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The Sunnyside Yards development proposal has been discussed by city planners, developers, and community advocates for decades. The report recommends that builders put between 18,000 and 35,000 housing units on the site, depending on the zoning. There would also be schools, parks land and an interposal transportation facility for the MTA, LIRR, Amtrak and bus service. Some advocates hope the project would include a guarantee of 50 percent affordable housing.
The property, which is owned by Amtrak and is primarily used by New Jersey Transit, is enormous. It runs from Laurel Hill Avenue on the east to Hunters Point Avenue on the west. To put it into perspective, if the property were in Manhattan, it would span 42nd to 59th Street, from Fifth Avenue to Lexington Avenue.
This development is closely interlinked with:
Long Island City Rezoning & Development
- RELATED DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMUNITY DISTRICTS:
Sunnyside Yards Platform - Most Recent Story: 03-04-2010
- This Page lists all of the developments on the site, and the date they were last updated.125th Street Corridor - Most Recent Story: 10-05-2009
2nd Avenue Subway - Most Recent Story: 06-22-2010
980 Madison Tower - Most Recent Story: 01-21-2009
Atlantic Yards - Most Recent Story: 06-25-2010Most Recent Story: 03-26-2006
Most Recent Story: 02-27-2006Bedford Stuyvesant Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 10-21-2009
Briarwood Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 08-13-2008Most Recent Story: 02-28-2006
Broadway Triangle Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 05-25-2010
Brooklyn Academy of Music Cultural District - Most Recent Story: 05-04-2010
Brooklyn Bridge Park - Most Recent Story: 06-21-2010
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal - Most Recent Story: 01-22-2010
Brooklyn Greenway - Most Recent Story: 04-09-2010
Brooklyn Navy Yard - Most Recent Story: 06-16-2010Most Recent Story: --
Most Recent Story: --City Point / Albee Square Mall Tower - Most Recent Story: 03-16-2010Most Recent Story: 10-14-2007
College Point Police Academy - Most Recent Story: 12-16-2009
Columbia University Expansion - Most Recent Story: 06-24-2010
Columbus Circle - Most Recent Story: 12-11-2008
Columbus Square - Most Recent Story: 09-27-2009
Coney Island Rezoning & Development - Most Recent Story: 06-16-2010
Cooper Square Urban Renewal Area - Most Recent Story: 12-10-2008
Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel - Most Recent Story: 09-23-2008
Domino Sugar Factory - Most Recent Story: 06-23-2010
Downtown Brooklyn Rezoning & Development - Most Recent Story: 04-01-2010
Downtown JFK-LIRR Link - Most Recent Story: 03-24-2009
Downtown Whitney Museum Development - Most Recent Story: 07-29-2009
DUMBO Development - Most Recent Story: 05-13-2010Most Recent Story: 07-30-2007
East River Plaza - Most Recent Story: 03-31-2009
East River Redevelopment Site - Most Recent Story: 01-06-2009
East River Science Park - Most Recent Story: 07-31-2009
East River Waterfront Esplanade & Piers - Most Recent Story: 06-21-2010
East Side Access/ LIRR Extension to Grand Central - Most Recent Story: 04-21-2010
East Village/Lower East Side Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 02-05-2010
Far Rockaway and Mott Creek Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 04-21-2009
Far West Village Rezonings - Most Recent Story: 06-08-2010Most Recent Story: 04-12-2006
Flushing Development - Most Recent Story: 03-18-2010
Fordham Expansion - Most Recent Story: 06-30-2009
Forest Hills Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 03-18-2009
Fresh Kills Master Plan - Most Recent Story: 03-04-2010
Fulton Street Transit Center - Most Recent Story: 06-02-2010
Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station - Most Recent Story: 03-10-2010
Garment District Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 06-13-2010
Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market - Most Recent Story: 10-16-2009Most Recent Story: 04-06-2007
Governors Island - Most Recent Story: 06-24-2010
Gowanus Development - Most Recent Story: 05-11-2010
Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 04-14-2010
High Line Redevelopment - Most Recent Story: 06-14-2010Most Recent Story: --
HUB Commercial District - Most Recent Story: 11-10-2009
Hudson Railyards - Most Recent Story: 04-29-2010
Hudson River Park - Most Recent Story: 05-24-2010
Hudson Yards Rezoning & Far West Side Development - Most Recent Story: 04-29-2010
Hunter College Health-Professions Tower - Most Recent Story: 03-18-2008
Hunts Point Vision Plan and Development - Most Recent Story: 10-13-2009Most Recent Story: 03-13-2007
Jamaica Rezoning & Development - Most Recent Story: 10-29-2009
Javits Convention Center Expansion - Most Recent Story: 05-14-2010
JetBlue JFK Terminal - Most Recent Story: 05-09-2009
Kingsbridge Armory - Most Recent Story: 05-12-2010Most Recent Story: 03-09-2007
Lincoln Center Redevelopment - Most Recent Story: 05-21-2010
Long Island City Rezoning & Development - Most Recent Story: 06-02-2010
Lower Concourse Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 10-30-2009
Lower Manhattan Development - Most Recent Story: 05-06-2010
Madison Avenue Clocktower - Most Recent Story: 07-22-2008
Madison Square Garden Renovations - Most Recent Story: 05-06-2010Most Recent Story: 10-10-2006
Mass Transit Tunnel / Access to the Region's Core - Most Recent Story: 06-04-2010
Mets Stadium Construction - Most Recent Story: 08-07-2009
Middle Village-Glendale Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 04-21-2009Most Recent Story: 01-25-2006
Mott Haven School Campus - Most Recent Story: 11-18-2008
Moynihan Station - Most Recent Story: 03-29-2010Most Recent Story: 09-24-2007
Navy Brig Redevelopment / Navy Green - Most Recent Story: 07-21-2009
New York Diamond Tower - Most Recent Story: 08-31-2009Most Recent Story: 04-18-2007
No. 7 Line Extension - Most Recent Story: 06-09-2010
North Brother Island - Most Recent Story: 09-09-2008
North Tribeca Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 06-15-2010Most Recent Story: 06-01-2007
NYU Development - Most Recent Story: 05-14-2010
P.S. 64 Redevelopment - Most Recent Story: 08-11-2009
Pedestrianization of Broadway - Most Recent Story: 05-21-2010Most Recent Story: --
Plaza Hotel Redevelopment - Most Recent Story: 06-23-2009
Public Place - Most Recent Story: 10-05-2009
Queens Botanical Garden - Most Recent Story: 03-24-2009
Queens Plaza - Most Recent Story: 06-20-2010
Queens West/ Hunters Point South - Most Recent Story: 06-09-2010
Randalls Island Reconstruction - Most Recent Story: 05-28-2009
Red Hook Waterfront Development - Most Recent Story: 03-25-2010
Rego Park Mall II - Most Recent Story: 04-16-2009Most Recent Story: 03-23-2007
Most Recent Story: 12-07-2007Silvercup Studios West - Most Recent Story: 08-24-2009
SoHo Sanitation Garage - Most Recent Story: 06-25-2010
South Bronx Jail Plan - Most Recent Story: 07-02-2009
South Ferry Terminal Project - Most Recent Story: 08-31-2009
South Street Seaport Redevelopment - Most Recent Story: 04-17-2010
South Village Historic District - Most Recent Story: 02-25-2010
Springfield Gardens Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 04-09-2009
St. Vincent’s Expansion - Most Recent Story: 04-26-2010
Stapleton Waterfront District - Most Recent Story: 09-16-2009
Starrett City - Most Recent Story: 12-16-2009Most Recent Story: 11-29-2007
Staten Island North Shore and West Shore Light Rails - Most Recent Story: 09-14-2009
Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village - Most Recent Story: 06-22-2010
Sunnyside Yards Platform - Most Recent Story: 03-04-2010
Sunset Park Waterfront Vision Plan & Bush Terminal Piers Park - Most Recent Story: 05-20-2010
The Caledonia - Most Recent Story: 07-23-2009
The Nouvel Tower at MoMA - Most Recent Story: 03-11-2010
Trump SoHo Hotel Condominiums - Most Recent Story: 04-10-2010
Union Square Redesign - Most Recent Story: 06-03-2009Most Recent Story: 12-01-2006
United Nations Renovation - Most Recent Story: 11-21-2008
Upper West Side Rezoning - Most Recent Story: 11-13-2008
Uptown New York / East Harlem Media, Entertainment, and Cultural Center - Most Recent Story: 07-27-2009
Van Cortlandt Park Filtration Plant - Most Recent Story: 09-01-2009
Via Verde - New Housing New York Legacy Project - Most Recent Story: 05-04-2010
Washington Square Park Redesign - Most Recent Story: 06-22-2009
West-Park Presbyterian Church Tower - Most Recent Story: 07-15-2009
White Plains Courtyard - Most Recent Story: 05-27-2008Most Recent Story: 03-21-2007
Willets Point Development - Most Recent Story: 06-22-2010
World Trade Center Redevelopment - Most Recent Story: 06-23-2010
Yankee Stadium Construction - Most Recent Story: 06-22-2010

