The Yankee Stadium Redevelopment Project

Project Overview

Rendering of proposed Yankee Stadium redevelopment

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As part of the new Yankee Stadium project, New York City is providing the South Bronx with state-of-the-art recreational facilities and keeping its promise to replace every inch of parkland displaced by the construction of the new Yankee Stadium, while also providing additional usable recreational space.

With community input on the design and as a joint effort of City Hall, EDC and Parks, New York City is building four new parks with high-quality recreational facilities: three championship-quality grass ballfields, an all-weather soccer and football field surrounded by a 400-meter competition-quality track, four basketball courts, eight handball courts, a skate park, a playground, fitness equipment and a waterfront esplanade linking a picnic area, play area, tennis center and sixteen tennis courts along the Harlem River.

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Detail of Yankee Redevelopment Program Map.
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With community input on the design, New York City is building four new parks with state of the art recreational facilities:

Macombs Dam Park

With one of the best competition tracks in New York City, the seven-acre Macombs Dam Park will also feature eight handball courts, a soccer/football field with grandstand seating, four basketball courts, landscaping, a new public toilet building and picnic table terrace area. A beautifully landscaped hill will connect the park and the adjacent Ruppert Plaza and Heritage Field, providing an integrated park experience for users and spectators alike.

Built on top of the roof of the partially below-grade, two-story Ruppert Plaza Garage, the park will be surrounded by greenery to provide natural protection from the urban surroundings. The first section of the park opened for community use on May 15, 2009, providing access to part of a synthetic field with options for running. The rest of the park is under construction and will be complete in the spring of 2010.

Mill Pond Park

Artist's rendering of Mill Pond Park.

The decayed industrial waterfront is being transformed into this new 10-acre park, the first significant park on the Bronx bank of the Harlem River in decades, with pedestrian esplanade, open green space, and sixteen tennis courts with waterfront views. Rehabilitated piers and slips and a new esplanade for strolling connect the park’s active recreation areas and a landscaped picnic area, with a children’s spray shower located next to a sand play zone. Landscaped plantings will line the accessible pathways throughout the park and Parks signage will interpret the history of the site.

Twelve of the sixteen tennis courts will be open year-round, as they are designed to allow for a bubbled enclosure. Parks released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a concessionaire to install a bubble, operate the enclosed tennis courts during the winter season, and manage a year-round café, on April 8, 2009. The concessionaire will also have the option of constructing and operating a seasonal ice skating rink during the winter.

The restoration of the park’s historic 25,800-square-foot Power House includes a green roof visible from the Major Deegan and space on the first floor for Parks Department operations, a café operated by a future concessionaire, a locker room and a public restroom. The Parks Department will seek an operator to develop 12,900 square feet of programmable space on the building’s second floor.

Mill Pond Park is open now. Building J/Former PowerHouse Building is scheduled to open in December 2009. The café in the Power House and the bubble-enclosed winter tennis courts will be open once a concessionaire has been selected through the RFP process.

River Avenue Parks

These two pocket parks are adjacent to Heritage Field. On the one-acre site, the parks are packed with amenities and feature dedicated play space for young children, adult outdoor fitness equipment, a skate park with ramps, green space, benches and a water feature for children to play in. Both parks are expected to open in the spring of 2010.

Heritage Field & Ruppert Plaza

This 10-acre park to be located on the footprint of the old stadium features three championship-quality, grass athletic fields for baseball, softball, little league, discus, shot put, and javelin. The southern ballfield is oriented in the same alignment as the old Yankee Stadium ballfield and all fields offer spectator seating.

At Heritage Field, viewing mounds, overlooks, and on-grade bleachers provide a creative array of seating options for families. A new field-level public toilet is available for park users, with an adjacent garden irrigated by a natural rain water system. A tree-lined walking trail outlines the perimeter of the old Yankee Stadium with plaques and markers that commemorate its place in New York City baseball history.

The pedestrian promenade along Ruppert Plaza will feature ample walking space, shade trees, and terraces with plantings, seating, and landscaping. The plaza allows space for outdoor vendors along the promenade. A grand staircase, hill, and pedestrian ramp seamlessly connect the plaza to the adjacent Macombs Dam Park.

Heritage Field and Ruppert Plaza will be constructed over a year and a half, after the current stadium is demolished.

Rendering of Heritage Field and Macombs Dam Park track
& field, view looking northwest.

Additional Park Improvements

In addition to these replacement facilities, Parks is undertaking additional projects to improve the parkland in the Yankee Stadium area:

P.S. 29 Ballfield and the West Bronx Recreational Center Ballfield

P.S. 29 Ballfield (Completed Spring 2008)
This popular park features a synthetic turf baseball field and refurbished basketball and handball courts, with new shade trees and bleacher seating. Used by P.S. 29 throughout the day and by the community after school and on weekends, holidays and during the summer, this park provides an alternative place to play during the design and construction of Heritage Field and will remain as a permanent improvement in an area with little open space.

West Bronx Ballfield (Completed Summer 2008)
This park features a new synthetic turf baseball field, a soccer field, and new shade trees. Well used by the community, this park provided an additional place to play for the community and little leagues during the design and construction phase of Heritage Field. It will also remain as a permanent park.

Mullaly Park Upgrades

Located across the street from the new stadium, the park’s north end renovations were completed in the spring of 2008 with a new synthetic turf multi-purpose field (bringing the total to two), a garden area, flowering trees, new landscaping and new irrigation systems at the two natural turf ballfields.

Renovations to the south end of the park were completed in the spring of 2009, with new basketball courts, play equipment, green space, seating areas and water features. While not part of the Yankee Stadium Redevelopment Project, the major renovations to this park improve the community recreational facilities immediately around the new stadium.

Recent Documents

Yankee Stadium Demolition: Request for Qualifications (PDF, 415 kB)

Comments & Responses on Proposed Conversion of Parkland (PDF, 350 kB)

Memorandum of Agreement for Historic Resources (PDF, 613 kB)

Finding of No Significant Impact (PDF, 271 kB )

Final Environmental Impact Statement

The Final Environmental Impact Statement is available for download as individual PDF documents or a ZIP archive.

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Final Environmental Impact Statement Notice of Completion (3.3 MB, PDF)

Final Environmental Impact Statement (PDF, 7.11 MB)

Figures for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (PDF, 57.2 MB)

Statement of Findings - March 6, 2006 (PDF, 419 kB)

ZIP

Download ZIP package (67.5 MB)

Environmental Review

The Environmental Assessment Statement is available for download as a PDF. It is recommended you save the file to your computer by right clicking on the link and selecting "save".

1. Environmental Assessment Statement (PDF, 2.7 MB)

2. Positive Declaration (PDF, 528 kB)

3. Draft Environmental Impact Statement Notice of Completion (PDF, 1.41 MB)

4. Final Scope of Work (PDF, 2.8 MB)

How It Works: Utilizing Dredge Material

During the 6⁄24⁄09 community briefing hosted by the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation (NYCDPR) for projects related to the Yankee Program, attendees requested additional information on Dredge Material. Please visit How It Works: Utilizing Dredge Material for further information.

For further technical information, please see these documents:

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Permit (PDF, 2.9 MB)
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Letter (PDF, 43 kB)
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Approval (PDF, 43 kB)
New York State Beneficial Use Determination (BUD) Approval (PDF, 61 kB)
Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) Permit Letter (PDF, 102 kB)
Anchorage Channel Test Results (PDF, 4.4 MB)

How It Works: Remediation at River Avenue Parks

During the 10⁄7⁄09 community briefing hosted by the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation (NYCDPR) for projects related to the Yankee Program, attendees requested additional information on remediation at River Avenue Parks. For further technical information, please see these documents:

Yankee Stadium Pocket Parks Redevelopment and Remedial Action Plan Description (PDF, 188 KB)
Groundwater Sparge System at Lot 6/Skate Park (PDF, 1 KB)
Rendering of River Avenue Parks Design (PDF, 129 KB)

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Capital Projects

Watch the process of building the new stadium and its surrounding parks unfold in photographs. Here the Parks Department will present pictures and construction updates on the project, listed from the most recent to oldest items.

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October 2009