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Hallets Point Development May Include New School on NYCHA Campus
December 19, 2012
By Jeanmarie Evelly
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A proposal to build a $1 billion waterfront development in Hallets Point may include a new K-8 school, according to plans presented last week at a public meeting.
The latest plans for the site now include the possibility of a new school, according to an environmental planning consultant working on behalf of the developers. The school might be necessary to accommodate the influx of families expected to move into the area once the development opens, planners said.
"Having done some preliminary analysis of what this project means, in terms of new demands on the various services, we are also studying the potential for a new K-8 public school," said Linh Do, of the consulting firm AKRF. "At this point, we are thinking it will be located on the NYCHA campus."
Do presented the latest version of the plans last Thursday, at a public meeting with the Department of City Planning at the Goodwill headquarters in Astoria. The developers are seeking a number of zoning changes to go forward with the project, and DCP will be accepting public comment on the proposals until Dec. 26.
The plan will have to be approved through the city's formal Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, which Do estimates will start some time after February. If approved, the developers could break ground as early as 2014, with construction happening in phases. The entire project could then be completed by 2022, Do said.
Lincoln Equities is working with NYCHA and the city's School Construction Authority to see if a school would be viable on land that now serves as parking spaces for residents at the Astoria Houses, Do said.
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