In 2004, the City and community released the Hunts Point Vision Plan, a set of recommendations developed by the Hunts Point Task Force for the future of the peninsula. Hunts Point is home to 12,000 residents, 18,000 workers, and one of the largest wholesale distribution campuses in the world. The release of the plan was followed by action, which delivered new parks, safer streets, thousands of new jobs, and improved air quality—progress that has been complemented by other City and community-driven projects advanced in recent years.
But, there is still much to be done. Today, the City and community are building on our partnership to develop a shared vision to guide the next 15 to 20 years of working together.
Expanding economic opportunity.
Improving quality of life.
Preserving what makes this area unique—its community, cultural vibrancy, and thriving industry.
Hunts Point: A Shared VisionProgress To-Date and a Look Ahead, from the City and Hunts Point Community
Spofford Redevelopment, announced 2016
Barretto Point Park, opened 2006
Anheuser-Busch, opened 2009
HP Riverside Park, opened 2007
Fish Market, opened 2005
BankNote Rehab, completed 2009
Expanding affordable housing, industrial space, community amenities, and quality jobs
• Redeveloping the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center into The Peninsula, a mixed-use campus with 740 permanently affordable housing units, open space, commercial and community facility space, and industrial jobs
• Committed $150 million across the Food Distribution Center in infrastructure investments to support a modern, resilient, and job-intensive campus
Enhancing resiliency and sustainability
• Committed $71 million to resiliency and sustainability, including:
– Providing year-round energy and emergency back-up power to critical facilities in the Food Distribution Center
– Implementing solar energy and storage at two local schools to provide year-round sustainable energy and allow the schools to serve as shelters during emergencies
• Establishing resilient Wi-Fi networks to support local businesses
• Committed $67 million to upgrade the Hunts Point Wastewater Treatment Plant and improve local air quality
• Partnering with local community groups to promote climate-related emergency preparedness through the “Be A Buddy” Program
Transportation infrastructure improvements
• Planning for a new Metro-North station at Hunts Point Avenue that will connect residents to Penn Station and Connecticut
• Planning for a new marine barge terminal as a part of FreightNYC to reduce truck miles traveled, create jobs, and improve air quality
The economic benefits of City and community investment in Hunts Point are real. Over the past two decades, the unemployment rate has dropped by over 50 percent, workforce participation has grown by almost 5 percent, and the number of residents with a high school degree or equivalency has risen by 15 percent. Further, over 1,000 new industrial jobs are being created.
Optimizing how land is used to support job growth and community amenities
• Created new waterfront parks equivalent to approximately three city blocks
• Created special zoning rules to separate the residential area from industrial uses, while also encouraging food-related business
• Remediated over 40 percent of the original Con Edison manufactured gas plant site to foster job-intensive uses
• Facilitated creating over 1,000 new industrial jobs
• Prevented new waste facilities from being created around the residential neighborhood
Creating connections between destinations to improve access and mobility for residents and workers
• Created Hunts Point Landing, Hunts Point Riverside Park, Randall’s Island Connector, Anheuser-Busch Walkway, and Food Center Drive Greenway
• Built out pedestrian and bike paths along Spofford, Hunts Point, and Lafayette Avenues
• Created the Bx46 bus route to better connect the residential and industrial communities and improve commutes
Improving traffic safety and efficiency to enhance air quality and pedestrian safety
• Made 13 intersections safer for pedestrians
• Improved air quality through the Hunts Point Clean Trucks program
• Created new truck routes to increase the efficiency of trucks and reduce the number of trucks in residential areas
• Converted Food Center Drive to a one-way street with new, separated and landscaped bike lanes
• Invested in upgrades to the Oak Point Rail Yard and Produce Market rail
Implementing Workforce Solutions to link residents to employment opportunities
• Opened the Hunts Point Workforce1 Career Center
• Connected over 4,000 residents of Hunts Point to employment opportunities through the Workforce1 System
Project Progress and Commitment Updates
Highlights from the 2004 Vision Plan, accomplished through partnership between the City and Hunts Point community:
In addition to the 2004 Vision Plan recommendations, the City and State are advancing several other projects in Hunts Point:
Hunts Point Landing, opened 2013
STORY AV
BRUCKNER EXWY
FOX ST
MA
NID
A S
T
TAYL
OR
AV
BRYA
NT
AV
UNIO
N AV
3 AV TINT
ON A
V
SOUTHERN BLVD
JACK
SON
AV
E 140 ST
OAK PT AVHUNTS PT AV
GARRISON AV
ST A
NN'S AV
E 138 ST
HA
LLEC
K ST
WH
ITTI
ER S
T
WAL
ES A
V
SEWARD AV
VIELE AV
SOUNDVIEW AV
BROOK
AV
E 163 ST
CONC
ORD
AV
EAGL
E AV
BARR
ETTO
ST
LONGWOOD AV
LEGG
ETT AV
WALNUT AVLOCUST AV
LACOMBE AV
E 134 ST
PROS
PECT
AV
E 158 ST
LON
GFE
LLO
W A
V
E 136 ST
CASA
NO
VA S
T
EAST BAY AV
RYAWA AV
ROSE
DALE
AV
DAWSON ST
NO
BLE
AV
MET
CALF
AV
ST L
AWRE
NCE
AV
E 160 ST
ST MARY'S ST
EDG
EWAT
ER R
D
WO
RTH
EN S
T
BERGEN AV
E 132 ST
LAFAYETTE AV
FOO
D CENTER DR
E 139 ST
E 148 ST
E 156 ST
E 142 ST
FORE
ST A
V
SENECA AV
AV ST JOH
N
PATTERSON AV
E 150 ST
HEW
ITT
PL
BARR
Y ST
AUSTIN PL
COLG
ATE
AV
BOYN
TON
AV
KELLY ST
HO
E AV
MO
RRIS
ON
AV
E 152 ST
SPOFFORD AV
UN
DERH
ILL
AV
E 146 ST
O'BRIEN AV
RANDALL AV
TRIN
ITY
AV
DUPO
NT
ST
BRO
NX
RIVE
R AV
ELTO
N AV
CORNELL AV
WH
EELE
R AV
CRIMM
INS
AV
E 144 ST
LELA
ND
AV
LAFAYETTE AV
BRUCKNER EXWY
FOX
ST
RANDALL AV
BOLT
ON
AV
E 152 ST
FAIL
E ST
RANDALL AV
BOLT
ON
AV
E 156 ST
BARRETTO ST
HUNTS PT AV
Created Hunts Point Workforce1
Career Center
Renovated Hunts Point Library
Created New Industrial Space:Jetro
Improved Lafayette Avenue Created Hunts Point
Riverside Park
Resilient Energy: Creating Hunts Point Tri-Generation MicroGrid
Converted Food Center Drive to One-Way Street
Created New Industrial Space: Anheuser-Busch
Created Hunts Point Landing
Creating GrowNYC Greenmarket
Created New Industrial Space:
Baldor Created Barretto Point Park
Reconstructed Tiffany Street Pier
Resilient Energy: Installing Resilient Solar & Storage at MS 424
Renovated Hunts Point Playground
Resilient Energy: Installing Resilient Solar
& Storage at PS 48
Constructing Affordable Housing and Mixed-Use
Campus at The Peninsula
Improved Hunts Point Avenue
SoundviewPark
ProduceMarket
MeatMarket
SaintMary’sPark
Bronx River
Created New Facility for Fish Market
Improved Spofford Avenue
EastRiver
PortMorris
Soundview
Melrose
Created FDC Bus Route (Bx46)
Creating New Metro-North Station
Hunts Point Projects 2004 Vision Plan
In Addition to the 2004 Vision Plan
FDC Bus Route (Bx46)
South Bronx Greenway
HP Workforce1 Career Center opens
Fish Market opens
HP Riverside Park opens
Anheuser-Busch opens BankNote Rehab completed
Barretto Point Park opens
Zoning buffer implemented
Jetro opensLafayette, Spofford, & Hunts
Point Avenues upgraded
Launched HP Clean Trucks
New York Organic Fertilizer Company closes
Spofford closes
IN ADDITION TO THE 2004 VISION PLAN
HP Landing opens
Marine Transfer Station demolished
Food Center Drive converted to 1-way
A-B Connector opens
Added 97 acres to Brownfield Clean Up Spofford demolition begins
Baldor expansion begins
Hunts Point Library announced New Metro-North Station announced
Baldor expansion completeThe Peninsula groundbreaking
City commits $150M to Food Distribution CenterResilient Energy working group formedTiffany Street Pier complete
HP Resiliency begins
GrowNYC announcedResilient Energy Project launchedSpofford Redevelopment announced
2004 VISION PLAN2004
2005
2015
2006
2016
2007
2017
2008
2018
2009
2019
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
What’s Next? We want to hear from you. The City and NYCEDC are actively working with the community to shape a comprehensive strategy across current and future projects—an updated vision for Hunts Point.
We will continue to regularly update the community on past commitments and work together to develop new opportunities for the future.
Want to Be Involved?To learn more about the past work or the current process, reach us at [email protected].
For more information about ongoing NYCEDC projects on the Hunts Point Peninsula, visit edc.nyc/HuntsPointVision.
Acknowledgments
“ For more than 15 years, the Hunts Point Vision Plan has served as a working collaboration between the South Bronx and the City to plan for the long-term success of Hunts Point”
— Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. February 2020