NYC Planning Dept proposes expressway to ‘There it is, ladies and gentlemen,’ connect Bronx Crosstown (Cross Bronx) with Howard Cosell intoned, ‘the Bronx is Boulevard Expressway (Bruckner) burning.” 1941 Embarcadero Freeway Portion of Central Freeway in Hunts Point President Carter visits decaying in San Francisco is San Francisco is redeveloped Riverside Park Charlotte Street redeveloped as a park Octavia Boulevard opens 1977 1991 2005 2007 National Interstate and DJ Herc throws a party at Special Hunts Point Defense Highways Act 1520 Sedgwick Ave that Harbor Drive in Portland, OR Demolition of Park Freeway Zoning resolution (Eisenhower) leads to the birth of Hip-Hop redeveloped as a park in Milwaukee, WI begins created 1956 1973 1978 2002 Fulton Fish Market 2008 Sheridan Expressway relocates to Hunts Point Opens Robert Moses proposes Portions of the elevated Sheridan Reconstruction Concrete Plant Park Crotona Park East/West Farms Rezoing Robert Moses born 6 lane Cross Bronx Cross Bronx Expressway West Side Highway At-grade West Side project completed opens ($32 million approved by City Planning Commission NYSDOT issues notice to Hurricane Sandy hits Starlight Park Opens in New Haven, Conn. Expressway Completed dismantled Highway completed (4 yrs, $200 million) investment) (11 block area, 17 acres) rescind Bruckner/Sheridan EIS New York City ($49 million investment) 1888 1945 1963 1989 2001 2005 2009 October 5, 2011 June 2012 October 29, 2012 Spring 2013 UNITED STATES NEW YORK CITY THE BRONX SOUTH BX COMMUNITY SEHP 1908 1942 1958 1974 1994 2001 June 27, 2011 April 19, 2012 June 28, 2012 March 7, 2013 June 24, 2013 Ford Model T appears Arthur Sheridan named Sheridan Expressway Mid Bronx Youth Ministries for Sustainable South Community Working Group 1: Community Working Group 3: Community Working Group 5: Community Working Group 7: Community Working Group 9: on the market Bronx Borough construction begins Desperadoes Peace and Justice Bronx Kicko Meeting What We Heard, Trac Data Developing Recommendations + Trac Modeling Results Final Recommendations Commissioner founded founded founded Sub-Areas of Public Works 1917 1948 1978 The Point CDC Bronx River Alliance September 1, 2011 May 5, 2012 November 27, 2012 May 21, 2013 US enters World War I Cross Bronx Expressway South Bronx founded founded Community Working Group 2: Community Working Group 4: Community Working Group 6: Community Working Group 8: 2009 construction begins Development Oce Framework + Boundary Scenario Screening Hunts Point + Bruckner Summary of Findings SBRWA - ‘The founded 1929 Community Plan for Alternative E Alignment KEY the Sheridan’ Cross Bronx Expressway Report on Highway Trac NEW 1983 Alternative 1E – Removes Sheridan Expressway July 30, 2013 Conditions and Proposed Trac 1967 Alternative 2E – Retains Sheridan Expressway Relief Measures for NYC identies Hunts Point Produce Market ‘Charlotte Gardens’ begins 3 year build out SEHP Final New Ramp From Longwood Avenue: Report Due of 92 single family ranch style homes 6-Lane Bruckner Expressway: Improves Local Access to Highway a ‘Cross-Bronx Route’ Opens Eliminates Bottleneck 2005 to USDOT Hunts Point Peninsula / Markets Bronx River Oak Point Interchange: New Direct Access to Peninsula from Bruckner Expressway N Greenway 1927 1952 1972 2001 Plan published October 2010 October 15, 2011 May 11th, 2013 George Washington Bridge Arthur Sheridan dies in a car accident Hunts Point Cooperative NY State EIS for TIGER II Grant Awarded by USDOT SEHP - Public Planning Workshop Bronx River Flotilla construction begins on the way to pick up his son (Meat) Market Opens Bruckner-Sheridan Hunts Point ($1.5 million planning grant) Interchange begins Vision Plan published 7 The City Study The City Study The City study included an intensive interdisciplinary examination of the neighborhoods and infrastructure surrounding the Sheridan Expressway, along with the expressway itself. The future of the Bruckner and Sheridan Expressways has been the focus of debate and discussion at the local level for over a decade. The planning NYC Planning Dept proposes expressway to ‘There it is, ladies and gentlemen,’ process led by the City Study team brought together the land use and transportation connect Bronx Crosstown (Cross Bronx) with Howard Cosell intoned, ‘the Bronx is needs and priorities of the City, local residents, the business community and the burning.” Boulevard Expressway (Bruckner) broader region in an effort to find solutions that worked across stakeholder groups. 1941 Embarcadero Freeway Portion of Central Freeway in Hunts Point President Carter visits decaying in San Francisco is San Francisco is redeveloped Riverside Park Charlotte Street redeveloped as a park Octavia Boulevard opens 1977 1991 2005 2007 Robert Moses born National Interstate and DJ Herc throws a party at Special Hunts Point in New Haven, Conn. Defense Highways Act 1520 Sedgwick Ave that Harbor Drive in Portland, OR Demolition of Park Freeway Zoning resolution 1888 (Eisenhower) leads to the birth of Hip-Hop redeveloped as a park in Milwaukee, WI begins created 1956 1973 1978 2002 Fulton Fish Market 2008 Sheridan Expressway relocates to Hunts Point Opens Robert Moses proposes Portions of the elevated Sheridan Reconstruction Concrete Plant Park Crotona Park East/West Farms Rezoing 6 lane Cross Bronx Cross Bronx Expressway West Side Highway At-grade West Side project completed opens ($32 million approved by City Planning Commission NYSDOT issues notice to Hurricane Sandy hits Starlight Park Opens Expressway Completed dismantled Highway completed (4 yrs, $200 million) investment) (11 block area, 17 acres) rescind Bruckner/Sheridan EIS New York City ($49 million investment) 1945 1963 1989 2001 2005 2009 October 5, 2011 June 2012 October 29, 2012 Spring 2013 UNITED STATES NEW YORK CITY THE BRONX SOUTH BX COMMUNITY SEHP 1908 1942 1958 1974 1994 2001 June 27, 2011 April 19, 2012 June 28, 2012 March 7, 2013 June 24, 2013 Ford Model T appears Arthur Sheridan named Sheridan Expressway Mid Bronx Youth Ministries for Sustainable South Community Working Group 1: Community Working Group 3: Community Working Group 5: Community Working Group 7: Community Working Group 9: on the market Bronx Borough construction begins Desperadoes Peace and Justice Bronx Kicko Meeting What We Heard, Trac Data Developing Recommendations + Trac Modeling Results Final Recommendations Commissioner founded founded founded Sub-Areas of Public Works 1917 1948 1978 The Point CDC Bronx River Alliance September 1, 2011 May 5, 2012 November 27, 2012 May 21, 2013 US enters World War I Cross Bronx Expressway South Bronx founded founded Community Working Group 2: Community Working Group 4: Community Working Group 6: Community Working Group 8: 2009 construction begins Development Oce Framework + Boundary Scenario Screening Hunts Point + Bruckner Summary of Findings SBRWA - ‘The founded 1929 Community Plan for Alternative E Alignment KEY the Sheridan’ Cross Bronx Expressway Report on Highway Trac NEW 1983 Alternative 1E – Removes Sheridan Expressway July 30, 2013 Conditions and Proposed Trac 1967 Alternative 2E – Retains Sheridan Expressway Relief Measures for NYC identies Hunts Point Produce Market ‘Charlotte Gardens’ begins 3 year build out SEHP Final New Ramp From Longwood Avenue: Report Due of 92 single family ranch style homes 6-Lane Bruckner Expressway: Improves Local Access to Highway a ‘Cross-Bronx Route’ Opens Eliminates Bottleneck 2005 to USDOT Hunts Point Peninsula / Markets Bronx River Oak Point Interchange: New Direct Access to Peninsula from Bruckner Expressway N Greenway 1927 1952 1972 2001 Plan published October 2010 October 15, 2011 May 11th, 2013 George Washington Bridge Arthur Sheridan dies in a car accident Hunts Point Cooperative NY State EIS for TIGER II Grant Awarded by USDOT SEHP - Public Planning Workshop Bronx River Flotilla construction begins on the way to pick up his son (Meat) Market Opens Bruckner-Sheridan Hunts Point ($1.5 million planning grant) Interchange begins Vision Plan published Sheridan - Hunts Point Land Use and Transportation Study 8 location / history / background The Sheridan Expressway The Sheridan Expressway (I-895) remains to GEO CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWA today as it was first constructed in 1963 WASHINGTONRGE Y and, along with the Bronx River Parkway, BRIDGE serves as a link between the Bruckner Expressway (I-278) to the south and the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) to the north. The Sheridan Expressway has one Y pair of on- and off-ramps that provide WA access to Westchester Avenue, a major HUTCHINSON PARKWAY commercial corridor in the area. Traffic SHERIDAN on the expressway, which operates below EXPRESS WAY ONX RIVER RIVER ONX PARKWAY 50 percent of capacity during peak rush R B BRUCKNER EXPRESS hour, is relatively light in comparison to other roadways in the area. WESTCHESTER AVE MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY EXPRESSWAY DEEGAN MAJOR Hunts Point Food Distribution Center to RFK north (TRIBOROUGH) STUDY AREA BRIDGE Map of the South Bronx transportation network today. View of the Sheridan Expressway looking north. The southern entrance to Starlight Park is to the right. 9 The City Study History In the 1940s, when Robert Moses first planned the Sheridan Expressway, it was intended to extend from the Bruckner Expressway northward past the Bronx Zoo and into Westchester County, creating a direct connection between the Triborough/Robert F. Kennedy Bridge and the New England Thruway. However, strong community opposition prevented the completion of the original plan.