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Council committee hears Broadway Junction map change as MTA, Parks defend playground swap
Summary
A New York City Council subcommittee on zoning and franchises opened a public hearing on LU358 on the Broadway Junction Station city map amendment, a proposal by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to amend the city map by removing a portion of Sackman Street and to allow expansion of the Broadway Junction station complex into Callahan Kelly Playground.
A New York City Council subcommittee on zoning and franchises opened a public hearing on LU358 on the Broadway Junction Station city map amendment, a proposal by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to amend the city map by removing a portion of Sackman Street and to allow expansion of the Broadway Junction station complex into Callahan Kelly Playground.
The change would eliminate roughly 9,600 square feet of existing playground to accommodate a larger station headhouse and associated grade and block-dimension changes; Parks and MTA said the demapping would convert the closed Sackman Street bed into approximately 11,000 square feet of replacement parkland to satisfy the parkland alienation and replacement requirements tied to the MTA project.
The plan, part of a roughly $400 million MTA accessibility program to deliver…
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