NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AND INFRASTRUCTURE

GREEN GROWTH

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OVERVIEW

Green Growth will replace expressways with greenways across

New York, providing neighborhoods with desperately needed
parks and public spaces.

Paul Massey

New Yorkers need more parks, and not just in affluent neighborhoods.

Too many growing communities are starved for green space. And too many residential neighborhoods
struggle with nearby expressways that reduce air quality and cause noise pollution that can be dangerous
for children.

To address both of these problems, Paul Massey will build a network of green corridors over sections of
the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Cross Bronx Expressway running through heavily residential areas,
opening up new parkland while reducing traffic, noise, and pollution.

Neighborhoods including Woodside, Jackson Heights, Astoria, Sunnyside, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens,
South Williamsburg, the West Bronx, Soundview, and Parkchester will finally have the green spaces and
public areas that families there need and deserve.

This new green growth will be the start of a citywide initiative to cover expressways across New York
with parks and public spaces, improving quality of life and making New York an even better place to raise
a family.

Just as the Brooklyn Heights Promenade was built to cover depressed parts of the BrooklynQueens
Expressway running through Brooklyn Heights, its time to mitigate the impact of expressways in
neighborhoods all over the city.

Replacing expressways with greenways will dramatically improve quality of life, remaking the transit and
transportation landscape of New York City while creating beautiful, accessible new public spaces.

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The Green Growth project will increase the amount of parkland and open space in New York, create new
developable land in fast-growing residential neighborhoods with immediate housing needs, and
reconnect historic, vibrant neighborhoods bisected by highways.

The first of these Green Growth projects will take place in the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn:

The Cross Bronx Greenway

The Woodside/Astoria Greenway
South Williamsburg Greenway
The Carroll Gardens Greenway

The greenways will include traditional parkland elements, including open park space, bike paths, skate
parks, and playgrounds that create new opportunities for local families and residents to spend time
outside, play with their children, and improve their quality of life.

Selected sections of greenway will also feature areas designated for community gardens, food vendors,
pet parks, and working space for programs teaching biology and basic nature skills. These spaces will
expand the cultural landscape in these neighborhoods by working directly with local schools,
restaurants, and cultural institutions to ensure that new amenities meet community needs.

The greenways will also be home to outdoor theater space, public art exhibitions and installations, as
well as sports fields and athletic facilities. These spaces will be open to the public and will prioritize usage
by local community organizations, artists, and sports clubs.

Portions of the greenways will be leased or sold to help fund the construction and maintenance of the
greenways, as well as hide necessary ventilation systems for the expressways below. In certain areas,
developable land will be utilized for new housing to mitigate the affordability crisis in rapidly growing
neighborhoods.

All developable land within the greenways will be part of a new special zoning district with requirements
that will enhance and support the surrounding park space, requiring Privately Owned Public Spaces to
guarantee that all parkgoers can access and traverse the greenways from end to end without
interruption.

Paul Massey has convened leading experts on New Yorks infrastructure to provide ideas, insight, and
advice on how our city can match the transit systems of other leading cities. The proposed concepts
have been created in consultation with Michael V. Santora of Crown Infrastructure Solutions, who has
been retained by Massey for Mayor 2017, Inc. to develop plans to revitalize city infrastructure.

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 The Cross Bronx Greenway
Create new park space over the Cross-Bronx Expressway

The Cross-Bronx Expressway one of Robert Mosess most infamously controversial and destructive
projects, slicing through many dynamic Bronx neighborhoods and dramatically impacting quality of life
with unbearable air and noise pollution. Many of these historic New York neighborhoods are still
struggling to recover.

In order to reverse the damage from the Cross-Bronx Expressway and revitalize the surrounding areas,
Paul Massey will build a linear greenway park featuring amenities and public spaces to cover exposed,
below-grade portions of the Cross-Bronx Expressway.

Phase 1 would cover the Cross-Bronx Expressway from Castle Hill Avenue westward to Rosedale
Avenue, connecting with Hugh Grant Circle Park at Parkchester.

Phase 2 would cover the Cross-Bronx Expressway from Boston Road westward to Arthur Avenue,
terminating at Tremont Park.

Phase 3 would cover the Cross-Bronx Expressway from Clay Avenue westward to University Avenue
connecting with Walton Slope, Jerome Playground, and terminating at Sedgwick Playground.

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 The Woodside and Astoria Greenways
Create new park space over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Broadway to Queens Boulevard,
and 43rd Street to 31st Street

Recent growth in Western Queens, primarily in neighborhoods such as Woodside, Sunnyside, Jackson
Heights and Astoria has created a clear and immediate need for open and green spaces. Residents in
these neighborhoods deserve a real solution to the lack of parks. Masseys proposed greenway over
the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will span from Broadway to Queens Boulevard, and 43rd Street to
31st Street. Developable private land parcels will be mixed in with public green elements to help
finance construction, while also providing new affordable housing opportunities in these communities.

The Williamsburg Greenway

Create new park space over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Bedford Avenue to South 3rd
Street

Current proposals for the BQ Green in South Williamsburg envision a two-block-long park covering the
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from South 3rd Street to South 5th Street. Paul Massey would build and
extend this park as far south as Bedford Avenue.

The Carroll Gardens Greenway

Create new park space over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Congress Street to Summit Street

A green corridor will be built over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between Congress Street and
Summit Street, unifying both Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens with the revitalized Columbia Street
Waterfront, and creating a cohesive residential neighborhood with considerable parkland and direct
waterfront access.