Notice of Acceptance of Final EIS

Richmond County - The New York City School Construction Authority (NYC SCA), as lead agency, has accepted a Final Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Redevelopment of the former St. John Villa Campus. The Final EIS is available at the following address: 25-01 Jackson Avenue, 17th Floor, Long Island City, NY 11101, from the contact below and online at: https://www.nycsca.org/Community/New-School-Sites.

On behalf of the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE), the NYC SCA proposes to create three new school facilities, an athletic field with an approximately 700-seat bleacher section, a maintenance building, an internal driveway network with two parking lots on Block 3087, Lot 1, and a separate parking lot on Block 3089, Lot 59 on the former St. John Villa campus. The three new schools would consist of an approximately 764-seat Gifted and Talented primary school/intermediate school (PS/IS) and two separate, independently operated intermediate/high schools (IS/HS) that would collectively provide approximately 1,350 seats. The two IS/HS would share a gymnasium, auditorium, kitchen, and lobby. The PS/IS would serve students in grade levels pre-kindergarten through eight throughout New York City. Each IS/HS school would serve students in grade levels six through twelve in the Borough of Staten Island. All three schools would also serve special education students enrolled in a District 75 program in the Borough of Staten Island. The proposed schools would collectively introduce approximately 2,114 new school seats to the project site. Construction would be phased beginning in the first quarter of 2025 and would conclude in the third quarter of 2030. Therefore, 2030 is assumed for the analysis year. The project is located at 57 Cleveland Place in the Arrochar section of Staten Island, New York.