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PDC Preliminary SubmissionMay 12, 2015Marina Fedorova

Located between 29th and 30th Avenue and 14th and 21s

Borough of Queens

VAN ALST PLAYGROCOMMUNITY PARKS INITIATIVE


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Van Alst Playground |Site Location

Neighborhood Location Site Location

EastRiv

er

Roosevelt

Isla

nd

Queens

Van Alst

Playground

PS 171

Astor ia

Park

30thAvenue

14th

Str

eet

RFKBridge

Manhattan

29thAvenue

Private

Propert


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Van Alst Playground |Flood Risk Map

SITE

FLOOD

ZONE X0.2% an

VE- Arby the addition

induced

ZONE ANo Bas

ZONE ABFE ex

ZONE A

FLOODdischar

LIMIT O


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Van Alst Playground |Surrounding Land Use

SUBW

BIKE L

BUS R

WALK

ROAD

ONE &

MULTI

MULTI

MIXED

COMM

INDUS

TRANS

PUBLI

PARK

VACAOPEN

WATE

VAN A

SUBW

LEGEND

SITE

1/4 mile (5 min.)

1/2 mile (10 min.)

Asto ria

Park

Triboro

A,B,C,D

Playgrounds

Two

CovesGarden

Goodwill

Park

Socrates

Park

Asto ria

HealthPlayground

Athens

SquarePark


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Van Alst Playground |Project Goals

GOALS

Active Recreation Provide new spray shower and new adult tness stations;

Increase in size and modernize play equipment / swings;

Reconstruct handball court;

Convert asphalt eld into colorful multi-purpose sports area.

Passive Recreation Provide new decorative furniture in compelling arrangements.

Environmental Quality Increase planting bed space around existing trees, add perennial plantings;

Allow new planting beds to intercept some surface storm water runoff;

Soil conditions permitting, provide underground open-bottom drywell to inltrate

street runoff.

Security Provide pedestrian light poles to improve nighttime surveillance.

TOTAL BUDGET: $3.05 million (Mayor)PROJECT SIZE: 1.03 acres


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Van Alst Playground |Existing Conditions

30th Avenue

Multi-PurposeAsphalt A rea

Basketball

5-12 Play

2-5 Play

2-5Swings

5-12Swings

Handball

P.S. 171

21stStreet

29th Avenue

Private

Property

Private

Property

Seating Area

FlagPole


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Van Alst Playground |Site Photos

Photo 1 Handball Court Photo 2 Seating Area

Key Map

P.S.171


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Photo 3 5-12 Play Equipment Photo 4 5-12 Swings and Flagpole

Key Map

P.S.171


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Photo 5 2-5 Play Equipment Photo 6 2-5 Swings

Key Map

P.S.171


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Photo 7 Multi-Purpose Area Photo 8 Basketball Court in Multi-Purpose Area

Key Map

P.S.171


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Van Alst Playground |Site Analysis

30th Avenue

Multi-PurposeAsphalt A rea

Basketball

5-12 Play

2-5 Play

2-5Swings

5-12Swings

Handball

P.S. 171

21stStreet

29th Avenue

Private

Property

Private

Property

Seating Area

Flag

Pole


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Van Alst Playground |Critical Root Zones

30th Avenue

P.S. 171

21stStreet

29th Avenue

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Van Alst Playground |Public Scope Meeting and Community Desires

Percentages are based on responses

from community members

present at the public scope meeting

on December 3, 2014.Acitve Recreation

51%

Passive Recreation

5%

Site Amenities

44%

SITE PRIORITIES

Play Equipment

Basketball

Fitness

Spray

ShowerHandball

Swings

Ballfields

Vertical Playground

Soccer

Synthetic Turf

Walk Path

Multipurpose Area

ACTIVE RECREATION BREAKDOWN

Benches & Tables

Garden

PASSIVE RECREATION BREAKDOWN

Handica

Access

Color

Fences

Planting

WiFi

Drinking Fountain

BathroomLawn

Sound Barrier

Electric Outlets Dog

Run

Shelter F

AMENITIES B


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Van Alst Playground |Concept Plan

30th Avenue

Act iveMulti-Purpose FieldSoccerBasketballWalking Track

Act ive5-12 Play andSwings

Act ive2-5 Play and

Swings

Act ive

Fitness

Act iveHandball

P.S. 171

21stStreet

29th Avenue

Private

Property

Private

Property

Planting

Act ive

Spray

Planting

Planting Planting

PassivePlanting

andSeating

Plan

ting

and

Seating

Plan

tingan

dSe

atin

g

Planting

and

Seating

Act iveMulti-Purpose FieldSoccerBasketballWalking Track

P.S. 171

29 h A


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Van Alst Playground |Schematic Plan

2-5 Pla

30th Avenue

21

stStreet

29th Avenue

5-12 Swings

2-5 Sw

SeatinTables

Basketball Court

PaintedWalking / Running Track

P.S. 171

Asphalt Pavement

Painted Multipurpose Field

Practice Basketball

Key, Typ.

Existing Tree, Typ.

5-12 Play Equipment

Spray

Plantin

Fitness Equipment Reconstructed Handball C

Aspha

Safety

Bench

Acc ent Conc rete Pavement at Entr ance, ty p.

Concrete Sidewalk

Light P


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Van Alst Playground |Schematic Plan Spray Shower Area Enlargement

Shrubs and Groundcover

Hydraulic Bollard Activator

Proposed Small / Medium

Tree, Typ.

Light Pole

Existing Tree, Typ.

4-Foot-Long Bench, Typ.

Drain Inlet

Spidey Spray

Ground Geyser Sprays


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Van Alst Playground |Spray Shower Area Perspective Sketch


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Van Alst Playground|Existing and Schematic Site Sections Comparison

Existing tree, typ. Existing 2-5 Yrs. and Play Equipment

Existing multipurpose area

Existing tree in newplanting bed, typ.

Planter curbs arenotched to int erceptsurface runoff

New light poleRenovated multipurpose mrea

Pipe from 30th Avenue to storm water

inltration chamber beyond, undermultipuprpose area

New planter with new treeand perennials. Planter c

are notched to interceptsurface runoff


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Van Alst Playground|Schematic Grading Plan

Proposed Grading PlanExisting Grading Plan

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Fence Diagram


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Van Alst Playground |Permeability Plan

Proposed Permeable Areas

22 % of Total Site AreaExisting Permeable Areas

5 % of Total Site Area

29th Avenue


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Van Alst Playground |Storm Water Capture / Green Infrastructure Schematic Plan

30th Avenue

21stStreet

P.S. 171

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Van Alst Playground |Proposed Play Equipment


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Van Alst Playground |Proposed Materials


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1964 Worlds Fair Bench and Concrete Table

Flushing Meadows Park Candela Light PoleTrash ReceptacleDrinking Fountain

Stee

Steel


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Asp halt Block Pavement

Safety Surface - Blue

Safety Surface - Grey

Play Equipment Colors

Ground Geyser Spray

Colored Concrete

Spidey Spra

Jet Spray Jellies Spra


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Van Alst Playground |Plant Palette

Virginia Sweetspire,Itea virginica

Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis

London Planetree, Platanus acerifolia Swamp White Oak, Quercus bicolor

Black C

InkberrLilyturf, Liriope muscari Creeping Phlox, Phlox stolonifera


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Van Alst Playground |Plant Palette

Leucothoe, Leucothoe axillarisOakleaf Hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia

Amel anch ier, Amelanchier canadensis

Redbud, Cercis canadensis

Witchhazel - Hamamelis mol lis

Spiceb

Cherry Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus Arroww

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