Proposed 25th Street Sanitation Depot
In 2012 the City announced that a new sanitation depot garage would be built in our neighborhood as part of a larger deal between the City, Sloan Kettering and the City University of New York. The planned garage is to be located on the current site of the Brookdale Nursing School which is located on the block bounded by East 25th Street to East 26th Street from the FDR Highway to First Avenue. The building is planned to be a LEED Certified Green Building. The project, first announced in 2012 had an with an estimated completion date of 2016, was delayed due to Superstorm Sandy.
WTA and Waterside Management vigorously oppose this garage and are organizing resources to fight it. WTA, Waterside’s owner, Richard Ravitch and general manager, Peter Davis, have met with elected officials to voice our opposition to this project.
To date the Draft Scope of Work has been provided by the City to which WTA and the Brookdale Neighborhood Coalition have responded. The next step is for the city to issue their Draft Environmental Statement which will includes responses to the issues raised by the community.
Here are some of the facts that have been provided by the city.
- 5 truck stories tall, equivalent to 10 regular stories.
- 470,000 sq ft
- No setback
- Operating 24 x7
- Would occupy the central part of the block, leaving 1 acre parcels on either end of the block for commercial or other development
- 151 Sanitation vehicles parked there, including 66 garbage trucks and 35 mechanical sweepers, washing and repair facilities and employee parking
- Garbage may be held overnight at this building if there is not time to dump during the day
- Drop off of loads at the Marine Transfer Station at 91st
- Both 25th Street and 26th Street would have 2 way traffic between FDR and First Avenue.
- Sanitation and vehicles would enter and exit on 26th Street, a secondary exit would be located on the 25th Street side