Clean sweep for Willets Point as mixed-use plan progresses.(Special Report: Medical & Education Facilities)

Real Estate Weekly | May 9, 2007 | Copyright

Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week unveiled a plan to transform one of the city's most contaminated sites into one of its most vibrant and environmentally friendly mixed used communities.

The Willets Point peninsula--located on the Flushing River between Shea Stadium and Downtown Flushing in Northern Queens--will be flushed of the widespread petroleum contamination that grew from decades of spillage and neglect and turned into a 60-acre haven of homes, schools, playgrounds and offices.

"Through the remediation of heavily contaminated land, the use of ...

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