View of St. George Esplanade, Staten Island, New York City with several ferry terminals along the water. Buildings of various sizes and colors are scattered on a hill in the background under a clear blue sky.

Neighborhood Planning

Staten Island North Shore Action Plan

Location: Staten Island

Project Status: Ongoing

A New Vision for Staten Island’s North Shore

Milestone

Acres of waterfront access on the North Shore

The Staten Island North Shore Action Plan delivers on a vibrant, mixed-use community for Staten Island—the centerpiece being the long-promised, two-mile waterfront esplanade from Stapleton to Tompkinsville to St. George. The $400 million public waterfront investment will create twenty acres of continuous waterfront access.

The waterfront esplanade will create an extraordinary public amenity for Staten Islanders and visitors—on par with Brooklyn Bridge Park and Hudson River Park. It will also have a catalytic impact on private investment, fully unlocking:

Milestone

1.3M

Square feet of new commercial space

Up to 600 new Department of Education K-8 school seats
Up to 1.3 million square feet of new commercial space
And thousands of new homes

NYCEDC and its partners will prioritize local job placement and career pathway opportunities in Staten Island's North Shore.

In September 2024, NYCEDC broke ground on the public realm elements of the New Stapleton Waterfront site, to continue delivering on the Staten Island North Shore Action Plan. A major component of the Action Plan, the New Stapleton Waterfront is an ongoing initiative to transform a 35-acre former United States Naval base into a new mixed-use community within a framework of open space and esplanades. In total, the New Stapleton Waterfront will bring over 2,100 mixed-income residential units, ground-floor retail, a 600-seat public school, other community facilities, and 12 acres of interconnected public open space.

Staten Island North Shore Action Plan

A generational investment bringing high-quality open spaces, waterfront connections, jobs, and commercial space to the Staten Island North Shore community.

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A Fresh Approach for Two Key Sites on Staten Island’s North Shore

NYCEDC and Council Member Kamillah Hanks, with the support of Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella, have unveiled a new vision for the future of Empire Outlets and the Former New York Wheel Site. Learn more below about our ongoing effort.

We also want to thank the community for the overwhelming engagement we received through our online survey. Read the compiled responses.