VAN ALST PLAYGROUND

COMMUNITY PARKS INITIATIVE

Located between 29th and 30th Avenue and 14th and 21st Street
Borough of Queens
PDC Preliminary Submission
May 12, 2015
Marina Fedorova

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Site Location

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Van Alst Playground | Site Location

FLOOD HAZARD ZONES

ZONE A - 1% annual-chance flood event.
No Base Flood Elevation (BFE) exists.
ZONE AE - 1% annual-chance flood event.
BFE exists.
ZONE AO - 1% annual-chance shallow flooding.
VE - Areas along coasts subject to inundation
by the 1% annual-chance flood event with
additional hazards associated with storminduced velocity wave action. BFE exists.
FLOODWAY - watercourse reserved to
discharge base flood.
ZONE X - Moderate risk areas within the
0.2% annual-chance floodplain.

LIMIT OF MODERATE WAVE ACTION

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Van Alst Playground | Flood Risk Map

LEGEND
VAN ALST PLAYGROUND
SUBWAY STATIONS
SUBWAY ROUTES
BIKE LANE
BUS ROUTES
ROADS
WALKING DISTANCE

Astoria
Park

Triboro
A,B,C,D
Playgrounds
Goodwill
Park

Two
Coves
Garden

Socrates
Park

ONE & TWO FAMILY RESIDENCE

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE (WALKUP)
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE (ELEVATOR)

1/4 mile (5 min.)

SITE

1/2 mile (10 min.)

Astoria
Health
Playground

MIXED RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL USE

Athens
Square
Park

INDUSTRIAL / MANUFACTURING
TRANSPORTATION / UTILITY
PUBLIC FACILITIES / INSTITUTIONS
PARKING
VACANT LAND
OPEN SPACE & OUTDOOR RECREATION
WATER

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Van Alst Playground | Surrounding Land Use

GOALS
Active Recreation
Provide new spray shower and new adult fitness stations;
Increase in size and modernize play equipment / swings;
Reconstruct handball court;
Convert asphalt field into colorful multi-purpose sports area.
Passive Recreation
Provide new decorative furniture in compelling arrangements.
Environmental Quality
Increase planting bed space around existing trees, add perennial plantings;
Allow new planting beds to intercept some surface storm water runoff;
Soil conditions permitting, provide underground open-bottom drywell to infiltrate
street runoff.
Security
Provide pedestrian light poles to improve nighttime surveillance.
TOTAL BUDGET: $3.05 million
(Mayor)

PROJECT SIZE: 1.03 acres

Van Alst Playground | Project Goals

29th Avenue

Seating Area

Multi-Purpose
Asphalt Area

Handball
5-12
Swings

P.S. 171

Private
Property

21st Street

Flag
Pole

5-12 Play

Private
Property

Basketball
2-5 Play
2-5
Swings

30th Avenue

Van Alst Playground | Existing Conditions

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Scale in Feet

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Photo 1 Handball Court

Photo 2 Seating Area

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P.S.171

Key Map

Van Alst Playground | Site Photos

Photo 3 5-12 Play Equipment

Photo 4 5-12 Swings and Flagpole

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P.S.171

Key Map

Van Alst Playground | Site Photos

Photo 5 2-5 Play Equipment

Photo 6 2-5 Swings

P.S.171

Key Map

Van Alst Playground | Site Photos

Photo 7 Multi-Purpose Area

Photo 8 Basketball Court in Multi-Purpose Area

P.S.171

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Key Map

Van Alst Playground | Site Photos

Legend

29th Avenue

Property Line
Park Entrance
Tree Roots
Seating Area
Underutilized Area/
Cracked Asphalt

Handball
Multi-Purpose
Asphalt Area

5-12
Swings

P.S. 171

Private
Property

Graffiti and Litter

21st Street

Flag
Pole

5-12 Play

Private
Property

Basketball
2-5 Play
2-5
Swings

30th Avenue

Van Alst Playground | Site Analysis

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Scale in Feet

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Legend

29th Avenue

Canopy
Structural Root Zone

Critical Root Zone

Tree Removal
by Forestry

21st Street

P.S. 171

30th Avenue

Van Alst Playground | Critical Root Zones

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Scale in Feet

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SITE PRIORITIES

Site Amenities
44%

Acitve Recreation
51%

Percentages are based on responses

from community members
present at the public scope meeting
on December 3, 2014.

Passive Recreation
5%
Multipurpose Area
Walk Path
Synthetic Turf

Electric Outlets

Shelter From Rain

Dog
Run

Sound Barrier
Bathroom Lawn

Soccer

Play Equipment

Drinking Fountain
Garden

Vertical Playground

Security
WiFi

Basketball

Ballfields

Benches & Tables

Planting
Fences

Swings
Handball

Fitness

Color

Spray
Shower

ACTIVE RECREATION BREAKDOWN

PASSIVE RECREATION BREAKDOWN

Van Alst Playground | Public Scope Meeting and Community Desires

Handicap
Access

Lighting

AMENITIES BREAKDOWN

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29th Avenue

Property Line

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Fitness

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Private
Property

Active
2-5 Play and
Swings

21st Street

Passive
Planting
and
Seating

Planting

Active
Handball

Active
5-12 Play and
Swings

Planting and Seating

Active
Multi-Purpose Field
Soccer
Basketball
Walking Track

Planting and Seating

P.S. 171

Park Entrance

Planting

Planting

Private
Property

Planting

30th Avenue

Van Alst Playground | Concept Plan

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Scale in Feet

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29th Avenue
5-12 Play Equipment
5-12 Swings

Accent Concrete Pavement at Entrance, typ.

Fitness Equipment

Reconstructed Handball Court

21st Street

Concrete Sidewalk

Asphalt Pavement
Painted
Walking / Running Track

Seating Area with

Tables and Benches

Painted Multipurpose Field

P.S. 171

Planting Bed, Typ.

Asphalt Block Pavement, Typ.

Practice Basketball
Key, Typ.

Spray Shower

Light Pole, Typ.

Benches, Typ.
2-5 Play Equipment
Safety Surface Tiles, Typ.
Basketball Court
2-5 Swings
Existing Tree, Typ.

30th Avenue
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Van Alst Playground | Schematic Plan

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Scale in Feet

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5-12 Play Equipment

Safety Surface Tiles, Typ.

Safety Surface Bevel Border, Typ.
4-Foot-Long Bench, Typ.
Ground Geyser Sprays
Hydraulic Bollard Activator
Drain Inlet

Trash Receptacle, Typ.

Jet Sprays
8-Foot-Long Bench, Typ.

Light Pole
Spidey Spray
Shrubs and Groundcover

Water Jelly No. 3 Sprays

Colored Concrete
Light Yellow Shade
Colored Concrete
Grey Shade

Proposed Small / Medium

Tree, Typ.
Existing Tree, Typ.

Asphalt Block Pavement, Typ.

2-5 Play Equipment

Van Alst Playground | Schematic Plan Spray Shower Area Enlargement

Scale in Feet

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Van Alst Playground | Spray Shower Area Perspective Sketch

Existing multipurpose area

Existing tree, typ.

Renovated multipurpose mrea

Existing tree in new

planting bed, typ.
Planter curbs are
notched to intercept
surface runoff

Pipe from 30th Avenue to storm water

infiltration chamber beyond, under
multipuprpose area

Van Alst Playground | Existing and Schematic Site Sections Comparison

Existing 2-5 Yrs. and 5-12 Yrs.

Play Equipment

New light pole

New planter with new trees
and perennials. Planter curbs
are notched to intercept
surface runoff

New 2-5 Yrs.

Play Equipment

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Existing Grading Plan

Van Alst Playground | Schematic Grading Plan

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Proposed Grading Plan

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Legend

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2-6

2-6

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2-6

TALL / SPORTS FENCES

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Chainlink Fence 12 Ht. x
(2 mesh)
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Chainlink Fence 8 Ht. x

(1 mesh)

2-6

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EXISTING FENCES
16
Chainlink Fence 16 Ht. x
(1 mesh)

MEDIUM / PERIMETER FENCES

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Steel Picket Fence 4-0 Ht.

LOW / PLANTING FENCES

2-6

2-6
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Van Alst Playground | Fence Diagram

Play Panels
Barrier At Swings

2-6

2-6

Steel Picket Fence 2-6 Ht.

Existing Permeable Areas

5 % of Total Site Area

Van Alst Playground | Permeability Plan

Proposed Permeable Areas

22 % of Total Site Area

29th Avenue

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Proposed Countour
Limit of Contributing Area

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Existing Drainage Line

Proposed Drainage Line

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Storm Water Chambers

(Located Underground)

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Rain Garden (Planter

with Notched Curbs to
Capture Runoff)

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P.S. 171

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Section of Contributing
Area

21st Street

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30th Avenue
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Van Alst Playground | Storm Water Capture / Green Infrastructure Schematic Plan

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Scale in Feet

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Van Alst Playground | Proposed Play Equipment

Van Alst Playground | Proposed Materials

Steel Picket Fence 2-6 Ht.

1964 Worlds Fair Bench and Concrete Table

Drinking Fountain

Trash Receptacle

Van Alst Playground | Proposed Materials

Flushing Meadows Park Candela Light Pole

Steel Picket Fence 4-0 Ht.

Safety Surface - Blue

Asphalt Block Pavement

Colored Concrete
Jet Spray

Jellies Spray

Ground Geyser Spray

Spidey Spray

Safety Surface - Grey

Play Equipment Colors

Van Alst Playground | Proposed Materials

London Planetree, Platanus acerifolia

Swamp White Oak, Quercus bicolor

Lilyturf, Liriope muscari

Creeping Phlox, Phlox stolonifera

Van Alst Playground | Plant Palette

Virginia Sweetspire,Itea virginica

Black Chokeberry, Aronia melanocarpa

Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis

Inkberry, Ilex glabra

Redbud, Cercis canadensis

Oakleaf Hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia

Leucothoe, Leucothoe axillaris

Spicebush, Lindera benzoin

Witchhazel - Hamamelis mollis

Amelanchier, Amelanchier canadensis

Cherry Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus

Arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum

Van Alst Playground | Plant Palette