Wyandanch Rising

Overview
Revitalization initiative aims to transform a distressed suburban downtown into a transit-oriented, pedestrian friendly, environmentally sustainable downtown.

Project Facts
Site Location Open Date Developer Architect Urban Design 134 acres Wyandanch, Long Island, NY 1968 Albanese Group Torti Gallas and Partners Jeff Speck Parking Residential (750 1,050 dwelling units) Retail (50,000 sq ft.) Office Geiger Park Revitalization (Botanical Garden, Water Park, Carousel) Public Space - Community Square/Village Green (Station Plaza - 2.6 acres) Community Health Center 2,000 car parking garage Bicycle racks Transit oriented development (TOD) that features traffic calming techniques as a primary means to pedestrianize the area. Features low-impact techniques such as green roofs and rain gardens to reduce runoff and energy use.
Wyandanch Long Island Railroad Station Station Plaza

Land Uses / Scales

Characteristics

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Site Plan
Site Plan

The vision of the plan is to create a mixed-use, walkable town center that will serve as Wyandanchs new downtown where residents can live, work, and play. The intermodal plaza will help to make Wyandanch a multi-transit hub for buses and the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). The plan features mixed-use buildings that integrate retail uses on ground floors with residential and office uses on top. Station Plaza and Wyandanch Green are meant to serve as the plans anchors that will serve community needs for various events and programs (ex: winter ice skating, etc).

Geiger Park Plan

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Demographic Analysis
Site

3 miles 2 miles

Within 1.5 miles of the site, the total population is densest to the east and west of the site along Grand Blvd and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Within 3 miles of the site, census tracts to the north west around the L.I.E. (495), and south east by North Babylon, are also dense population centers that will heavily influence the sites retail sales.

1 mile

Population (2010)
1 mile 2 miles 3 miles 47,252 156,892 315,884

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Demographic Analysis
(Site level)
Site

Within a 1.5 mile radius of the site, census tracts median household incomes fall between $45,000 $70,000.
3 miles 2 miles

1 mile

Census tracts to the north and south of the site (around 1.5 miles), tend to have higher median household incomes (from $95,000+) than those immediately surrounding the site. Census tracts to the north west and south east of the site (about 3 miles away), range from the high $80,000 - $100,000 median household income range.

Avg. Median Household Income (2010)

1 mile 2 miles 3 miles $71,656 $83,046 $83,954