Downtown Far Rockaway Village
In the center of Downtown Far Rockaway in Queens, Marvel is currently working on an ambitious project to bring 1,700 new affordable housing units to an under-utilized site between the A train terminus and the Long Island Rail Road and create more vibrant, supportive community through socially thoughtful design.
The first phase began construction in the fall of 2018, and will complete the first three buildings in the master plan. The structures' height ranges between eight and fifteen stories, including 100,000 square feet of commercial space, a new plaza, and underground parking lot.
View from Mott Avenue looking north at the Plaza; artwork by Luis Gilbert prominently displayed in the front planter.
Massing principles
Plaza at Mott Avenue
Plaza front
View from the plaza, looking north
Social structure diagram
The final building at the north end of the development, where Village Lane meets Nameoke Avenue.
View up Village Lane, with the entrance to Building D on the left.
View of the plaza and Buildings B and C from the Mott Avenue subway station.
Building D’s active courtyard, with the setting sun beyond.
A view down Far Rockway’s Village Lane, which will connect the A train station with the Long Island Railroad.
Future view of the completed development, Rockaway Village.
- Location
- Queens, New York
- Client
- Phipps Houses
- Typology
- Residential, Commercial, Public, Residential Affordable
- Size
- 1.7M SF
- Design Team
- Jonathan Marvel, Annya Ramirez, Paul Healy, Magnus Westergren, Josh Shecter, Ernesto Vasquez, Juan Ramirez, Richard Herzog, Hansel Pellot, Guido Hartray, Enrique Ramón, Yuyang Tian
- Consultants
- DeSimone-Structure, Dagher-MEP & Sustainability, W Architecture & Landscape-Landscape, Bright Power- Solar, Jim Conti-Lighting, JM Zoning-Expeditor, Langan Engineering-Civil
- Rendering Credits
- Li Fang
