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A new Department of Sanitation (DSNY) facility on Staten Island opened this week, paving the way for hundreds of new affordable homes. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday announced<\/a> the opening of two new DSNY garages on a 13.55-acre site at Fresh Kills, once New York City\u2019s largest garbage dump. The $230 million project replaces the old Jersey Street garage on the borough\u2019s North Shore, which will be demolished and replaced<\/a> with a mixed-use affordable housing complex featuring 232 homes, a grocery store, amenities, and open space.<\/p>\n Located at 1000 West Service Road, the new sanitation complex features a two-story, 140,000-square-foot maintenance and operations garage with personnel offices and muster areas, lunch facilities, locker rooms, and other staff amenities.<\/p>\n The complex also includes a fueling station, a salt shed with a 4-million-pound capacity, upgraded household special waste and recycling drop-off facilities, expanded parking, and major infrastructure upgrades, including sanitary sewer force mains and stormwater systems.<\/p>\n The city says the new facility will improve trash collection, street cleaning, emergency snow response, and day-to-day operations across the borough. Relocating the operations will also substantially reduce heavy truck traffic on the North Shore, improving pedestrian safety and reducing noise.<\/p>\n In 2019, the project received an Award for Excellence in Design from the city\u2019s Public Design Commission. The Department of Design and Construction (DDC) worked with designer Andrea Steel Architecture, contractors Perfetto Contracting Co. Inc. and Prismatic Development Corp., and project partners NORESCO, Tectonic Engineering, and Gilbane Building Company.<\/p>\n The new garage will also feature a plaque honoring former DSNY worker Vincent Guglielmino, who died of a heart attack in 2004 while traveling from work to a DSNY clinic in Lower Manhattan for medical care. His death helped spark changes that bolstered benefits for survivors of deceased DSNY workers, according to a press release.<\/p>\n Once the city\u2019s largest garbage dump, the Fresh Kills facility closed in 2001 after 50 years of operation, briefly reopening following 9\/11 so investigators could search through the rubble to identify human remains, according to Gothamist<\/a>.<\/p>\n The site was initially identified as a development site in the 2019 Bay Street Rezoning and later became part of former Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 North Shore Action Plan<\/a>, which targeted 20 acres along Staten Island\u2019s northern shore for development with continuous open space, 2,400 homes and new commercial spaces.<\/p>\n \u201cThey say one man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure, and in this case this award-winning DSNY garage is a treasure all on its own,\u201d DDC Commissioner Paul A. Ochoa said. \u201cNew York\u2019s Strongest deserve top-notch facilities, and we are proud to deliver a modern garage complex that supports the essential services they provide to the City.\u201d <\/p>\n The former site at 539 Jersey Street will become Hillside Grove<\/a>, a mixed-use affordable housing complex developed by a joint team of Volunteers of America\u2013Greater New York, Spatial Equity Co., and Nehemiah HDFC.<\/p>\n Purpose by Design Architects<\/a>, a Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M\/WBE) design collaborative, will design the project with a focus on creating healthy, sustainable, and inclusive spaces, as 6sqft previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 232 homes will be spread across three buildings: a 90-unit senior building for households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI); a 105-unit multifamily rental building for households earning up to 80 percent of AMI; and a homeownership co-op with about 37 affordable homes available for purchase by moderate-income households.<\/p>\n Hillside Grove\u2019s design entails four- and five-story buildings centered on concepts of health and wellness, aging in place, universal and inclusive design, active design, zero waste, and trauma-informed design.<\/p>\n The development team envisions the complex as an \u201curban sanctuary\u201d designed to foster community and well-being, drawing inspiration from the area\u2019s sloping terrain, historic architecture, and lush tree canopy while preserving the \u201csmall-town character\u201d of Tompkinsville, according to the\u00a0architect\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n It will also incorporate numerous sustainable design features and pursue Passive House certification through the use of a geothermal energy system, indoor gardens, and rooftop solar panels.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/New-Staten-Island-DSNY-Facility-Exterior-2-1040x694.jpg\")
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