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

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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

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SaintMary’sPark

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Created New Facility for Fish Market

Improved Spofford Avenue

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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

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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 huntspointvisionplan@edc.nyc.

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