ ȱȱ HenryȱHudsonȱParkwayȱ NationalȱRegisterȱ–ȱeligibleȱ

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TABLE4:ȱ HISTORICȱRESOURCESȱINȱMANHATTAN,ȱTHEȱBRONXȱANDȱYONKERSȱ(CONT’D)ȱ

IDȱ Nameȱ Designationȱ YONKERSȱ 27ȱ St.ȱJohnȇsȱProtestantȱEpiscopalȱChurchȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 28ȱ PhilipsburghȱBuildingȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 29ȱ PhilipseȱManorȱHallȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 30ȱ YonkersȱTrolleyȱBarnȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 31ȱ USȱPostȱOfficeȬȬYonkersȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 32ȱ HalcyonȱPlaceȱHistoricȱDistrictȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 33ȱ DelavanȱTerraceȱHistoricȱDistrictȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 34ȱ Trevor,ȱJohnȱBond,ȱHouseȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 35ȱ UntermyerȱParkȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ 36ȱ Thompson,ȱW.ȱB.,ȱMansionȱ NationalȱRegisterȱȬȱListedȱ ȱȱ OldȱCrotonȱAqueductȱTrailȱ NewȱYorkȱStateȱHistoricȱParkȱ ȱ

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HAZARDOUSȱMATERIALSȱ

Asȱ partȱ ofȱ theȱ environmentalȱ screeningȱ exercise,ȱ dataȱ wasȱ gatheredȱ fromȱ aȱ varietyȱ ofȱ availableȱ sourcesȱ onȱ knownȱ contaminatedȱ sitesȱ orȱ hazardousȱ wasteȱ generatorsȱ thatȱ couldȱ potentiallyȱ threatenȱ theȱ environmentȱ orȱ publicȱ health.ȱȱ Priorȱ toȱ anyȱ groundȱ disturbance,ȱ furtherȱ researchȱ shouldȱ beȱ conductedȱ toȱ determineȱ theȱ likelihoodȱ ofȱ contaminationȱ andȱ ifȱ necessary,ȱ aȱ planȱ forȱ remediationȱshouldȱbeȱdeveloped,ȱperȱNYSDECȱguidelines.ȱ

Accordingȱ toȱ dataȱ retrievedȱ fromȱ theȱ USȱ Environmentalȱ Protectionȱ Agencyȱ (EPA)ȱ andȱ NYSDEC,ȱ severalȱ sitesȱ withinȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ wereȱ identifiedȱ asȱ handlingȱregulatedȱhazardousȱmaterials.ȱȱManyȱofȱtheȱResourceȱConservationȱandȱ RecoveryȱActȱ(RCRA)ȱsitesȱhaveȱbeenȱidentifiedȱasȱdryȱcleanersȱandȱautoȬrelatedȱ sitesȱthatȱdoȱnotȱposeȱanȱimmediateȱthreatȱtoȱtheȱenvironmentȱorȱpublicȱhealth.ȱȱ ThereȱareȱsevenȱcontaminatedȱsitesȱonȱorȱnearȱtheȱYonkersȱwaterfrontȱthatȱareȱinȱ theȱprocessȱofȱbeingȱremediatedȱ(seeȱFigureȱ11).ȱ

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FIGUREȱ11:ȱ CONTAMINATEDȱSITESȱȬȱYONKERSȱ

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SOCIOECONOMICSȱ

Thisȱ sectionȱ providesȱ anȱ overviewȱ ofȱ theȱ socioeconomicȱ characteristicsȱ ofȱ theȱ populationȱ inȱ theȱ projectȱ studyȱ area.ȱȱTheȱ studyȱ area’sȱ generalȱ socioeconomicȱ conditionsȱ areȱ basedȱ onȱ 2000ȱ USȱ Censusȱ data,ȱ Newȱ Yorkȱ Cityȱ Communityȱ DistrictȱProfiles,ȱandȱWestchesterȱCounty:ȱCityȱofȱYonkersȱdata.ȱȱTheseȱdataȱareȱ providedȱ sinceȱ developmentȱ ofȱ theȱ alignments(s)ȱ mustȱ considerȱ potentialȱ impactsȱofȱtheȱprojectȱonȱsensitiveȱpopulations.ȱ

Manhattanȱ Theȱ projectȱ studyȱ areaȱ isȱ locatedȱ withinȱ Manhattanȱ Communityȱ Districtȱ 12ȱ inȱ Censusȱ Tractsȱ 297,ȱ 295,ȱ 303,ȱ 307,ȱ andȱ 309.ȱȱCensusȱ Tractȱ 297,ȱ however,ȱ hasȱ noȱ residentialȱ population;ȱ therefore,ȱ onlyȱ socioeconomicȱ dataȱ fromȱ Censusȱ Tractsȱ 295,ȱ303,ȱ307,ȱandȱ309ȱwereȱusedȱinȱthisȱanalysis.ȱ

Basedȱonȱtheseȱfourȱtracts,ȱtheȱManhattanȱportionȱofȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱhasȱaȱtotalȱ populationȱofȱ23,172ȱresidents,ȱcomprisingȱ24.7ȱpercentȱWhite/nonȬHispanic,ȱ12.9ȱ percentȱAfricanȱAmerican,ȱ2.5ȱpercentȱAsian,ȱandȱ57.4ȱpercentȱofȱHispanicȱOriginȱ (anyȱ race).ȱȱTheȱ medianȱ householdȱ incomeȱ inȱ 2000ȱ wasȱ $35,839,ȱ andȱ approximatelyȱ21.7ȱpercentȱofȱfamiliesȱwereȱlivingȱbelowȱtheȱpovertyȱlevel.ȱȱTheȱ highestȱ proportionȱ ofȱ familiesȱ belowȱ theȱ povertyȱ levelȱ wasȱ reportedȱ inȱ Censusȱ Tractȱ 309.ȱȱTheȱ medianȱ ageȱ ofȱ residentsȱ isȱ 33.4ȱ yearsȱ andȱ approximatelyȱ 89.4ȱ percentȱofȱresidencesȱareȱrenterȬoccupied.ȱȱ(SeeȱFigureȱ12ȱandȱTableȱ6.)ȱȱȱ

Bronxȱ Theȱ Bronxȱ portionȱ ofȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ isȱ locatedȱ inȱ Bronxȱ Communityȱ Districtȱ 8ȱ andȱfallsȱwithinȱ18ȱCensusȱTracts.ȱȱAccordingȱtoȱtheȱ2000ȱCensus,ȱthisȱareaȱhadȱaȱ totalȱ populationȱ ofȱ 55,292ȱ comprisingȱ 66.7ȱ percentȱ White/nonȬHispanic,ȱ 6.9ȱ percentȱ Africanȱ American,ȱ 5.4ȱ percentȱ Asian,ȱ andȱ 18.3ȱ percentȱ Hispanicȱ (anyȱ race).ȱȱTheȱmedianȱhouseholdȱincomeȱwasȱ$53,317ȱandȱapproximatelyȱ5.9ȱpercentȱ ofȱfamiliesȱwereȱlivingȱbelowȱtheȱpovertyȱlevel.ȱȱInȱtheȱBronxȱportionȱofȱtheȱstudyȱ area,ȱ theȱ lowestȱ medianȱ householdȱ incomeȱ ofȱ $9,625ȱ wasȱ reportedȱ inȱ Censusȱ Tractȱ 317.ȱȱTheȱ medianȱ ageȱ forȱ residentsȱ inȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ isȱ 43.1ȱ yearsȱ andȱ approximatelyȱ65.8ȱpercentȱofȱresidentialȱunitsȱareȱrenterȬoccupied.ȱȱ(SeeȱFigureȱ 12ȱandȱTableȱ7.)ȱȱAsȱFigureȱ15ȱshows,ȱwithinȱtheȱBronxȱportionȱofȱtheȱstudyȱarea,ȱ populationȱdensityȱisȱhighestȱalongȱtheȱBroadwayȱCorridor.ȱ

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Yonkersȱ InȱYonkers,ȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱfallsȱwithinȱ11ȱCensusȱTracts.ȱȱAccordingȱtoȱtheȱ2000ȱ Census,ȱthisȱareaȱhadȱaȱcombinedȱpopulationȱofȱ48,382,ȱcomprisingȱ32.4ȱpercentȱ White,ȱ 34.1ȱ percentȱ Black,ȱ 3.4ȱ percentȱ Asian,ȱ andȱ 41.8ȱ percentȱ Hispanicȱ (anyȱ race).ȱȱTheȱmedianȱhouseholdȱincomeȱwasȱ$28,546,ȱandȱtheȱhighestȱproportionȱofȱ familiesȱbelowȱtheȱpovertyȱlevelȱinȱthisȱportionȱofȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱwasȱreportedȱinȱ CensusȱTractȱ1.03.ȱȱTheȱmedianȱageȱofȱresidentsȱisȱ31ȱyearsȱandȱ79.5ȱpercentȱofȱ housingȱ unitsȱ areȱ renterȬoccupied.ȱȱComparedȱ toȱ theȱ Manhattanȱ andȱ Bronxȱ portionsȱofȱtheȱstudyȱarea,ȱtheȱYonkersȱportionȱofȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱhasȱtheȱhighestȱ percentageȱ ofȱ totalȱ minorityȱ populationȱ andȱ theȱ lowestȱ medianȱ householdȱ income.ȱȱ(SeeȱFigureȱ13ȱandȱTableȱ8.)ȱȱAsȱFigureȱ16ȱshows,ȱpopulationȱdensityȱisȱ higherȱinȱtheȱsoutheasternȱportionȱofȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱwithinȱYonkers.ȱ

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FIGUREȱ12:ȱ CENSUSȱTRACTSȱINȱMANHATTANȱANDȱTHEȱBRONXȱ

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FIGUREȱ13:ȱ CENSUSȱTRACTSȱINȱYONKERSȱ

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FIGUREȱ14:ȱ POPULATIONȱDENSITYȱINȱMANHATTANȱANDȱTHEȱBRONXȱ

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FIGUREȱ15:ȱ POPULATIONȱDENSITYȱINȱYONKERSȱ

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TABLEȱ6:ȱ MANHATTANȱSTUDYȱAREAȱPOPULATIONȱANDȱECONOMICȱCHARACTERISTICSȱ

Population Economic Profile Race and Ethnicity (%) Median Families Household Below Total Median Number of Income Poverty Area Total White1 Black1 Asian1 Other1,2 Hispanic3 Minority4 Age Households (1999) Level (%)5 Manhattan 1,537,195 45.8 15.3 9.3 0.4 27.2 25 35.8 1,477,358 $47,377 17.5 Manhattan Study 23,172 24.7 12.9 2.5 0.3 57.4 15.7 33.4 9,705 $35,839 21.7 Area* CT 295 7,588 28.9 4.6 3.2 0.4 60.9 8.2 33.6 3,260 $35,073 19.4 CT 303 4,178 30.1 5.4 2.7 0.3 59.2 8.4 32.7 1,751 $38,472 21.6 CT 307 3,586 50.1 11.3 2.7 0.3 32.5 14.3 37.1 1,824 $47,903 10.4 CT 309 7,820 6.2 25.8 1.7 0.3 64.5 27.8 31.5 2,870 $25,866 28.6 Source:ȱU.S.ȱDepartmentȱofȱCommerce,ȱBureauȱofȱCensus,ȱU.S.ȱCensusȱofȱPopulationȱofȱHousing,ȱ2000,ȱSF1ȱforȱtotalȱpopulation,ȱ race,ȱandȱethnicity;ȱSF3ȱforȱmedianȱincome,ȱhouseholds,ȱandȱpoverty.ȱ *ȱ IncludesȱCensusȱTracts:ȱ295,ȱ303,ȱ307,ȱ309.ȱȱCensusȱTractȱ297ȱwasȱexcludedȱdueȱtoȱnoȱpopulation.ȱȱOnlyȱparklandȱandȱ openȱspaceȱisȱpresent.ȱ 1ȱ White,ȱBlack,ȱAsian,ȱandȱOtherȱpopulationsȱmayȱbeȱHispanicȱandȱnonȬHispanicȱ(seeȱnoteȱ3).ȱȱThisȱtableȱlistsȱonlyȱnonȬ Hispanicȱpopulationȱinȱtheseȱcolumns.ȱ 2ȱ “Other”ȱincludesȱresidentsȱofȱAmericanȱIndian,ȱAlaskaȱNative,ȱNativeȱHawaiian,ȱandȱOtherȱPacificȱIslanderȱdescent,ȱ asȱwellȱasȱthoseȱrespondentsȱwhoȱdidȱnotȱidentifyȱwithȱanyȱlistedȱracialȱgroupsȱ(White,ȱBlack,ȱAsian),ȱorȱwhoȱindicatedȱ thatȱtheyȱareȱofȱmoreȱthanȱoneȱraceȱdefinedȱinȱtheȱCensus.ȱ 3ȱ TheȱHispanicȱcategoryȱconsistsȱofȱthoseȱrespondentsȱwhoȱclassifiedȱthemselvesȱinȱoneȱofȱtheȱseveralȱHispanicȱOriginȱ categoriesȱinȱtheȱCensusȱquestionnaire.ȱȱPeopleȱofȱthisȱethnicȱgroupȱmayȱbeȱanyȱraceȱ(seeȱnoteȱ1).ȱ 4ȱ TheȱtotalȱminorityȱpopulationȱincludesȱallȱBlacks,ȱAsians,ȱOther,ȱandȱHispanicȱWhites.ȱȱDoesȱnotȱincludeȱHispanicȱ(allȱ

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races).ȱ 5ȱ Percentȱofȱfamiliesȱwithȱincomesȱbelowȱestablishedȱpovertyȱlevel,ȱasȱdefinedȱbyȱtheȱU.S.ȱCensusȱBureau.ȱ

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TABLEȱ7:ȱ BRONXȱSTUDYȱAREAȱPOPULATIONȱANDȱECONOMICȱCHARACTERISTICSȱ

Population Economic Profile Race and Ethnicity (%) Families Median Below Household Poverty Total Median Number of Income Level Area Total White1 Black1 Asian1 Other1,2 Hispanic3 Minority4 Age Households (1999) (%)5 Bronx 1,332,650 14.5 31.2 2.9 0.9 48.4 35 31.2 463,212 $27,971 28 Bronx Study 55,292 66.7 6.9 5.4 0.4 18.3 18.1 43.1 24,535 $53,317 5.9 Area* CT 285 3,238 54.4 5.6 8 0.5 26 22.1 37.9 1,606 $35,947 9.9 CT 287 3,159 31.8 8.4 8.8 0.1 48.6 26.1 34.8 1,231 $38,777 11.5 CT 289 4,283 34.3 6.7 4.1 0.6 51.4 15.5 33.1 1,699 $31,524 20.8 CT 293 7,196 75.7 8.6 3.9 0.3 9.5 16.7 50.1 3,678 $62,942 3.4 CT 295 4,081 67.9 6.2 7.4 0.2 16.9 21.2 40.1 1,991 $49,248 3.8 CT 297 3,812 75.1 4.7 7.5 0.9 9.7 20.6 48 1,702 $59,959 4.9 CT 301 1,510 81 5.4 2.8 0.1 8.5 11.1 61 612 $46,667 3 CT 307 8,260 85.1 3 3.5 0.4 7.1 10.4 47.8 4,033 $69,875 2.3 CT 317 1,047 96 2.2 0.1 0.2 1.5 2.6 67.2 167 $9,625 0 CT 319 7 100 0 0 0 0 0 43.8 3 $0 0 CT 323 5,189 66.6 11.6 4.8 0.5 14.5 21.7 44.2 2,757 $58,586 2.7 CT 329 1,668 78.7 4.7 3.2 0.8 10.6 11.9 38.3 658 $64,004 11.4 CT 333 435 81.6 6 5.7 0 6.2 17.4 47.3 147 $168,750 0 CT 339 1,071 76.1 3.6 8 0.4 10.1 20 40.9 436 $50,283 7.4 CT 341 1,901 72.5 3.8 7.5 0.5 12.7 19.3 33.9 575 $62,981 6.1 CT 343 1,570 58.9 11.7 6.1 0.3 21.5 24.2 42.5 579 $61,625 1.9

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CT 345 3,499 58.6 9.4 6.6 0.3 21 22.9 42.8 1,526 $52,143 6.2 CT 351 3,366 59.4 10.7 5.9 0.5 21 23 28.5 1,135 $49,958 3.5 Source:ȱȱU.S.ȱDepartmentȱofȱCommerce,ȱBureauȱofȱCensus,ȱU.S.ȱCensusȱofȱPopulationȱofȱHousing,ȱ2000,ȱSF1ȱforȱtotalȱpopulation,ȱ race,ȱandȱethnicity;ȱSF3ȱforȱmedianȱincome,ȱhouseholds,ȱandȱpoverty.ȱ *ȱ IncludesȱCensusȱTracts:ȱȱ285,ȱ287,ȱ289,ȱ293,ȱ295,ȱ297,ȱ301,ȱ307,ȱ317,ȱ319,ȱ323,ȱ329,ȱ333,ȱ339,ȱ341,ȱ343,ȱ345,ȱ351ȱ 1ȱ White,ȱBlack,ȱAsian,ȱandȱOtherȱpopulationsȱmayȱbeȱHispanicȱandȱnonȬHispanicȱ(seeȱnoteȱ3).ȱȱThisȱtableȱlistsȱonlyȱnonȬ Hispanicȱpopulationȱinȱtheseȱcolumns.ȱ 2ȱ “Other”ȱincludesȱresidentsȱofȱAmericanȱIndian,ȱAlaskaȱNative,ȱNativeȱHawaiian,ȱandȱOtherȱPacificȱIslanderȱdescent,ȱ asȱwellȱasȱthoseȱrespondentsȱwhoȱdidȱnotȱidentifyȱwithȱanyȱlistedȱracialȱgroupsȱ(White,ȱBlack,ȱAsian),ȱorȱwhoȱindicatedȱ thatȱtheyȱareȱofȱmoreȱthanȱoneȱraceȱdefinedȱinȱtheȱCensus.ȱ 3ȱ TheȱHispanicȱcategoryȱconsistsȱofȱthoseȱrespondentsȱwhoȱclassifiedȱthemselvesȱinȱoneȱofȱtheȱseveralȱHispanicȱOriginȱ categoriesȱinȱtheȱCensusȱquestionnaire.ȱȱPeopleȱofȱthisȱethnicȱgroupȱmayȱbeȱanyȱraceȱ(seeȱnoteȱ1).ȱ 4ȱ TheȱtotalȱminorityȱpopulationȱincludesȱallȱBlacks,ȱAsians,ȱOther,ȱandȱHispanicȱWhites.ȱȱItȱdoesȱnotȱincludeȱHispanicȱ (allȱraces).ȱ 5ȱ Percentȱofȱfamiliesȱwithȱincomesȱbelowȱestablishedȱpovertyȱlevel,ȱasȱdefinedȱbyȱtheȱU.S.ȱCensusȱBureau.ȱ

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TABLEȱ8:ȱ YONKERSȱSTUDYȱAREAȱPOPULATIONȱANDȱECONOMICȱCHARACTERISTICSȱ

Population Economic Profile Race and Ethnicity (%) Families Median Below Household Poverty Total Median Number of Income Level Area Total White1 Black1 Asian1 Other1,2 Hispanic3 Minority4 Age Households (1999) (%)5 City of 196,086 60 16 5 13 26 34 35.8 74,358 $59,316 16 Yonkers Yonkers Study 48,382 32.4 34.1 3.4 0 41.8 37.5 31.0 17,395 $28,546 - Area* CT 1.01 5,381 26.5 31 2.6 0.1 58.7 33.7 27.3 1,659 $28,422 25.3 CT 1.03 5,475 23.5 37.4 2.8 0 51.1 40.2 27.7 1,790 $24,877 29.9 CT 2.01 7,721 30.6 19.9 4.5 0 60 24.4 28.6 2,574 $24,648 26.2 CT 2.02 3,507 46.9 21.8 3.8 0 39.8 25.6 34 1,285 $45,926 10.1 CT 2.03 2,963 64.2 9.3 3.4 0 36.3 12.7 37.9 1,281 $41,563 13.4 CT 3 4,837 28.3 34.3 5.6 0 48 39.9 30.6 1,550 $25,918 27.5 CT 4.01 4,087 22 42.4 1.7 0 46.2 44.1 27.3 1,307 $28,546 26.7 CT 4.02 6,033 13.9 64.1 1.7 0.1 25.6 65.9 31 2,336 $24,802 25.4 CT 7.01 3,595 60.3 22.8 6.2 0 15.8 29 37.6 1,335 $63,319 4.2 Source:ȱȱU.S.ȱDepartmentȱofȱCommerce,ȱBureauȱofȱCensus,ȱU.S.ȱCensusȱofȱPopulationȱofȱHousing,ȱ2000,ȱSF1ȱforȱtotalȱpopulation,ȱ race,ȱandȱethnicity;ȱSF3ȱforȱmedianȱincome,ȱhouseholds,ȱandȱpoverty.ȱ *ȱ IncludesȱCensusȱTracts:ȱ1.01,ȱ1.03,ȱ2.01,ȱ2.02,ȱ2.03,ȱ3,ȱ4.01,ȱ4.02,ȱ7.01,ȱ7.02ȱ 1ȱ White,ȱBlack,ȱAsian,ȱandȱOtherȱpopulationsȱmayȱbeȱHispanicȱandȱnonȬHispanicȱ(seeȱnoteȱ3).ȱȱThisȱtableȱlistsȱonlyȱnonȬ Hispanicȱpopulationȱinȱtheseȱcolumns.ȱ

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2ȱ “Other”ȱincludesȱresidentsȱofȱAmericanȱIndian,ȱAlaskaȱNative,ȱNativeȱHawaiian,ȱandȱOtherȱPacificȱIslanderȱdescent,ȱ asȱwellȱasȱthoseȱrespondentsȱwhoȱdidȱnotȱidentifyȱwithȱanyȱlistedȱracialȱgroupsȱ(White,ȱBlack,ȱAsian),ȱorȱwhoȱindicatedȱ thatȱtheyȱareȱofȱmoreȱthanȱoneȱraceȱdefinedȱinȱtheȱCensus.ȱ 3ȱ TheȱHispanicȱcategoryȱconsistsȱofȱthoseȱrespondentsȱwhoȱclassifiedȱthemselvesȱinȱoneȱofȱtheȱseveralȱHispanicȱOriginȱ categoriesȱinȱtheȱCensusȱquestionnaire.ȱȱPeopleȱofȱthisȱethnicȱgroupȱmayȱbeȱanyȱraceȱ(seeȱnoteȱ1).ȱ 4ȱ TheȱtotalȱminorityȱpopulationȱincludesȱallȱBlacks,ȱAsians,ȱOther,ȱandȱHispanicȱWhites.ȱȱItȱdoesȱnotȱincludeȱHispanicȱ (allȱraces).ȱ 5ȱ Percentȱofȱfamiliesȱwithȱincomesȱbelowȱestablishedȱpovertyȱlevel,ȱasȱdefinedȱbyȱtheȱU.S.ȱCensusȱBureau.ȱ ȱ

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ENVIRONMENTALȱJUSTICEȱ

Executiveȱ Orderȱ 12898ȱ requiresȱ localȱ agenciesȱ thatȱ receiveȱ federalȱ fundsȱ forȱ projectsȱ toȱ achieveȱ environmentalȱ justiceȱ byȱ identifyingȱ andȱ addressingȱ disproportionatelyȱ highȱ andȱ adverseȱ humanȱ healthȱ andȱ environmentalȱ effects,ȱ includingȱtheȱinterrelatedȱsocialȱandȱeconomicȱeffectsȱofȱtheirȱprograms,ȱpolicies,ȱ andȱactivitiesȱonȱminorityȱpopulationsȱandȱlowȬincomeȱpopulationsȱinȱ theȱUnitedȱ States.ȱȱAȱdisproportionatelyȱhighȱandȱadverseȱeffectȱisȱcharacterizedȱas:ȱ

predominantlyȱ borneȱ byȱ aȱ minorityȱ populationȱ and/orȱ aȱ lowȬ incomeȱpopulation;ȱorȱaffectingȱaȱminorityȱpopulationȱand/orȱlowȬ incomeȱ populationȱ andȱ isȱ appreciablyȱ moreȱ severeȱ orȱ greaterȱ inȱ magnitudeȱthanȱtheȱadverseȱeffectȱthatȱwillȱbeȱsufferedȱbyȱtheȱnonȬ minorityȱpopulationȱand/orȱnonȱlowȬincomeȱpopulation.ȱ

Inȱcasesȱwhereȱtheȱproposedȱprojectȱwillȱhaveȱnoȱadverseȱenvironmentalȱeffects,ȱ thenȱ thereȱ willȱ beȱ noȱ disproportionateȱ adverseȱ effectsȱ onȱ theseȱ sensitiveȱ populations.ȱ

Asȱ shownȱ inȱ Tableȱ 6,ȱ 15.7ȱ percentȱ ofȱ theȱ Manhattanȱ studyȱ areaȱ populationȱ isȱ identifiedȱ asȱ aȱ minorityȱ group,ȱ comparedȱ withȱ 25ȱ percentȱ inȱ theȱ boroughȱ ofȱ Manhattanȱasȱaȱwhole.ȱȱInȱManhattan,ȱapproximatelyȱ17.5ȱpercentȱofȱfamiliesȱareȱ livingȱ belowȱ theȱ federalȱ povertyȱ threshold,ȱ whileȱ withinȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ approximatelyȱ 21.7ȱ percentȱ ofȱ theȱ familiesȱ areȱ livingȱ belowȱ povertyȱ level;ȱ therefore,ȱ thisȱ portionȱ ofȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ wouldȱ notȱ beȱ consideredȱ toȱ anȱ environmentalȱjusticeȱpopulation.ȱ

Asȱ seenȱ inȱ Tableȱ 7,ȱ theȱ generalȱ populationȱ withinȱ theȱ Bronxȱ studyȱ areaȱ isȱ notȱ consideredȱ toȱ beȱ aȱ minorityȱ orȱ lowȬincomeȱ population.ȱȱResidentsȱ withinȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ areȱ predominatelyȱ White,ȱ accountingȱ forȱ 66.7ȱ percentȱ ofȱ theȱ population.ȱȱInȱtheȱboroughȱofȱtheȱBronx,ȱapproximatelyȱ28ȱpercentȱofȱfamiliesȱ areȱlivingȱbelowȱtheȱfederalȱpovertyȱthreshold,ȱwhileȱwithinȱtheȱBronxȱstudyȱareaȱ approximatelyȱ 5.9ȱ percentȱ ofȱ theȱ familiesȱ areȱ livingȱ belowȱ povertyȱ level;ȱ therefore,ȱthisȱwouldȱnotȱbeȱconsideredȱanȱenvironmentalȱjusticeȱpopulation.ȱ

AsȱseenȱinȱTableȱ8,ȱ37.5ȱpercentȱofȱtheȱYonkersȱstudyȱareaȱpopulationȱisȱidentifiedȱ asȱaȱminorityȱgroup,ȱcomparedȱtoȱ34ȱpercentȱinȱtheȱCityȱofȱYonkers.ȱȱInȱtheȱCityȱ

54 TheȱHudsonȱRiverȱValleyȱGreenwayȱLinkȱȱ Taskȱ6:ȱAlternateȱDesignȱSolutionsȱ ofȱ Yonkersȱ asȱ aȱ whole,ȱ approximately16ȱ percentȱ ofȱ theȱ familiesȱ liveȱ belowȱ theȱ federalȱ povertyȱ threshold,ȱ whileȱ withinȱ theȱ studyȱ areaȱ portionȱ ofȱ Yonkers,ȱ theȱ percentageȱofȱfamiliesȱlivingȱbelowȱtheȱpovertyȱlevelȱisȱmuchȱhigherȱinȱmanyȱofȱ theȱcensusȱtracts;ȱtherefore,ȱthisȱportionȱofȱtheȱstudyȱareaȱwouldȱbeȱconsideredȱanȱ environmentalȱjusticeȱpopulation.ȱȱȱ

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PRELIMINARYȱLISTȱOFȱPERMITSȱANDȱAPPROVALSȱ ȱ Environmental Review and Permittingȱ

Under New York's State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR), state and local government agencies must consider the environmental impacts of discretionary actions. Alternatives for the Hudson River Valley Greenway Link may be required to have an Environmental Assessment Form (EAF) under SEQR. The EAF process would include coordination and/or correspondence with the several agencies for specific topics, such as the following: State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for information on historic resources; the New York State Department of Environmental Compliance (NYSDEC) Natural Heritage Program and the United States Fish & Wildlife Service for information on natural resources and wildlife; and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Marine Fisheries Service for living marine resources. A completed EAF would be included in permit applications. ȱ ȱ Consultationȱ withȱ theȱ NYSDECȱ andȱ ACOEȱ isȱ stronglyȱ recommendedȱ toȱ determineȱwhichȱpermitsȱareȱnecessaryȱonceȱtheȱactionȱhasȱbeenȱidentified.ȱȱHereȱ isȱaȱpreliminaryȱlistȱofȱapprovalsȱandȱpermitsȱthatȱwouldȱlikelyȱbeȱrequiredȱbutȱ couldȱ changeȱ dependingȱ onȱ typeȱ andȱ extentȱ ofȱ disturbanceȱ andȱ constructionȱ alongȱtheȱwater’sȱedge.ȱ ȱ StateȱandȱCityȱCoastalȱZoneȱConsistencyȱReviewsȱ x NYCȱDepartmentȱofȱCityȱPlanningȱ(NYCȱDCP)ȱWaterfrontȱRevitalizationȱ ProgramȱConsistencyȱReviewȱ x NYSȱDepartmentȱofȱStateȱ(NYSDOS)ȱCoastalȱConsistencyȱCertificationȱ ȱ Toȱ buildȱ withinȱ theȱ coastalȱ zoneȱ ofȱ NYC,ȱ theȱ applicantȱ wouldȱ haveȱ toȱ consultȱ withȱtheȱNYCȱDepartmentȱofȱCityȱPlanningȱandȱsubmitȱaȱconsistencyȱreviewȱperȱ theȱ policiesȱ ofȱ theȱ Newȱ Waterfrontȱ Revitalizationȱ Programȱ (theȱ localȱ WRP).ȱȱTheȱ policiesȱinȱtheȱWRPȱcomprehensivelyȱincorporateȱtheȱpoliciesȱarticulatedȱinȱNewȱ YorkȱState’sȱWaterfrontȱRevitalizationȱandȱCoastalȱResourceȱActȱofȱ1981.ȱ ȱ Whereȱ theȱ projectȱ elementsȱ areȱ outsideȱ ofȱ NYC,ȱ butȱ withinȱ theȱ State’sȱ coastalȱ zone,ȱanȱassessmentȱwouldȱbeȱcompletedȱandȱsubmittedȱtoȱtheȱNewȱYorkȱStateȱ

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DepartmentȱofȱStateȱ(NYSDOS)ȱthroughȱitsȱCoastalȱZoneȱManagementȱProgramȱ (CZMP)ȱforȱconsistencyȱcertification.ȱȱȱ ȱ Theȱ studyȱ areaȱ isȱ withinȱ theȱ Lowerȱ Hudsonȱ Riverȱ Reachȱ andȱ isȱ classifiedȱ byȱ NYSDECȱ asȱ aȱ Significantȱ Coastalȱ Fishȱ andȱ Wildlifeȱ Habitat.ȱȱIfȱ Yonkersȱ hasȱ aȱ LocalȱWRPȱinȱplace,ȱconsistencyȱwithȱthatȱprogramȱwouldȱalsoȱbeȱrequired.ȱ ȱ NYSȱDepartmentȱofȱEnvironmentalȱConservationȱ(DEC)ȱPermitsȱ x Tidalȱ Wetlandsȱ Permitȱ (Articleȱ 25ȱ ofȱ ECL,ȱ 6NYCRRȱ partȱ 661)ȬȬȱ areasȱ identifiedȱ onȱ NYSȱ Tidalȱ Wetlandȱ Inventoryȱ (includingȱ Lowerȱ Hudsonȱ River) NYSDEC regulates activities within 150 feet inland of the wetland boundary in New York City and 300 feet inland in the remainder of New York. Therefore, work activities not directly within the water can be subject to tidal wetlands permitting requirements under NYSDEC. These work activities include but are not limited to:ȱ o Placementȱofȱfill,ȱdredging,ȱexcavationȱinȱtheseȱareas…ȱ o Restoration,ȱ reconstruction,ȱ expansionȱ ofȱ existingȱ functionalȱ structuresȱ o Constructionȱofȱstructuresȱincludingȱbulkheads,ȱetc.ȱ x CoastalȱErosionȱControlȱPermitȱ(Articleȱ34ȱofȱECL,ȱ6NYCRRȱPartȱ505.6)ȱ o Construction/modification/restorationȱ ofȱ structuresȱ includingȱ walkwaysȱ o Excavation,ȱgrading,ȱdredging,ȱdepositionȱofȱmaterial,ȱetc.ȱ x ProtectionȱofȱWatersȱPermitȱ(Articleȱ17,ȱTitleȱ5ȱofȱECL,ȱ6NYCRRȱPartȱ608).ȱ o Forȱ example,ȱ ifȱ theȱ projectȱ entailsȱ placingȱ fillȱ forȱ bankȱ stabilizationȱorȱtoȱisolateȱaȱworkȱarea.ȱȱ(ifȱprojectȱisȱrepairȱorȱinȬ kindȱreplacementȱofȱsmallȱareasȱofȱdisturbanceȱ(lessȱthanȱ50ȱlinearȱ feetȱalongȱanyȱ1000ȱfeetȱofȱwatercourseȬorȱ o Excavatingȱ orȱ placingȱ fillȱ inȱ navigableȱ watersȱ belowȱ theȱ MHWȱ level,ȱ includingȱ adjacentȱ andȱ contiguousȱ marshesȱ andȱ wetlandsȱ (installationȱofȱbulkheads,ȱrevetmentsȱandȱotherȱbankȱorȱshorelineȱ protectionȱ measures,ȱ installation;ȱ placementȱ ofȱ fillȱ forȱ access,ȱ constructionȱorȱstructureȱinstallation))ȱ

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x StateȱPollutionȱDischargeȱEliminationȱSystemȱ(SPDES)ȱPermitȱȱ(Articleȱ17,ȱ Titleȱ 7&ȱ 8ȱ ofȱ ECLȬȱ Cleanȱ Waterȱ Act)ȱ ifȱ theȱ projectȱ changes/increasesȱ dischargeȱtoȱHudsonȱRiverȱ x Sectionȱ401ȱCleanȱWaterȱActȬȱWaterȱQualityȱCertificationȱ(6NYCRRȱPartȱ 608)ȱ Dependingȱ onȱ scaleȱ ofȱ theȱ project,ȱ itȱ wouldȱ beȱ classifiedȱ asȱ aȱ minorȱ orȱ majorȱ actionȱandȱthisȱwouldȱaffectȱpermitȱapplicationȱreviewȱschedule.ȱ ȱ U.S.ȱArmyȱCorpsȱofȱEngineersȱ(ACOE)ȱPermits:ȱ Dependingȱonȱtheȱwork,ȱtheȱfollowingȱACOEȱpermitsȱmayȱbeȱrequired:ȱ x CleanȱWaterȱActȱ o Sectionȱ404Ȭȱdischargeȱorȱdredgeȱorȱfillȱmaterialȱintoȱjurisdictionalȱ watersȱandȱwetlandsȱofȱtheȱUS.ȱ o Sectionȱ401ȱrequiresȱissuanceȱofȱNYSȱWaterȱQualityȱCertificate,ȱasȱaȱ prerequisiteȱtoȱissuanceȱSectionȱ404ȱpermit.ȱ x Sectionȱ 10ȱ (Riversȱ andȱ Harborȱ Act)ȱ structuresȱ andȱ fillsȱ inȱ navigableȱ waters.ȱȱConformanceȱwithȱNYSȱCZMPȱ x CoastalȱZoneȱManagementȱActȱ–ȱcomplianceȱwithȱNYSȱCZMPȱ ȱ Theȱ ACOEȱ andȱ DECȱ requireȱ onlyȱ oneȱ applicationȱ betweenȱ them,ȱ theȱ Jointȱ ApplicationȱforȱPermit,ȱbutȱalsoȱrequireȱanȱenvironmentalȱquestionnaireȱandȱtheȱ NYSDOSȱFederalȱConsistencyȱForm.ȱȱIfȱnoȱfederalȱapprovalȱisȱrequired,ȱthenȱtheȱ NYSDOSȱStateȱConsistencyȱFormȱisȱrequired.ȱ ȱ Theȱ actualȱ applicationsȱ andȱ questionnairesȱ forȱ theȱ DECȱ andȱ ACOEȱ areȱ veryȱ short.ȱȱHowever,ȱtheȱDECȱandȱtheȱACOEȱrequireȱfiveȱsetsȱeachȱofȱmaps,ȱplans,ȱ photographs,ȱasȱwellȱasȱaȱSEQR/NEPAȱreviewȱ(EAFȱorȱEIS)ȱandȱmayȱalsoȱrequireȱ anȱessentialȱfishȱhabitatȱassessment.ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ

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