Revitalizing Woodside, Queens

Client
Citizen’s Housing and Planning Council (CHPC)
Faculty
Paul Buckhurst and Frank Fish
Team
Cheryl Baum, Wendy Chang, Mara Cusker, Julia Goldschmidt, Debra Kustka, Elizabeth Leonard, Charles LoCascio, Tom McKnight, Joshua Rosenberg, Victoria Rowe, and Ian Salsberg

The Capstone team was asked to study the transit corridor of Woodside, Queens to help prepare the area around the Long Island Railroad station for its increased importance in the region’s transit network, due to the MTA’s East Side Transit project. The Capstone team performed a thorough analysis of the existing demography, current land uses, and transportation networks. Based on this data the Capstone Team proposed new land uses, building redevelopment, multi-modal transportation systems, and streetscape and design improvements that would help establish Woodside as a vibrant and important mixed use center.