Infrastructure

Renderings of new bike lanes on Queens Boulevard, courtesy of the New York City Department of Transportation

Mayor Adams Announces $30 Million for Queens Boulevard Safety Improvements

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced the award of nearly $30 million in federal funding for safety improvements along Queens Boulevard in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. This grant, part of the “Safe Streets and Roads for All” program, will be funded through the approximately $1 billion in federal infrastructure funding that has been secured under the Adams administration.

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Demolition Underway For New 15-Story Jail Complex At 275 Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

Demolition work is underway at 275 Atlantic Avenue, the site of a 15-story jail complex in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by HOK and developed by the NYC Department of Design and Construction, the 339-foot-tall structure will span 712,150 square feet with a capacity of 1,040 inmates, as well as 30,000 square feet of community facility space, two cellar levels, two loading berths, 100 enclosed parking spaces, and an underground tunnel connecting to the adjacent courthouse. Northstar Contracting Group Inc. is the general contractor for the project, which will replace the defunct Brooklyn Detention Complex bound by Atlantic Avenue, Boerum Place, and Smith and State Streets.

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Aerial view of Brooklyn Navy Yard's waterfront edge

BNYDC Reveals a Request for Proposals to Redevelop Industrial Properties at Brooklyn Navy Yard

The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) is seeking design and development partners to advance the transformation of its sprawling industrial complex. A request for proposals was circulated earlier this month and calls for initial conceptual designs for industrial and commercial properties at the waterfront convergence of Kent, Washington, and Railroad Avenues, near the northeastern edge of Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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