NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — An old psychiatric hospital in eastern Queens could be the site of one of the city's biggest residential redevelopments.
Over the weekend, hundreds filled the parking lot across from the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village, calling for whatever replaces it to be 100% affordable.
"110 acres of state-owned land is simply an enormous opportunity," said Ben Thomases, who leads the nonprofit Queens Community House.
Thomases, co-chair of Queens Power, said the state-owned site provides an opportunity to develop around 3,000 new income-restricted apartments as well as homes for sale in the midst of a serious housing crisis.
"We're in a housing emergency," he added. "We want the state to use every resource at its disposal to address the housing emergency."
But some in the area are worried that any new developments on the site could be out of scale with the mostly low-rise neighborhood.
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said he's keeping that in mind, but "there's no such thing as a perfect project."
"We're going to have to do some levels of density here," he added. "We're talking about senior housing."
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