New York City Department of Environmental Protection
10/21/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/21/2025 11:42
Mayor Adams Unveils Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan to Improve Quality of Life, Alleviate Flooding, Build Affordable Homes in Jewel Streets Neighborhood of Brooklyn and Queens
October 21, 2025
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Neighborhood Plan Follows More Than Two Years of Community Engagement
City Will Deliver New Drainage System to Alleviate Flooding, Traffic Safety Improvements to Protect Pedestrians and Bikers, Invest Over $146 Million in Safer Jewel Streets
Through Ambitious Rezoning Proposal and Initiatives to Build Housing on City-Owned Land, Plan Will Deliver up to 5,000 New Homes
Adams Administration to Immediately Begin Implementing Infrastructure and Housing Investments
NEW YORK-New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released a landmark plan to transform the Jewel Streets area in Brooklyn and Queens into a safer, more affordable neighborhood, delivering long-overdue infrastructure upgrades, laying the foundation for thousands of new homes, and improving quality of life for current and future residents. The plan - which marks the culmination of more than two years of deep community engagement since its launch in June 2023-includes a new, comprehensive drainage system to address chronic flooding in the neighborhood as well as new bus lane and traffic safety improvements along Linden Boulevard.
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