http://www.planNYC.org/ PlanNYC | New York City Planning Information Portal en-us ja3n@earthlink.net http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=131#4354 The architecture firm Perkins+Will was chosen by the NYPD to design the new police academy campus in College Point, Queens. The campus will be 3 million square feet and will house all of the NYPD's training facilities and a Police Museum at one location over 35 acres. Perkins+Will is committed to making the facilities LEED Silver certified as a part of the Mayor's PlaNYC 2030 sustainability initiative. The firm is also committed to the 2030 Challenge initiated by Architecture 2030, which calls for energy efficient design and building with the goal of being carbon neutral by the year 2030. 2008-06-18 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=131#4240 Perkins+Will, the architectural firm selected to design the new Police Academy campus planned for College Point, Queens, will be seeking LEED Silver certification for the project. The design may actually exceed those environmental standards, as the Will+Perkins has committed to the Architecture 2030 Challenge, which calls for building standards that lead to carbon neutrality by 2030. 2008-05-19 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=131#4241 The New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) have selected Perkins+Will Architects to design the new police academy campus to be built in College Point, Queens. The 35-acre site, once the City’s largest auto pound, will contain a main classroom building with 250 wireless classrooms, accommodations for visiting lecturers and other law enforcement agencies, a police museum, and indoor and outdoor facilities for firearm, tactical and other training. The new campus will consolidate and replace inadequate and outdated facilities in Manhattan and the Bronx. 2008-05-19 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=131#2724 New York City has released its “wish list” for the NYPD’s new police academy, to be built in College Point, Queens. The $1 billion academy is to be built on a 35-acre site, and will replace the aging academy on East 20th Street in Manhattan. The new academy will include an 115,000 square-foot tactical training arena that contains a replica of a subway station, a bodega, and a bank. 2007-06-11 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=131#2471 The city must follow proper ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) before it can prepare construction for a new police academy in College Points, Queens that will cost in upwards of $1 billion and begin building in 2009. To do this the city first consulted with Queen’s Community Board 7 on possible sites for the 30 acre facility. Discussions between the police academy site selection committee and the community board produced the auto tow pound in College Point as the best location. In choosing the tow pound as a site, the board focused on the projected traffic impact of the new academy. 2007-04-18 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=131#2396 Residents of City Island are particularly excited to hear about Bloomberg’s plan to build a new police academy, including firing range, in College Point, Queens. City Island is located directly across from the peninsula which the New York Police Department has used for training, much of it involving target practice or explosives since 1959. When the new Police Academy is built in Queens, City Island residents will not longer be constantly bombarded by the noise from the firing range. However, it will take several years to build the new academy. 2007-04-07 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=131#2380 Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced plans for a technologically advanced $1 billion police academy in the College Point area of Queens that will feature a 30 acre campus, in addition to 250 classrooms, athletic training facilities, and a subway station that simulates potential terror attacks. The announcement was met with much praise from public leaders, including the Queens Borough President and local members of the city council, as well as the larger community. Near total consensus exists about the inadequate state of the current police academy on East 20th Street in Manhattan, which has first opened in 1964. While the plans are certainly pleasing to most observers, some are concerned that the project's price tag will complicate its quick approval by the city council. 2007-04-06 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=131#2399 In service since 1964, the Police Academy near Gramercy Park is no longer able to handle the training needs and size of the New York Police Department. A new plan has been proposed to consolidate facilities and add high-technology training features in a new Police Academy campus in College Point, Queens. Plans for the new campus are not complete, but the current budget is being estimated at $1 billion, with construction expected to begin in 2009. The College Point site was chosen because of the large amount of land available, access to public transportation, and low chance of disruption to the surrounding industrial neighborhood. 2007-04-06 00:00:00