VISION 2020: NEW YORK CITY COMPREHENSIVE WATERFRONT PLAN - NEIGHBORHOOD STRATEGIES150

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16 - CONEY ISLAND & SHEEPSHEAD BAY

Location: Sea Gate to Plumb Beach

Upland Neighborhoods: Sea Gate, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach

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Explore opportunities to improve existing public • waterfront areas including boat launch and fi shing based on the criteria described in the Citywide Strategy. Support opportunities for public access/recreation • and wetland restoration for future development where appropriate.Enhance, manage and continue to restore salt • marshes and ecologically sensitive areas.Complete pump station and force main to improve • water quality.

Coney Island Creek

Study land use and zoning to facilitate appropriate • development.

Special Coney Island Mixed Use District

Support development of entertainment district, • commercial uses and new housing, along with necessary infrastructure upgrades, as envisioned in the Coney Island Comprehensive Rezoning Plan.Design and begin construction of the first phase of • separate sanitary and storm sewer upgrades.Complete development of amusement park.• Support ongoing preservation of historic properties.• Explore opportunities for enhanced in-water • recreation including training for water sports and lifeguards.Promote WCS New York Aquarium and other • programs to educate the public about existing waterfront activities and resources.Support ongoing restoration of boardwalk.• Complete new 2.2-acre Steeplechase Plaza, including • performance space, public art, water features, and retail. Complete Coney Island Ferry Study to determine • feasibility of ferry service.

Coney Island

Support appropriate redevelopment that enhances • public waterfront access.

Brighton Beach Muni Lot

Explore opportunities for enhanced public access by • integrating into adjacent Plumb Beach.

Explore opportunities for enhancing visual access • to waterfront at street ends with provision of public access where feasible.

Brigham St. Park

Gerritsen Beach

Plumb Beach

Manhattan Beach

Sheepshead Bay

Support the National Park Service General • Management Plan process for Gateway National Recreation Area.In coordination with partners, explore options to • mitigate against continuing erosion to promote recreational uses and enhance natural habitat.

Re-build bike paths.•

Explore opportunities for enhancing visual access • to waterfront at street ends with provision of public access where feasible.

Evaluate for possible dredging in consultation with • state and federal partners.

9Complete restoration work including invasives • removal, sand placement, shoreline stabilization, and planting of maritime grasses.

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