丨EE&K（后与Perkins Eastman合并）

Arverne by the Sea

Queens, NY

A transit-oriented waterfront development and model for community resiliency.

Arverne by the Sea knits together the subway and the sea, creating a unique mixed-use transit-oriented beachfront community, now widely-cited as a model for resilient community development. Completed by EE&K prior to its merger with Perkins Eastman, the plan included a range of housing types, neighborhood retail, a state-of-the-art YMCA, and a charter school. Innovative two-family prototypes were devised for economic resilience and flexibility. Inspired by classic transit-oriented developments, the radial plan orients neighborhoods around a previously under-utilized subway station and a new retail transit plaza. Design with an environmentally sensitive approach, the plan accommodates the ecologically fragile barrier-island setting and features a double-dune system and a new beachfront preserve.

Project Facts

Size:

3,600,000 sq. ft.

Services:

Sustainability

Practice Areas:

Planning + Urban Design

Region:

United States

Studios:

New York

News

"A Much-Criticized Pocket of the Rockaways, Built to Survive a Storm," New York Times

Insights post: "Cracking the Code of Affordable Housing," Aug. 24, 2023

Insights Post: "Bouncing Back"

"A Rockaway Life," New York Times

Urban Design Forum: "Arverne by the Sea"

"Queens Development Hangs Tough During a Hurricane," Plan Hillsborough

"Sitting Pretty by the Sea," New York Times

"On the Beach, a Brand-New Life," New York Times

Gilded Age resort was the namesake for the modern Arverne-by-the-Sea development: New York Times social pages, 1894