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Parks, School Yards, and Public Housing Recreation Areas with adjacent dark blue runoff flows should be considered for on site storm water retention programs, where street routed / storm drain runoff is diverted to swales to ease pollution overflows from the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) System.

Private Backyards with high flow characteristics could receive tax abatements for capping yard drains and building on site storm water infiltration basins.

Rainwater Flows ranked by hypothetical area drained 74 - 241 242 - 572 573 - 2176

square feet of drainage catchment area

2177 - 8060 8061 - 169637

Gowanda Memorial Foundation

Because of our combined stormwater and sewage system, 288 million gallons of raw sewage end up in the Gowanus Canal each year because of heavy rains. What are sites the City and local residents should look at to help reduce the problem by better managing rain water?

This work flow extracts vegetated tree cover from the 2004 aerials to explore how the permeability rating of City parks and school yards could be increased. The storm flow modeling is entirely hypothetical, as it assumes that neither buildings nor street drains obstruct runoff. It does however give an indication of historical runoff patterns and possible stormflow diversions that could be created, relative to potential storm water infiltration sites. The City needs to reduce use of street storm drains and eliminate CSOs. The key strategy is to increase the rainwater permeability of public and private properties so as to reduce sewage overflows.

This map set up by Eymund Diegel, eymund@gmail.com, November 2010, and is part of a larger set being developed for local resident imputs into the City Planning PlaNYC Green Infrastructure process.It is for discussion and research purposes only.

Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn - PlaNYC Green Infrastructure Opportunities City Controlled Sites with Rain Water Retention Potential

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Gowanus Green - Hydrography / Stormwater Issues & Opportunities

AMARA RAIN GARDEN 439 SACKETT ST, BETWEEN HOYT AND BOND STREETS

GOWANUS CANAL WATERSHED, BROOKLYN

Eymund Diegel and Ligia Cravo purchased 439 Sackett Street, a row house adjacent to the Gowanus Canal, in 1997. It came with a back yard, which was regraded and planted to support better storm water and habitat management for the Gowanus Canal watershed urban ecosystem.

REDESIGNING FOR ON-SITE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT The natural Gowanus water level table in our backyard is about 15 feet lower than the water level in the backed up street sewer pipes. This was why we diverted runoff away from the street - where it had nowhere to run. As an interim measure, basement floor drains were capped to prevent backflow flooding.

To reduce the amount of rainwater entering the sewer drains, we decided to divert roof drains to the back garden, and landscape the whole property to absorb 100% of rainwater falling on the site. This would help reduce the sewage backup problem for ourselves and our lower Sackett Street neighbors.

The photos show the digging of trenches into the back garden for the installation of 4" diameter steel and perforated PVC pipes set on 12" beds of stone (sifted from the glacial moraine on site). Two 3 foot wide pits were dug 6 to 8 feet down until we reached Gowanus Beach,

Fall 2005 - Tree planting was designed to maximize privacy, urban climate cooling, and total root and tree canopy volume, effectively creating a shade garden. Some species used: Dogwood (Cornus florida), Linden (Tilia Cordata “Greenspire”) and Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora “Bracken’s Brown Beauty”)

During the process of replacing cracked sewer drain pipes, it became obvious that raw sewage would back up into the basement during major storm events. This was due to New York City having a combined sewage / storm water system, and faulty combined sewage overflow (CSO) outlets on the Bond-Lorraine Sewer Line. In theory, when sewer pipes are overwhelmed during storms, these CSO's discharge raw sewage into the canal instead of into basements,. However they don't really work, possibly due to a combination of tidal water pressures, sizing and maintenance issues.

Basement flooding is a problem with many houses along the canal, with the worst affected having to install permanent pumps that redirect the sewage onto the street during heavy rains.

The 20 by 100 feet 439 Sackett Street lot is occupied by an 1880's brick row house. The 20 by 45 feet back yard was dirt, the 20 by 20 feet front yard and sidewalk was concrete. At the time of purchase, 55% of the site was impervious, with rainwater draining into the city sewer system. After redesign, it now has 100 % on-site rainwater retention, with no runoff.

Summer 2004 - Amara digging trenches to divert water from the roof and the city sewer system to a french drain system in the center of a regraded yard. Note the root mats that have already developed. The yard had no trees whatsoever in 1997.

the historic sand bed that was adjacent to one of the historic streams that fed Mill Pond and the Gowanus marshes. The PVC pipe was connected to 24" square clay sewer pipe segments, with this hollow clay "box" then covered with a steel grid and concrete board. This was then covered with 3 to 4 feet of high quality garden soil, which was then planted with shrubs.

12 trees were planted on the site (evergreen magnolias, dogwoods, birch and linden) with their root meshes absorbing the rainwater now irrigating the site. Planting was selected to show off unique regional species (dogwoods, oak leaf hydrangeas), while welcoming immigrants - Chinese-American magnolias, Arab roses and gingkos. All garden paths and walls were made of glacial moraine stones, dug up during basement waterproofing, and hammered into place on a fine mud bed.

On the front yard, all concrete was removed, and the basement wall was excavated to put in a 6 mil plastic pool liner to eliminate the existing problem of water seeping in through the front basement wall. This then allowed for putting high quality soil in the 20 foot by 10 foot front garden to plant a columnar magnolia tree and shrubs. To reduce rainwater runoff from our sidewalk, we asked the Parks Department to plant a Honey Locust tree, and we then doubled the size of the tree pit. As we wanted the sidewalk to slope to the tree pit, rather than the street storm swale, the sidewalk concrete was removed and replaced with blue stone, recycled from a neighbor's demolition, making sure to leave the joints uncaulked to maximize rainwater absorption into the tree pit.

Summer 2005 - The french drain system is now covered with recycled soil from the Gowanus Nursery, and the famed cobbles that gave Cobble Hill it’s name. Our first attempt at a moss garden flopped miserably, as the moss created ideal habitats for yummy grubs, leading to late night moss shredding parties by local squirrels, despite the protective netting. The area is now blue stone and seosonal bulbs.

Spring 2007 - The City provided a Honey Locust (Gleditsia triancanthos) for the street planting. To avoid the “bonsai” growth stunting effect of the old standard tree pit size, we doubled the tree pit’s extent, curved it to accomodate pedestrian flows, and kept the recycled blue stone uncaulked, to maximize water to the root system. This also allows for easy resetting of slabs with root movement.

Some notes on sizing stuff to prevent rainwater flooding.

Brooklyn gets about 46 inches of rain per year, and the Department of Environmental Protection defines heavy rainfall, when the most water gets dumped on your land, as being around 5.95” of rain in an hour (“a 5 year storm”). This meant that the worst case scenario of rain to expect for a typical brownstone (20 x 100 feet lot, with 100% of the lot being covered in concrete paving and a tar roof.) is about 83 cubic feet, or roughly the water contained in a small children's wading pool.

Being on the glacial moraine that is typical of Brooklyn, 100% of that water can be naturally absorbed in the soil with no further investment.

A good idea is to grade the backyard to slope away from the house, to avoid basement damp problems, and waterproof the basement walls.

Gowanus properties built on the old historical wetland marsh soils (see historic flood zone map), will not have the same capacity to absorb water, as those further upslope, such as properties in Park slope and Cobble Hill. Even with the 19 feet on average of rubble that was dumped on the old Gowanus marshes, it may be necessary to increase the water absorption capacity of your back yard if your house is closer to the Canal. An easy way to do this is to dig a trench, using the removed soil to create a bowl shaped back yard. The trench is then filled with flat cinder blocks (those standard grey hollow concrete blocks available at Home Depot for $1.50) and covered again with top soil or pavers. This hollow space will give rainwater time to percolate to the roots of backyard trees, the rubble fill and the deeper aquifer.

SOME IDEAS FOR REDUCING CANAL WATER POLLUTION

Spring 2007 - Bluestone slabs were sloped so that rainwater would run off to the tree area, rather than to the street storm swale. The curved edging is to experiment with eventual diversion of runoff from the sreet swale itself, by drilling through the joints of the granite curb, and routing water over a gravel tree pit edging canal. Because the first flush of street storm water is often polluted by salts and gasoline, this option is still being studied for it’s impact on soil quality.

REMOVE ALL CONCRETE AND USE UNCAULKED PAVERS, SLOPED TO PLANTING NOT STREET

TREES

GREEN ROOFS

BOWL RAIN GARDENS

RAIN BARRELS

Because of the improved waterproofing, the basement walls are now dry. The added trees make a massive difference for the cooling and privacy of the house and garden. However as more neighbors upslope have been paving over their backyards with concrete, and new construction reduces the amount of rain permeable land in the watershed, the sewer capacity issue will remain a problem.

At this point the basement floor drain is sealed to prevent any backflow. It is hoped that once the Bond-Lorraine sewer line is upgraded, and more on-site rainwater retention practices are enforced through the PlaNYC Green Infrastructure Plan, we will be able to eliminate the problem.

Future changes include the installation of a rainwater tank to collect our neighbor's roof runoff for shared dry weather irrigation. Overflow from this would feed the in ground irrigation system. There are also plans for installation of a sedum planted green roof, or a brown roof, which is left to naturally colonize with local Gowanus species.

Local “weeds” are ultimately New York City's most sustainable storm water retention landscaping resource, already at work filtering water at no cost to the tax payer. Next time you feel like yanking that weed out of a sidewalk crack, stop - and think - what is green infrastructure ?

Eymund Diegel 439 Sackett St, Brooklyn , NY, USA 11231 tel. 1 718 596 1464 e-mail: eymund@gmail.com

DISCONNECT ALL YARD AND ROOF DRAINS FROM THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM BASEMENT FRENCH WATER DRAINS PROOFING

RAW SEWAGE & STORM WATER OVERFLOWS TO CANAL

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HEALTHIER HABITATS & A RECHARGED AQUIFER

Some Notes on Sponge Park siting.

The best sites for larger scale “sponge parks”, bio-swales, and storm water retention cisterns are those that are outside of the blocks which are in historical flood zones, or where the old wetlands were. This is because a sponge that is thrown in a bathtub is well, just wet, and will not be as effective in keeping water out of our overloaded sewer system as strategically placed detention tanks and rain gardens in the less saturated blocks further upslope. The good news is that there is a strong historical correlation between sites that rainwater tended to run to and properties currently controlled by the City. The reason for this is that the old brook beds, being damp, were less desirable for residential development, and many ended up as City controlled parks, school playgrounds and public housing projects. This gives City agencies, such as the Department of Parks & Recreation and the Department of Education a unique opportunity to make their properties not just runoff free, but proactive participants in a larger Metropolitan Open Space System (MOSS) watershed system.

GOWANUS CANAL Total Watershed Drainage Area:

1,758 acres

Combined Sewer Contributory Area:

1,524 acres

Combined Sewer Contributory Impervious Area: 1,387 acres Opportunity Area for Source Controls:

888 acres

The goal is to manage stormwater from 10% of the impervious surfaces in the combined sewer contributory area. There are opportunities in 61% of the combined sewer contributory area.

Opportunities in Combined Sewer Contributory Area

Acres

% of Watershed

100 32 449 0.1 12 285 152 19 22 28 24 213 888

7% 2% 31% 0.004% 1% 19% 10% 1% 2% 2% 2% 15% 61%

GOWANUS CANAL

New development/redevelopment Vacant lots Right-of-way Planned ROW Projects Commercial corridors Other streets Other sidewalks Multi-family residential complexes Commercial development with parking lots Schools Parks Other public properties TOTAL Wastewater Treatment Plant(s):

Red Hook and Owls Head

NYSDEC Classification(s):

Class SD – Fish Survival

Ecological Classification(s):

No Designation

Existing Water Uses:

Commercial Shipping and Barging, Recreational Boating

Shoreline Uses:

Commercial, Industrial, Municipal, Parkland and Open Space

Borough(s): Brooklyn Community District(s): 6

120,000

Median HH Income: $67,538 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000

20,000 0

92

Total Population

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN

Minority Population

In Labor Force Below poverty level

PERFORMANCE AND COSTS

GOWANUS CANAL

Cost-Effective Grey Infrastructure Investments—Gowanus Pump Station Upgrade

CSO Volume Reduction (MG/yr)

Capital Cost ($M)

Capital Cost per Gallon

143

$115

$0.81

PLUS Reduced Flow

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32

$75

$2.33

PLUS Tide Gate Repair and Interceptor Cleaning Green Strategy Total Cost-Effective Grey Infrastructure Investments PLUS Potential Tanks, Tunnels & Expansions Grey Strategy Total

NA

NA

NA

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$190

$0.93

143

$115

$0.81

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143

$115

$0.81

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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN

GOWANUS CANAL 94

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN

OPPORTUNITIES

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Corner of Clifton Pl and Bedford Av

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Community garden rainwater harvesting system

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Quincy St btw Tompkins and Throop Aves

Bk

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

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Corner of Fulton and Essex Sts

Bk

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

Bk

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

Bk

Community garden rainwater harvesting system Community garden rainwater harvesting system

Hollenback Garden

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

New Visions Garden

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Corner of Greene and Franklin Avenues Corner of Schenck Ave and Glenmore Ave

Costs

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

Y

Installation date

Bk

no

Designer/instal ler

Bergen St btw New York & Nostrand Avs

info@eco 718-858eatery.co 9500 m

To Correct, modify, or add to this document, contact: Franco Montalto: fmontalto@edesigndynamics.com

If monitored, what is monitored?

A

Habana Outpost

Able to be monitored?

2

David Liatti

Monitored?

Rainwater harvested from solar photovoltaic panels and used for irrigation and educational purposes

Owner email address

Borough Bk

Owner Name

Street Address 757 Fulton Street

Project Contact Name and Info.

Project Type A

Description

Reference ID 1

Owner Phone Number

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6/28/2005

$1,200

1100 Bergen Street Community Garden

summer 02

$

285.00

summer 03

$

750.00

summer 03

$

1,375.00

summer 03

$

565.00

Greene Acres

spring 04

$

1,225.00

Herbal Garden

summer 03

$

250.00

summer 03

$

1,120.00

summer 03

$

250.00

fall 03

$

1,250.00

Clifton Place Community Garden First Quincy Community Garden Fulton/Essex Community Garden

Water quality, rainfall, water level in tank

A

Washington Ave btw Gates and Greene Aves

A

Corner of Schenck Ave and Livonia Ave

10

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St. Marks Av btw Vanderbilt & Underhill Avs

Bk

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

Prospect Hts Community Farm

11

A

Glenmore Av btw Ashford & Cleveland Sts

Bk

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

PS 4 Paradise Garden

summer 03

$

800.00

12

A

McKibbin St btw Manhattan & Graham Avs

Bk

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

Sunshine Community Garden

summer 03

$

935.00

13

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Corner of Schenck Ave and Livonia Ave

Bk

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

United Community Centers Garden

summer 03

$

1,560.00

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1,500.00

summer 03

$

1,335.00

summer 02

$

150.00

summer 02

$

175.00

summer 02

$

150.00

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Bk Bk

14

A

Carlton Avenue btw Fulton St and Greene Av

Bk

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

15

A

Clay Ave betw 169th and 170th Sts

Bx

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

16

A

Eagle Ave betw E. 158th and E. 161st Sts

Bx

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

17

A

Bx

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

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A

Bx

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

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A

Bx

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

20

A

Bx

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

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A

Bx

Rainwater Harvesting system capturing roof runoff for irrigation of premises

Prospect Ave betw 181st and 182nd Sts E. 171st St. btw Park & Washington Avs Decatur Ave btw E 194th and E 195th Sts

2751 Grand Concourse

Yes

Yes

Brooklyn Bears Carlton Avenue Garden Claremont Community Garden El Batey Borincano Community Garden Garden of Happiness Jardin de la Familia Decatur Playground Sunset Garden (defunct)

Patrick Mangan

Fordham Bedford pmangan 718-367Housing @fbhcnet.

3200 Corporation org

summer 02

No

Yes

flow rate/emptying Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation, Emil time, quantity of Yedotwitz water used/saved

Key to Project Types: A= Rainwater harvesting and Reuse; B=Green Roof; C=Porous Pavements; D=Green Streets/Tree Pits; E=Other

10/1/2003

Designer/instal ler

Owner Phone Number

2662 Decatur Avenue (Sullivan Park)

Bx

Solar Powered Rainwater Harvesting System used to irrigate children's park

Patrick Mangan

23

A

2350 Webster Avenue

Bx

Rainwater Harvesting System for irrigation of planted space and green roof

Pat Logan

24

A

2668 Decatur Avenue

Bx

Greywater Reuse/Rainwater Harvesting System for use in flushing toliets, irrigation

Pat Logan

25

A

W 105th St btw Columbus & Manhattan Avs

M

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

26

A

East 4th St betw Aves C and D

M

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

27

A

194 E. 3rd Street

M

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

Miracle Garden

28

A

E 114th St betw First and Pleasant Avs

M

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

Pleasant Park

29

A

1816-1822 Madison Ave. (118/119th St.s)

M

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

Fountain of Living Waters (defunct)

summer 02

30

A

B 67th St btw Bch Channel Dr & Thursby Av

Q

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

God's Battalion Community Garden (defunct)

31

A

Westervelt Av btw Egmont Pl & Curtis Pl

SI

Community garden rainwater harvesting system

Westervelt Community Garden

Rainwater harvesting system captures roof runoff and reuses it for toilet flushing, and green roof irrigation; 4.5" deep extensive green roof accessible to tenants of commercial building

Monitored?

Able to be monitored?

If monitored, what is monitored?

Installation date

Costs

Council on the Environment, Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation

10/1/2004

8000

Fordham Bedford 718-367- plogan@f Not yet Housing 3200 bhcnet.org Corporation

Yes

rainwater diverted from sewer, tap water replaced

eDesign Dynamics, OCV Architects

5/7/2007

Fordham Bedford 718-367- plogan@f Not yet Housing 3200 bhcnet.org Corporation

Yes

rainwater diverted from sewer, tap water replaced, use of gray water

eDesign Dynamics, OCV Architects

upcoming

Owner email address

flow rate/emptying time, quantity of water used/saved

Big Sue LLC

bigsuellc 718-857@verizon.

2717 net

no

Eymund Diegel

Eymund Diegel and Ligia Cravo

718-596- eymund@ 1464 gmail.com

no

(Multi-Family Residential)

bigsuellc 718-857@verizon.

2717 net

no

925 Bergen Street

Bk

33

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439 Sackett Street

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A, E

Hearst Towner

M

35

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1 Bryant Park

M

36

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7 World Trade Center

M

37

A,B

1024 Dean Street

Bk

38

B

2nd Street Residence

Bk

Extensive & Intensive Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 400 sq ft.; 1.5% grade; 8-inch intensive modules are planted with common garden vegetables, kitchen herbs, wildflowers, and some perennial flowers.

39

B

Bk

Rheingold Condominium building "Rheingold Gardens" - Extensive Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 2400 sq ft.; 1.5% grade

See John Shepley

40

B

Bk

Private Residence - Extensive Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 1000 sq ft.; 1.5% grade

see John Shepley

water conservation, rainwater harvesting and reuse, water exchange with adjacent property, and harvesting of steam and cooling coil condensate Extensive Green Roof; 4" deep extensive green roof on terrace accessible to top apartment; 2" deep extensive sloped green roof, not accessible; 2400 sq ft total; Three 55 gal. Drums collect rain water off the sloped green roof area and top roof area.

Yes

Susan Boyle

A, B

water conservation fixtures, rainwater harvesting and reuse, groundwater harvesting and reuse

Yes

Fordham Bedford pmangan 718-367Housing @fbhcnet.

3200 Corporation org

La Perla Community Garden Orchard Alley Community Garden

32

roof drains diverted to two, 3 foot diameter pits dug 6 and 8 feet down so as to intersect with underlying sand horizon in back garden; whole property landscaped to retain rainfall, excess impervious surfaces removed; tree pits installed in front water conservation fixtures, rainwater harvesting and reuse,

Owner Name

A

Description

22

Borough

Project Type

Street Address

To Correct, modify, or add to this document, contact: Franco Montalto: fmontalto@edesigndynamics.com

Reference ID

Project Contact Name and Info.

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summer 03

$

1,375.00

summer 02

$

90.00

spring 04

$

230.00

summer 03

$

265.00

summer 03

$

575.00

Y

Green roofs designed by Big Sue LLC. Rainwater harvesting and reuse system by eDesign Dynamics

5/20/2005

$14/sf for roof membrane and green roof installlation

Yes

Design/Build: Big Sue LLC Plant Supplier: Greenroof Plants/Emory Knoll Farms

9/9/2003

$14/sf for roof membrane and green roof installlation

Scott Frank, Partner Jaros Baum & Bolles Scott Frank, Partner Jaros Baum & Bolles

Susan Boyle

Private/ MultiFamily Residential)

Builder: Owner Modular Greenroof System: GreenGrid

Rheingold Gardens (NYC HPD?) Private (MultiFamily Residence)

Plant Supplier: Green Roof Plants/Emory Knoll Farms Installation: Big Sue, LLC. Plant Supplier: Green Roof Plants/Emory Knoll Farms Installation: Nancy Buivid,

Key to Project Types: A= Rainwater harvesting and Reuse; B=Green Roof; C=Porous Pavements; D=Green Streets/Tree Pits; E=Other

$13/sf for planted surface

6/27/2005

6/26/2005

Bx

42

B

1347 Bristow Street

Bx

43

B

Designer/instal ler

If monitored, what is monitored?

Able to be monitored?

Fall 2006]

Laura R. Jervis, 212-7216032 or Dan Drosin x214

W. Side Fed for Senior & Supp Housing

ljervis @wsfssh. org; ddrosin @wsfssh. org

Greener by Design; Suprema; Goshow Associates (architects)

Planted Spring 2006

Sr. Simone Ponnet, LLG (718Abraham House 292-9321)

srsimone @aol.com

david Piscuskas, (architect); Fort Cica Roofing

Planted Spring 2006

344-348 Willis Avenue

Bx

2000 sq. ft green roof as part of expansion

46

B

1231 Lafayette Ave

Bx

1500 sq. ft demonstration , comparison with demo cool roof

Majora Carter

Sustainable South Bronx

47

B

Bx

5,000 sq ft green roof on senior citizens center

Carmelo Saez

Hunts Point Multi Service Center

Kate Shackford

Bronx County Building

Bx

Bronx County Building: 10000 sq ft green roof

mcarter@ ssbx.org

Fall 2006

Fordham Bedford 718-367- plogan@f Housing Not yet 3200 bhcnet.org Corporation

B

2668 Decatur Avenue

Bx

Green Roof

Pat Logan

50

B

2241 Webster Avenue

Bx

Green Roof

Patrick Mangan

Fordham Bedford pmangan 718-367Housing @fbhcnet.

3200 Corporation org

Pat Logan

Fordham Bedford 718-367- plogan@f Housing 3200 bhcnet.org Corporation

Pat Logan

Fordham Bedford 718-367- plogan@f Housing 3200 bhcnet.org Corporation

Bx

Bx

Green Roof

Green Roof

planted fall 2006

kshackfor d@boedc. org

49

2285 Davidson Avenue

Monitored?

Owner email address

6/28/2005

Bx

B

B

$57/sf

Peter Gluck & Partners, architects; Green Grid

45

52

6/27/2005

kkearnsjor dan@hot mail.com

Bx

2350 Webster Avenue

runoff

Bronx Prep Charter School

851 Prospect Avenue

B

y

HPD project

B

51

n

Kristin Kearns Jordan, 718294-0841

44

B

Frnelson 718-367@stsimon 1251 school.org

2,500 sq. ft. green roof on newly constructed school building, to be used in school science curriculum as well

8000 square foot intensive green roof on complex for low income grandparents raising grandchildren

48

Owner Phone Number

Owner Name

Contact Info: St. Simon Stock St. Simon Stock RC Elementary School: Extensive (test/research) R.C. Elementary School 2195 Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 3500 sq ft.; Also a Green roof for The Archdiocese Valentine Avenue Bronx, NY, 500 sq. ft. roof as demonstration to Archdiocese for possible use on of New York 10457, Father Nelson A. other buildings Belizario, 718-367-1251

President & Waterproofing Consultant: Timothy M. Barrett, Barrett Company O Carmelite Friar: Father Nelson A Belizario, The Archdiocese of New York Ecological and Horticultural Engineering Consultant: Dr. Paul Mankiewicz, The GAIA Institute Ecological and Horticultural Engineering Consultant: Karen Argenti, The GAIA Institute Graduate Student: Jeanette Compton, Cornell University Roof Contractor: Tony Lado, Bulado Construction Greenroof System: Barrett Company

Costs

2195 Valentine Avenue

To Correct, modify, or add to this document, contact: Franco Montalto: fmontalto@edesigndynamics.com

Installation date

B

Description

Borough

Street Address

Project Type

Reference ID 41

Project Contact Name and Info.

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No

No

No

Green Roof services LLC

6/1/2006

Yes

Could monitor storm water runoff, surface temp., air temp., filtration

OCV Architects

upcoming

Yes (For health only)

Could monitor storm water runoff, surface temp., air temp., filtration

FBHC, Xeroflor, Earth Pledge, OCV (funded

by BIEE)

6/1/2005

Yes

Could monitor storm water runoff, surface temp., air temp., filtration, impact on solar

Xeroflor, OCV, Solar Energy Systems

7/7/2007

Yes

Could monitor storm water runoff, surface Gaia, OCV Architects, Solar Energy Systems temp., air temp., filtration, impact on solar

Key to Project Types: A= Rainwater harvesting and Reuse; B=Green Roof; C=Porous Pavements; D=Green Streets/Tree Pits; E=Other

upcoming

47600

B

56

B

57

B

58

B

433 West End Avenue

The City College of New York 138th Street & Convent Avenue

146 W. 13th Street

Extensive Green Roof (test/research); Single Source Provider; 1% grade Theresa Genovese, Fox & Fowle Architects, 212.

627.1700, TGenovese@foxfowle.com, 22 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 or Beth Krieger, Director of Communications, The Calhoun School, beth.krieger@calhoun.org;

6/27/2005

Steinman Hall, CCNY - Extensive Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 80 sq ft.; 1.5% grade

City College of New York (Educational)

M

West Village Private Residence - Semi-Extensive Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 1200 sq ft; 1% grade

Private (Single Family Residence)

M

City & Country School - Extensive Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 200 sq ft; 1.5% grade

Earth Pledge Foundation Kitchen Garden: Semi-Intensive (test/research) Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 700sq ft; 0% grade; the 3" to 12" of engineered soil mix consists of PermaTill or Stalite, an expanded slate aggregate, sand, and organic components. Herbs, such Earth Pledge Foundation is located at 122 East 38th as mint, basil, tarragon, catmint, thyme, rosemary and sage, and select vegetables like squash, lettuces, tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, and Street, New York, NY 10016; eggplant are grown atop the Earth Pledge greenroof's Rooftop Kitchen 212.725.6611; Fax: Garden. Interplanted flowers of lavender, bee balm, verbena, and 212.725.6774 daylilies add color to the 700 square foot garden. A cold-processed fish waste emulsion is applied monthly, and a drip irrigation system is used during periods of drought.

City & Country School 212242-7802

M

60

B

601 West 57th

M

The Helenda

(212)262-6500

61

B

211 North End Avenue

M

The Verdesian

212-227--0222

62

B

641 6th Avenue

M

3000 sq ft green roof

(212) 477-0287

63

B

Staten Island Ferry Terminal

M

3/4 acre green roof

64

B

42-22 22nd Street, Long Island City

Q

Silvercup Studios: 35000 sq ft green roof

65

B

1306 Queens Plaza South, Long Island City

Q

Gratz Industries: 11000 sq ft green roof

Extensive Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 435 Sq Ft.; 1.5% Grade

Yes

Yes

continuous measurement of runoff, soil moisture temperature, with full service climate station on site as well

City & Country School

Earth Pledge Foundation

Modular Greenroof System: Green Roof Blocks Plant Supplier: Greenroof Plants/Emory Knoll Farms Greenroof System: American Hydrotech Floradrain Drainage: ZinCo Greenroof Plants: Emory Knoll Farms/ Green Roof Plants Growing Media: Laurel Valley Soils Media Installation: River Valley Organics Architect: Lawrence Tobe, Plant Supplier: Green Roof Plants/Emory Knoll Farms Greenroof System: GreenGrid

Greenroof System: American Hydrotech Director & Garden Designer: Leslie Hoffman, Earth Pledge

Sidney Fetner Associates The Albanese Group

6/27/2005

6/27/2005

6/24/2005

2006?

2006?

Cook + Fox Architects

6/28/2005

6/27/2005 718.361.7774

Gratz

(Multi-Family Residential)

Key to Project Types: A= Rainwater harvesting and Reuse; B=Green Roof; C=Porous Pavements; D=Green Streets/Tree Pits; E=Other

Project Designer & Manager: Marie Viljoen, Holly, Wood and Vine, LTD Design Assistant: Natalie Cushman, Holly, Wood and Vine, LTD Senior Designer: Robert Mundell, Holly, Wood and Vine, LTD Plant Supplier: Glover Perennials

Costs

President: Bruce Fowle, Fox & Fowle Architects P.C. Structural Engineer: Anastos Engineering Construction Manager: FJ Sciame Roofing Contractor: Eagle Landscape Contractor: Town and Garden Greenroof System: Roofscapes, Inc.

fmontalto1 @gmail.c om

Monitored?

The Calhoun School

NA

Owner email address

6/28/2005

Owner Phone Number

Modular Greenroof System: GreenGrid

M

149 East 38th Street

18th Street Residence

School of the Future

M

B

B

11/6/2007

Columbia University

Calhoun School Green Roof: Semi-Intensive Green Roof (test/research); 2500 sq ft.; 1.5% Grade, Total Size of “green roof” (including paver area, sedum area and grass area): +/- 2,500 sf; The ‘Turf System’ – “Grass” roof area = 1200 sf; The 6” System-Sedum roof area 200 sf;

59

66

Columbia University

Owner Name

Description

Borough M

Franco Montalto

Installation date

55

127 East 22nd Street

Experimental small scale green roof

Designer/instal ler

B

M

If monitored, what is monitored?

54

Pupin Hall, Columbia University

To Correct, modify, or add to this document, contact: Franco Montalto: fmontalto@edesigndynamics.com

Able to be monitored?

B

Street Address

Project Type

Reference ID 53

Project Contact Name and Info.

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(Commercial) Yellowbird (Commercial)

Plant Supplier: Emory Knoll Farms Design/Build: Mornhurst Gardens

6/27/2005 6/27/2005

Able to be monitored?

69

B

70

B,E

Queens Botanic Gardens

Q

green roof and waterless urinals/composting toilets

71

C

Metrotech Business Improvement District

Bk

Porous surface over structural soil

Ferguson (2005)

72

C

2662 Decatur Avenue (Sullivan Park)

Bx

95% porous children's park

Patrick Mangan

Fordham Bedford pmangan 718-367Housing @fbhcnet.

3200 Corporation org

No

Yes

runoff diverted

OCV Architects, Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation, Gametime

June-August 2002

73

C

2350 Webster Avenue

Bx

Porous safety surfacing for playground

Pat Logan

Fordham Bedford 718-367- plogan@f Housing 3200 bhcnet.org Corporation

No

Yes

runoff diverted

OCV Architects, Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation, Kompan

4/7/2007

74

C

Residential driveway in (Garden City)

LI

1" open-graded crushed stone driveway over sandy aquifer

Ferguson (2005)

75

C

Pier A Park (Hoboken)

NJ

5.1 acre park with porous surfaces including 18 inches of structural soil under lawn areas; 48 inches of structural soil under trees; porous paver walkway

Ferguson (2005)

76

C

Office parking (Medford)

NJ

Parking lot serving historic town center. Travel lane conventional asphalt. Parking stalls open-graded crushed stone

Ferguson (2005)

77

C

Cardinal Ridge, (Medford)

NJ

Community of 77 residential homes with porous (crushed stone) driveways; pervious patio decks; swales treating runoff from conventional street surfaces

Ferguson (2005)

78

C

Annsville Creek Paddlesports Center, (Cortland)

NYS

Ecoloc parking pavement on open-graded aggregate base, on reclaimed brownfield site

Ferguson (2005)

79

80

D

D

Hunt's Point Av and Lafayette Av, SW corner

Hunt's Point Av & Randall Av, SW corner

Bx

Bx

3'-0" excavation, gravel base, inward-pitching sidewalks, 1 trench drain planned for Summer '07

3'-0" excavation, gravel base, inward-pitching sidewalks, 1 trench drain planned for Summer '07

Metrotech BID

No

6/27/2005

Landscape Architect Henry Arnold

~1900

Landscape Architect Henry Arnold Township of Medford, NJ Landscape Architect Carter Van Dyke Hudson Highland State Park

No

DPR/Gree michael.m Beginnin DOT/maintained nstreets: eric@park g Spring

by DPR 718.760.6 s.nyc.gov 2007 849

DPR/Gree michael.m Beginnin DOT/maintained nstreets: eric@park g Spring

by DPR 718.760.6 s.nyc.gov 2007 849

Costs

See John Shepley

Yellowbird - Extensive Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 1400 sq ft; 1.5% grade

68

Installation date

B

Spring Street Green Roof - Extensive Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 5000 sq ft; 1.5% grade

Plant Supplier: Greenroof Plants/Emory Knoll Farms Plant Supplier: Greenroof Plants/Emory Knoll Farms

If monitored, what is monitored?

(Multi-Family Residential)

Monitored?

See John Shepley

Owner email address

Owner Name

Garfield Building - Extensive Green Roof; Single Source Provider; 500 sq ft; 1.5% grade

Owner Phone Number

Project Contact Name and Info.

B

Description

Project Type

67

Borough

Reference ID

Street Address

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Designer/instal ler

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Yes

NY State Park Dept

Yes

soil/water Ph, soil/water salinity, available water/soil saturation, nearby soils as control, total stormwater catchment

DPR Michael Meric / Dragonetti Bros.

Landscaping

10/27/2005

Yes

soil/water Ph, soil/water salinity, available water/soil saturation, nearby soils as control, total stormwater catchment

DPR Michael Meric / Dragonetti Bros.

Landscaping

10/27/2005

Key to Project Types: A= Rainwater harvesting and Reuse; B=Green Roof; C=Porous Pavements; D=Green Streets/Tree Pits; E=Other

$22,500 for porous surfacing - soil, gravel, rubber

Bx

3'-0" excavation, gravel base, inward-pitching sidewalks, 2 trench drains planned for Summer '07

82

D

90 Locations

Bx

Approximately 180 street trees planted

83

D

2620 Briggs Avenue

Bx

85% porous children's park

84

85

D

Amsterdam Av and 110th St, SW corner

M

D

Carmansville Plgd, Amsterdam Av b/w 151st & 152nd Sts, mid-block East side of

M

Yes

visual account of tree's health, measurement of age

FBHC, Dept. of Parks and Recreation

May-00 present

0

Patrick Mangan

Fordham Bedford pmangan 718-367Housing @fbhcnet.

3200 Corporation org

No

Yes

runoff diverted

CCAC Architectural Center, Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation

March-May 2007

$30,000 for porous surfacing - soil, gravel, rubber

Yes

soil/water Ph, soil/water salinity, available water/soil saturation, nearby soils as control, total stormwater catchment

DPR Jeff Keiter / Pizzirusso Bros.

Landscaping

1/7/2006

Yes

soil/water Ph, soil/water salinity, available water/soil saturation, nearby soils as control, total stormwater catchment

DPR Jeff Keiter / Dragonetti Bros.

Landscaping

5/31/2006

DPR/Gree jeff.keiter Beginnin DOT/maintained nstreets: @parks.n g Spring

by DPR 718.760.6 yc.gov 2007 830

2'-6" excavation, gravel base, inward-pitching sidewalks, trench drain to catch catch basin overflow

DPR/Gree jeff.keiter Beginnin DOT/maintained nstreets: @parks.n g Spring

by DPR 718.760.6 yc.gov 2007 830

3'-0" excavation, gravel base with layers of landscape fabric on top & bottom, inlets cut into granite block edging

E

437-39 East 114th Street

M

composting toilet

Hannah Riseley-White

E, A

The Freedom Tower

M

water conservation, rainwater harvesting and reuse

Skyscraper Museum

88

E, A, B, F

89

E, F

90

E, F

91

F

The Helena Goldman Sachs New World Headquarters

M

Randall's Island

M

M

Pleasant Park

Constructed wetland receives runoff from sports fields and roadways

9/5/2006

NYRP Landscape Architect: Balmori Associates, Inc. Design Architects: Cesar Pelli and Associates Greenroof System: American Hydrotech Developer: Russell Albanese

Extensive and intensive green roofs (9400 sq ft; 1.25% grade), Balmori Associates, Inc.: 820 blackwater treatment and reuse, rainwater harvesting and reuse, water Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10014; Tel: 212.431.9191; exchange with adjacent property water conservation and blackwater harvesting and reuse water conservation, water exchange with adjacent property, harvesting of steam and cooling coil condensate

DPR Jeff Keiter / Dragonetti Bros.

Landscaping

Skyscraper Museum Skyscraper Museum Franco Montalto, fmontalto@edesigndynamics. com

Randall's Island Sports Foundation, NYCDPR

N

Y

Key to Project Types: A= Rainwater harvesting and Reuse; B=Green Roof; C=Porous Pavements; D=Green Streets/Tree Pits; E=Other

Louis Berger Group, eDesign Dynamics

6/25/2005

Costs

Yes

Installation date

Fordham Bedford pmangan 718-367Housing @fbhcnet.

3200 Corporation org

86

M

Designer/instal ler

Patrick Mangan

Monitored?

Yes

Owner email address

DPR/Gree jeff.keiter Beginnin DOT/maintained nstreets: @parks.n g Spring

by DPR 718.760.6 yc.gov 2007 830

soil/water Ph, soil/water salinity, available water/soil saturation, nearby soils as control, total stormwater catchment

87

The Solaire

Owner Phone Number

If monitored, what is monitored?

Lafayette Av, Drake St, & Edgewater Rd, SW corner

To Correct, modify, or add to this document, contact: Franco Montalto: fmontalto@edesigndynamics.com

Able to be monitored?

D

Owner Name

Description

Borough

Street Address

Project Type

Reference ID 81

Project Contact Name and Info.

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