QBP RICHARDS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO HOST JAMAICA STREETSCAPE PLAN OPEN HOUSE
Monday, January 8 at 6pm at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center
(January 5, 2024 at 10:30am)
QUEENS, NY – To further help guide a historic, community-centric investment of nearly $70 million into the future of downtown Jamaica, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and others will host a Jamaica NOW Design Strategy and Streetscape Plan Open House on Monday, January 8 at 6pm.
Held at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, located at 153-10 Jamaica Avenue, the open house will include a presentation from the DOT on efforts to develop a long-term, community-led vision for streetscape improvements in downtown Jamaica. Potential projects to be considered for the study area — bounded by Jamaica Avenue to the north, Merrick Boulevard to the west, Archer Avenue to the south and Sutphin Boulevard to the east — include sidewalk widening, additional seating, new trees and plantings, improved lighting, pop-up programming and other open space amenities to better support pedestrian use.
“The potential that Jamaica offers is limitless, but there is so much work to be done to help this community realize its promise as New York City’s premiere live, work and play neighborhood,” said Borough President RICHARDS. “This is work that must be done with the residents of Jamaica at the head of the table, however, and I look forward to hearing from our neighbors about what streetscape improvements they would like to see on their block.”
The open house is part of the wider Jamaica Neighborhood Plan — developed in partnership between the Mayor’s Office, Borough President Richards, the DOT, NYC Department of City Planning, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Member Nantasha Williams — to promote significant job growth and the creation of permanently affordable housing in one of New York City’s most critical commercial and transit hubs.
Public engagement sessions on the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan were held in Southeast Queens last year, with additional sessions on the design strategy and streetscape plan to come this year.
Members of the media who wish to attend the open house are asked to RSVP by emailing [email protected].
WHAT: Jamaica NOW Design Strategy and Streetscape Plan Open House
WHERE: Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica
WHEN: Monday, January 8, 2024 at 6pm
WHO: DONOVAN RICHARDS JR., Queens Borough President
Representatives from the NYC Department of Transportation
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