A city planning application quietly puts dozens of western Queens properties into play for possible park acquisition — and the public hearing is already on the calendar.
Official city records reviewed by NYC In Focus show that New York City is moving forward with a land-use application to acquire and select 47 properties in Queens Community District 2 for possible park use.
The application, listed as Queens CD 2 Walk to Park Site Selection/Acquisition, was submitted by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and the Department of Parks and Recreation. It is scheduled for a City Planning Commission public hearing on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 10:00 AM.
Translation: the city is formally putting a long list of western Queens parcels into the public land-use process for potential park use. Not one lot. Not one corner. Forty-seven separate properties.
What’s Happening
The application asks the City Planning Commission to review the acquisition of properties in Queens Community District 2 and the site selection of those properties for park use.
The listed sites stretch across several major Queens corridors, including Queens Boulevard, Northern Boulevard, Broadway, Skillman Avenue, Van Dam Street, Borden Avenue, Greenpoint Avenue, 47th Avenue, 56th Street and surrounding blocks.
The notice does not state a final project cost, a construction timeline, or what specific park features could be built on any individual parcel. But the scale of the list makes this more than a routine paperwork item.
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
In person: NYC City Planning Commission Hearing Room, Lower Concourse, 120 Broadway, New York, NY
Remote access: Through the Department of City Planning public meeting page and Zoom instructions
Meeting ID: 618 237 7396
Password: 1
Accessibility requests: AccessibilityInfo@planning.nyc.gov or (212) 720-3366 by Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at 5:00 PM
The Properties Named in the Application
The public notice lists the following properties for acquisition and site selection for park use:
Click to view the full property list named in the notice
- 47 Avenue — Block 28, Lot 12
- 5-23 47 Avenue — Block 28, Lot 15
- 5-13 47 Avenue — Block 28, Lot 18
- 47 Avenue — Block 28, Lot 121
- 10-38 45 Road — Block 49, Lot 35
- 42-50 24 Street — Block 428, Lot 1
- 12-12 43 Avenue — Block 443, Lot 14
- 37-36 56 Street — Block 1210, Lot 29
- 56 Street — Block 1210, Lot 31
- 56 Street — Block 1210, Lot 32
- 41-10 70 Street — Block 1309, Lot 45
- 40-25 61 Street — Block 1336, Lot 28
- 46-02 Greenpoint Avenue — Block 153, Lot 13
- 39-02 Queens Boulevard — Block 195, Lot 21
- 31-21 Thomson Avenue — Block 275, Lot 11
- 30-02 Skillman Avenue — Block 275, Lot 35
- 31-10 Queens Boulevard — Block 275, Lot 80
- 43-10 Van Dam Street — Block 276, Lot 35
- 31-09 Starr Avenue — Block 301, Lot 1
- 31-07 Starr Avenue — Block 301, Lot 5
- 52-24 34 Street — Block 301, Lot 26
- 34-10 Borden Avenue — Block 306, Lot 19
- 37 Street — Block 311, Lot 30
- 55-02 Northern Boulevard — Block 1179, Lot 1
- Northern Boulevard — Block 1179, Lot 7
- Northern Boulevard — Block 1180, Lot 27
- Broadway — Block 1181, Lot 1
- 57-05 Broadway — Block 1181, Lot 9
- 57 Street — Block 1181, Lot 11
- 33-35 57 Street — Block 1181, Lot 12
- 33-35 57 Street — Block 1181, Lot 64
- 57-14 Northern Boulevard — Block 1181, Lot 38
- 60-20 Northern Boulevard — Block 1183, Lot 10
- 56-02 Broadway — Block 1195, Lot 44
- 56-07 Queens Boulevard — Block 1329, Lot 1
- 57-07 Queens Boulevard — Block 1330, Lot 1
- 57-17 Queens Boulevard — Block 1330, Lot 34
- 68-15 Queens Boulevard — Block 1348, Lot 40
- 48-02 Queens Boulevard — Block 2281, Lot 25
- 70-04 Henry Avenue — Block 2436, Lot 61
- 70-50 Queens Boulevard — Block 2444, Lot 40
- 53-10 46 Street — Block 2535, Lot 25
- 53-20 46 Street — Block 2535, Lot 31
- 44-23 54 Avenue — Block 2535, Lot 33
- 46-49 53 Avenue — Block 2544, Lot 36
- 54-12 48 Street — Block 2545, Lot 40
- 48-26 54th Road — Block 2557, Lot 30
Why This Matters
Parkland does not usually appear by magic. It moves through hearings, site selections, acquisitions, agency reviews and budget decisions — the kind of civic plumbing most New Yorkers never see until the bulldozers or ribbon-cutters show up.
This application is still part of that process. The record confirms that the city is seeking approval for acquisition and site selection. It does not say every property will become a finished park, when work would begin, or what the final design would look like.
The quiet part is the scale: 47 separate Queens properties are listed for possible park use.
What Residents Can Do Next
Residents who live, work, commute or own property near the listed sites can attend the June 3 City Planning Commission hearing in person or follow the Department of City Planning’s remote participation instructions.
Written comments will also be accepted through the City Planning Commission comment process. The notice says written comments are accepted until 11:59 PM one week before the date of the vote. The vote date is not listed in the notice.
What This Actually Means
For western Queens, this is a public-record signal that the city is looking seriously at where future park space could go — and which parcels may be pulled into that plan.
The smartest time to pay attention is not after the deal is done. It is now, while the addresses are still in the hearing notice and the public still has a chance to speak.
Source note: This story is based on official public notices and city records reviewed by NYC In Focus, including the May 19, 2026 public hearing calendar for the New York City Planning Commission.
Also happening
The Queens park application was not the only item moving through the city’s paperwork pipeline. The same batch of public records also included agency rules, contract awards, rezonings, public-comment notices and several items likely to get neighborhood attention.
1. NYC Is Preparing Rules for Public-Impacting AI
The Office of Technology and Innovation’s FY 2027 regulatory agenda says the city plans to create procedures for fairness, transparency, accountability, risk mitigation, privacy and monitoring when agencies use public-impacting artificial intelligence.
The new Office of Algorithmic Accountability is listed as coming into existence on June 23, 2026. That means the city is preparing rules for how agencies develop, buy, deploy and monitor AI systems that can affect the public. Quiet item. Big implications.
2. A New Construction Mentor Program Is Now on the Books
The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice adopted rules for a Centralized Construction Mentor Program meant to help small construction firms compete for city work.
The rules create two tiers of participation. Tier 1 is for small businesses with average annual gross revenues up to $3 million, with contract opportunities up to $1.5 million. Tier 2 is for businesses with average annual gross revenues up to $5 million, with contract opportunities above $1.5 million and up to $5 million.
The first full fiscal-year goal for mentoring-program contracts is listed at $15 million, with future annual goals increasing by 25 percent until reaching a $150 million cap. For small contractors trying to break into city work, that is not a footnote.
3. Millions in City Contract Awards Are Moving
Several contract notices also stood out. Parks awarded a $19.4 million contract for Freshkills South Park synthetic turf fields and landscape construction on Staten Island. Sanitation awarded a $9.96 million HVAC and boiler replacement contract for the Staten Island District 2 Garage.
The Health Department listed an $887,426 sole-source contract with Becton Dickinson & Company for laboratory equipment and supplies tied to public health testing, including tuberculosis and Candida auris. Transportation also listed a Pier 11 food, beverage and merchandise concession award with a nine-year potential term if the renewal option is exercised.
That is the city in miniature: parks, garages, public health labs and ferry-adjacent concessions, all moving through notices most New Yorkers will never read.
4. Proposed Changes Are Stacking Up Across the Boroughs
For readers who watch rezonings, demappings and “what are they building now?” items, there is plenty more in the pipeline.
The City Planning calendar includes the 200 Kent Avenue rezoning in Brooklyn Community District 1, a Flatiron NoMad major concessions item in Manhattan, a proposed 21-story mixed-use building connected to St. Augustine’s Preservation and Redevelopment at 290 Henry Street, the Atlantic Avenue demapping in Queens Community District 12, rezonings at 189-10 Northern Boulevard and 47-03 108 Street in Queens, and two Staten Island facility items involving family court consolidation and a fleet maintenance facility.
This is where neighborhood fights usually begin: not with a crane, but with a line item on a hearing calendar.
5. HPD Is Taking Comments on No-Harassment Certifications
Housing Preservation and Development also posted requests for comment on Certification of No Harassment applications tied to several properties, including 91 Berry Street in Brooklyn, 513 2nd Street in Brooklyn, 1645 1st Avenue in Manhattan, 2323 Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and 128 West 120th Street in Manhattan.
These notices matter because, in certain buildings and areas, owners must obtain a Certification of No Harassment before alteration or demolition permits can move forward. Tenants, former tenants and interested parties can submit comments or evidence to HPD within the listed comment window.
None of these items is the same as the Queens park application. But together, they show how much city business moves in public before most of the public ever sees it.
Source note: This story is based on official public notices and city records reviewed by NYC In Focus, including the May 19, 2026 City Planning Commission hearing calendar, agency rule notices, procurement notices, public-comment notices and special materials.
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