NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

PRELIMINARY DESIGN
Presentation for Bk CB1 Parks & Waterfront Committee
January 08, 2015

NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

January 08, 2015

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WELCOME
Martin Maher
Chief of Staff, Brooklyn

Ed Janoff
North Brooklyn Administrator

Many thanks for support from your elected officials:

Councilman Stephen Levin

Assemblyman Joe Lentol

Thanks to our partners:

Community Board 1:
Gerry Esposito
Phil Caponegro

NYC Economic
Development Corporation:
Joanna Gargiula

WE WANT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INVOLVED

THESE ARE YOUR PARKS

NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

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GREENPOINT-WILLIAMSBURG WATERFRONT
OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN

2.5 miles of waterfront esplanade

45 acres total park space
Mixture of active/passive, natural/manmade, flexible /programmed
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LISTENING SESSION (10/30/13)

Program ideas
Active and/or multi-use field for youth sports
Basketball court (regulation size)
Tree identification program
Sight lines to water
Planted areas and trees - native and non-invasive
Plants to support local fauna
Lighting

Seating, tables, chairs and seat walls

Fencing and gates

Sustainable design including stormwater bmps

Continuous waterfront walkway

Green infrastructure
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NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

DESIGN CONSTRAINTS

Shore Public Walkway

DEP Platform

FEMA Elevations

Soil Remediation

DEP Easement
Adjacent Open Space

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NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

BROOKLYN, NY

PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW

January 08, 2015

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BRONX

MANHATTAN

NEWTOWN
BARGE PARK

QUEENS

NEWTOWN
BARGE PARK

BROOKLYN

BOROUGH

NEIGHBORHOOD

Scale: NTS

Scale: NTS

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SITE LOCATION
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NEWTOWN BARGE CONTEXT PLAN

Scale: NTS

NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

GREENPOINT-WILLIAMSBURG OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN

January 08, 2015

MAY 2009

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PREVIOUS CONCEPT FOR NEWTOWN BARGE

NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

GREENPOINT-WILLIAMSBURG OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN

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MAY 2009

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NEWTOWN
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LOCATION OF
SLUDGE TANK

AERIAL PHOTO
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
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Scale: 1=20-0

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EXISTING CONDITIONS

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THE

View of intersection at Commercial and

Franklin Streets.

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View of Greenpoint Playground across from
the site.

Key Map

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View across existing ballfield to Manhattan.

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View to DEP sludge tank at Dupont and West
Streets.

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EXISTING CONDITIONS
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View from waterfront to sludge tank at

Dupont and West Streets.

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View at waterfront edge looking northwest.

Key Map

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View along waterfront looking southeast.

View across site to waterfront.

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EXISTING CONDITIONS
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LIMIT OF THE 1%
ANNUAL CHANCE
FLOOD HAZARD
AREA

ABFE: V
1% EL 13.0
0.2% EL 17.0

LIMIT OF THE
0.2% ANNUAL
CHANCE FLOOD
HAZARD AREA

ABFE: A
1% EL 12.0
0.2% EL 16.0

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BARGE PARK

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ABFE: A
1% EL 11.0
0.2% EL 14.0
NOTE:
DRAWING IS A REPRESENTATION OF FEMA MAP.
ELEVATIONS ARE SHOWN IN NAV88 DATUM.

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40

ABFE: A
1% EL 12.0
0.2% EL 16.0

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NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

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FLOOD ADVISORY
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APPROVED PROGRAM

FUTURE BOX
STREET PARK

Newtown Barge Park

LAWN
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CLAY STREET
GREENPOINT
PLAYGROUND

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DUPONT STREET

SCHOOL
VIEWING
STEPS

EAGLE STREET

Shoreline access for NYCDEP

Structured edge preferable
Evaluate mature trees
Active and/or multi-use field for Little League
Basketball court (Regulation size)
Tree identification program
Soft shoreline for partial length
Sight lines to water
Planted areas and trees - native
and non-invasive
Plants to support local fauna
Lighting
Seating, tables, chairs and seat walls
Fencing and gates
Flagpole
Sustainable design including stormwater bmps
Recycling unit
Continuous waterfront walkway
Green infrastructure

FRANKLIN STREET

PIER

WEST STREET

COVE
FREEMAN STREET

GREEN STREET

PLAZA

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NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT
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PROPOSED
ORNAMENTAL
TREE (TYP.)

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PROPOSED
SHADE TREE
(TYP.)

FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT

15 SOCCER FIELD
CLEARANCE
PEDESTRIAN
LIGHTING

EXISTING TREE
(TYP.)
ASPHALT PAVEMENT

RAIN GARDEN
370 DEP BERTHING
STRUCTURE

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TURF FIELD

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AREA

PLANTING BED
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ENTRANCE
NYC DEP ACCESS
CORRIDOR

ASPHALT
PAVEMENT

FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT

NOTE:
TREES ARE SHOWN TO REMAIN.
SAVING TREES IS CONTINGENT UPON FINAL
GRADING REQUIREMENTS. ALL SITE FURNISHINGS
AND FIXTURES SHALL MEET DPR STANDARDS AND
ADA REQUIREMENTS; INCLUDING COMPANION
SEATING, AND BENCHES WITH BACK SUPPORT.

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PROPOSED SITE PLAN

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KEY:

20

VEHICULAR MOVEMENT

PRIMARY PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

PEDESTRIAN PARK ACCESS

SECONDARY PEDESRTIAN ACCESS

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80

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CIRCULATION AND SITE ACCESS

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TW 12.50
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DEVELOPMENT

KEY:

(6.6)

EXISTING SPOT GRADE

PROPOSED GRADE

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PROPOSED GRADING PLAN

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12 FOOT CHAIN-LINK FENCE

BS

2-6 STEEL FENCE

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40

3-6 SEA RAIL

BACKSTOP

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PROPOSED FENCING PLAN

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PROPOSED
SEA RAIL
PROPOSED
DEP CLEAT

10.0

10.20

12.0

10.0

9.50

DEP BULKHEAD AND

RELIEVING PLATFORM

Scale: 1= 4-0

ESPLANADE

OPEN LAWN AREA

WALKWAY

Key Map

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SECTION / ELEVATION A-A

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12-0 HT. CHAIN

LINK FENCE

PROPOSED SEA RAIL

10.3

10.0

HP
12.75

10.0

Scale: 1= 4-0

RIP-RAP SLOPE

ESPLANADE

OPEN LAWN AREA

SYNTHETIC INFILL TURF FIELD

Key Map
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SECTION / ELEVATION B-B

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1964 WORLDS FAIR

STANDARD GRAY UPRIGHTS, CEDAR RPL SLATS

MANUFACTURER: LANDSCAPE FORMS

MODEL: FLO
MATERIAL: STAINLESS STEEL

BENCH

BIKE RACK

MANUFACTURER: LANDSCAPE FORMS

MODEL: PARC VUE
MATERIAL: STEEL / POLYETHYLENE LINER
FINISH: POWDER COAT
COLOR: SILVER / BLACK LID AND LINER

TRASH RECEPTACLE

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MANUFACTURER: LUMEC
MODEL: CANDELA POLE HEAD:
8309MH 150W
MATERIAL: STEEL
FINISH: POWDER COAT
COLOR: RAL 9006 MATTE/SILVER

PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING

MANUFACTURER: CANTERBURY
INT., LOS ANGELES, CA.
MODEL: TWO ARM LOS ANGELES
DRINKING FOUNTAIN
MATERIAL: CAST DUCTILE IRON
BODY, STAINLESS STEEL BOWL

ADA DRINKING FOUNTAIN

EXAMPLE OF RIP-RAP SHOWN AT

GREENPOINT TRANSMITTER PARK
PROPOSED MATERIAL
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TRIM HERE

SEA RAIL

TRIM HERE

MATERIAL: STEEL
FINISH: GALVANIZED
COLOR: SILVER

IMPLEMENTING AGENCY:

OWNER:

City of New York

Parks & Recreation
Olmsted Center
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Flushing, New York 11368

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, ARCHITECT & ENGINEER

MATERIAL: STEEL
FINISH: POWDER COAT
COLOR: BLACK

2-6 HT. STEEL FENCE

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PROPOSED MATERIAL
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NEWTOWN CREEK
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ASH STREE

RAIN GARDEN PLANTING

SHRUBS
BOTANICAL NAME
Aronia arbutifolia Brilliantissima

COMMON NAME
Red Chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia Brilliantissima

PERENNIALS
BOTANICAL NAME
Asclepias incarnata
Eupatorium dabium
Iris versicolor
Monarda didyama
Salvia Nemerosa

COMMON NAME
Swamp Milkweed
Joe Pye Weed
Northern Blue Flag Iris
Bee Balm
Salvia
Iris versicolor

Monarda didyama

Eupatorium dabium

Panicum virgatum
Rotstrahlbusch

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
BOTANICAL NAME
Carex elata Aurea
Panicum virgatum Rotstrahlbusch

COMMON NAME
Golde Sedge
Switchgrass

Asclepias incarnata

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Carex elata Aurea

Salvia nemerosa

PLANT MATERIAL
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UPLAND PLANTING
TREES

Quercus rubra

Chionathus virginicus

Amelanchier
canadensis

Ilex opaca

Cercis canadensis

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

Amelanchier canadensis
Cercis canadensis
Chionathus virginicus
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis

Shadblow Serviceberry
Eastern Redbud
White Fringetree
Thornless Common
Honeylocust
American Holly
Red Oak

Ilex opaca
Quercus rubra
SHRUBS
BOTANICAL NAME
Clethera alnifolia
Hydrangea quercifolia
Ilex glabra
Ilex verticillata
Prunus maritima
Rosa virginiana
Vibernum dentatum

Biburnum dentatum

Rosa virginiana

Hydrandea
quercifolia

Prunus maritima

COMMON NAME
Summersweet Clethra
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Inkberry
Winterberry
Beach Plum
Virginia Rose
Arrowwood Viburnum

PERENNIALS
BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

Astilbe japonica
Nepeta racemosa
Oenothera biennis

Astilbe
Catmint
Common Evening Primrose

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

Pennisetum
alopecuroides

Schizachyrium
scoparium

Nepeta racemosa

Oenothera biennis

Astilbe japonica

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January 08, 2015

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

Pennisetum alopecuroides
Schizachyrium scoparium

Fountain Grass
Little Bluestem
PLANT MATERIAL
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Key Map

NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

January 08, 2015

PROPOSED VIEW
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Key Map

NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

January 08, 2015

PROPOSED VIEW
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PROPOSED
ORNAMENTAL
TREE (TYP.)

RI

PR

AP

PROPOSED
SHADE TREE
(TYP.)

FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT

15 SOCCER FIELD
CLEARANCE
PEDESTRIAN
LIGHTING

EXISTING TREE
(TYP.)
ASPHALT PAVEMENT

RAIN GARDEN
370 DEP BERTHING
STRUCTURE

D
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9 IEL
X

F
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4 E
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NYC DEP ACCESS

CORRIDOR

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SYNTHETIC INFILL
TURF FIELD

D
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9 IEL
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4 ER
C 2
C
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RIV

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ASPHALT
PAVEMENT

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OPEN LAWN
AREA

PLANTING BED
(TYP.)
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ASPHALT
WALKWAY

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PARK
ENTRANCE
NYC DEP ACCESS
CORRIDOR

ASPHALT
PAVEMENT

FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT

NOTE:
TREES ARE SHOWN TO REMAIN.
SAVING TREES IS CONTINGENT UPON FINAL
GRADING REQUIREMENTS. ALL SITE FURNISHINGS
AND FIXTURES SHALL MEET DPR STANDARDS AND
ADA REQUIREMENTS; INCLUDING COMPANION
SEATING, AND BENCHES WITH BACK SUPPORT.

20

40

80

NEWTOWN BARGE PARK

January 08, 2015

PROPOSED SITE PLAN

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TW 12.50
BW 10.00

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BW 10.50
BS 10.50
TS 13.00
TS 13.00
BS 9.25

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FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT

KEY:

(6.6)

EXISTING SPOT GRADE

PROPOSED GRADE

20

40

80

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January 08, 2015

PROPOSED GRADING PLAN

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