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, will complete the first three buildings in the master plan, ranging in height between eight and fifteen stories, and including the 100,000 SF of commercial space, the new plaza, and the 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
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.
The 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, Magnus Westergren, Josh Shecter, Ernesto Vasquez, Juan Ramirez, Richard Herzog, Hansel Pellot, Guido Hartray, Enrique Ramón
- 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
