 | | | PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
- Borough: Bronx
- $27 million in City capital to implement
- Plan generated by Hunts Point Task Force
- Improves area traffic safety
- Enhances waterfront areas and streetscapes
- Stimulates area job growth
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The Task Force was formed in Spring 2003 to provide a forum for addressing critical issues facing the Hunts Point peninsula and is made up of community leaders, business owners, local constituents, elected officials and government agencies.
The Hunts Point peninsula is an area of approximately 690 acres in the South Bronx. It is a diverse industrial neighborhood with a solid residential community of roughly 12,000 residents. The 329-acre Food Distribution Center occupies nearly half of the peninsula.
The Hunts Point Vision Plan, released on March 8, 2005, focuses on four categories of short-term actions that were prioritized by the Task Force:
- Optimizing Land Use
Including a rezoning that will expand opportunities for industrial and large retail uses, and strengthen the buffer between residential and noxious industrial uses.
- Workforce Development
Including the creation of a permanent Hunts Point Workforce1employment center within the Hunts Point peninsula. For more information about Workforce1, visit the Department of Small Business Services.
- Creating Connections
Including stronger access to the waterfront, streetscape enhancements, and intersection improvements for pedestrian safety.
- Traffic Safety & Efficiency
Including new truck routes, intersection improvements and enhancements along Food Center Drive.
NYCEDC has begun implementing portions of the plan and is also coordinating the implementation efforts of the Department of City Planning, Department of Parks & Recreation, Department of Transportation and Department of Small Business Services. The Task Force continues to meet on a quarterly basis at the offices of Bronx Community Board 2.
To view a map of the project area with key highlights of the plan, download the Hunts Point Vision Plan Poster (PDF 313 KB). You may also download the full Hunts Point Vision Plan.
Hunts Point Studies
Hunts Point Food Distribution Center: Organics Recovery Study
(December 2005)
During the Hunts Point Vision planning process, community partners had articulated the need to evaluate environmentally sustainable practices in the operations of the Food Distribution Center. To that end, NYCEDC, together with the New York City Department of Sanitation, contracted with DSM Environmental Services, Inc. to assess the feasibility of siting an organics recovery facility at the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center. The study, prepared as a tool for community discussions, was first presented to the Hunts Point Task Force in Spring 2006.
The feasibility study had four principle tasks:
- Conduct a waste characterization analysis to determine the quantity and composition of material in the waste stream at the Food Center.
- Conduct a technology evaluation to determine which technologies would be best suited to recover organics from the Food Center from a technical and community perspective.
- Conduct a financial assessment of the most promising technologies, and compare estimated costs to current disposal costs, or other off-site alternatives for composting waste.
- Evaluate potential sites for locating a facility.
View the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center Organics Feasibility Study (PDF 2159 KB).
Contact Information
For more information regarding Hunts Point, please contact:
Eric Wilson
(212) 312-3582
NYCEDC, South Bronx Greenway |