December 2009

On December 16, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced the start of construction on the first phase of a new comprehensive police academy for the New York City Police Department. The 30-acre site is located in the College Point section of Queens and will serve the 50,000-person police department, including police officers, traffic agents, and school safety agents. Eng-Wong, Taub & Associates, as part of a consultant team led by Perkins + Will, provided traffic engineering and planning services for the project’s planning and schematic design phase of the master plan on behalf of the New York City Department of Design and Construction. The project seeks LEED Silver certification.

More information about the new NYPD Police Academy can be found in the following article:

NYPD Police Academy