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https://licpost.com/city-rfp-hunters-point-south-parcel-e-long-island-city

City releases RFP for next phase of Hunters Point South Parcel E in Long Island City





June 13, 2025
By Shane O’Brien

The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) to develop Parcel E at Hunters Point South on the Long Island City waterfront, including plans for hundreds of mixed-income units, community space and at least one 100% affordable housing development.

Parcel E, which sits just north of the Gotham Point complex where the Newtown Creek meets the East River and just west of the massive Malt Drive development, is one of seven city-owned sites that make up the Hunters Point South development, which covers a 30-acre area along the East River that was once considered for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Five of the seven parcels have already been developed into more than 3,000 affordable housing units, commercial retail space, community amenities, and two schools.

The city had previously planned to build between 850 and 900 units at Parcel E, but HPD officials said the agency is waiting to see “what the development community brings us” throughout the RFP process.

However, HPD said development of Parcel E will bring more new homes to the neighborhood, approximately 70% of which income-restricted to households earning less than 120% of the area median income. At least one building in the development must be 100% affordable, HPD said.

Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development, and Workforce Adolfo Carrión Jr. said the RFP for Parcel E will help transform a vacant city-owned lot into an asset for Long Island City with hundreds of market-rate and income-restricted apartments.

“This administration understands that the key to solving the housing crisis is to build more mixed-income housing,” Carrión said in a statement.

“The Hunters Point South Request-for-Proposals will transform a city-owned lot into an asset for Long Island City, delivering hundreds of affordable and market-rate homes, along with important amenities that will support the neighborhood. We look forward to receiving innovative proposals that will deliver for Long Island City.”