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Q&A on Rosedale Avenue median redevelopment plans
2:13:22
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Council Member Farías inquires about plans for redeveloping the median on Rosedale Avenue. DOT officials discuss the current status and potential future plans for the area.
- The median is currently Parks Department property
- There's a need to decide on the space's future use, potentially as a combination of parking and green space
- DOT expresses willingness to collaborate with Parks Department and the Council Member
- Funding would need to be secured for any rebuilding efforts
Amanda Farías
2:13:22
Are there any plans for redevelopment of the median on Rosedale Avenue between Bruckner and Watson?
2:13:30
I've toured it both with the commissioner and with our borough commissioner, I've asked for us to maybe take some time out and we've all been very busy, but take some time out to look at how to redesign this, maybe have some angled parking, maybe revitalize some of the green space just because it's right next to one of our biggest NYCHA campuses, but also next to a community center and a lot of that underutilized lands could be properly utilized for the amount of folks that are there and that could benefit from some outside space.
2:14:06
And then, similarly, just wanted thoughts from the agency if there's any plans to redesign Hugh Grant Circle, we know there's a lot of talks around reimagining the Cross Bronx, there's a lot of changes happening at the Hugh Grant Circle, Rochester train Stop and just with heavy congestion happening right now, lot of the buses sitting double parked on the Parkway along with the commercial strip that we have there that has a lot of deliveries, if that's in any of the reimagining or the thought processes of capital planning from DOT, if we can talk a little bit about those two.
Margaret Forgione
2:14:46
Okay, I'm happy to talk about Rosedale.
2:14:48
I know Rosedale is a long standing issue.
2:14:50
It is Parks property, it is where it was it started out as a green space, and then over time the community has parked there.
2:15:00
I think we do need to decide once and for all what is that space, what should that space be.
2:15:05
It would be something that we would want to agree to with parks if it was going to be turned into something that had more parking.
2:15:14
Might want to be some kind of compromised space, I'm not sure, that has a combination of some parking and green space.
2:15:20
But working with Anthony, we're happy to sit down with Parks and with you and try to figure that out.
2:15:25
Then if we do decide to alter it, you know, obviously we'll have to secure funding in order to rebuild it.