New York University has its eyes on Governors Island as a possible remote campus. Its plans for future growth include enhancement of space it already owns or controls in Greenwich Village and Lower Manhattan, and three potential sites at a greater distance from the Washington Square "core" - the area along First Avenue in the East 20's and 30's around the NYU Medical Center, downtown Brooklyn and Governors Island.
In an outline of expansion requirements and possibilities in the decades ahead, the university estimates it will need roughly six million gross square feet of new space in the next 25 years, and "there is no expectation that all of this can be absorbed in the NYU Core or neighborhood." The outline was presented at an "NYU Plans 2031" open house.
With regard to remote locations it said, "future growth will require looking for opportunities outside the Washington Square area." It pointed out that proximity to the NYU School of Medicine in Manhattan or to Polytechnic University in Brooklyn would "make remote locations more feasible." It added that remote locations "should still be within a reasonable commuting distance - defined as 20 minutes by public transit - from Washington Square.
In an outline of expansion requirements and possibilities in the decades ahead, the university estimates it will need roughly six million gross square feet of new space in the next 25 years, and "there is no expectation that all of this can be absorbed in the NYU Core or neighborhood." The outline was presented at an "NYU Plans 2031" open house.
With regard to remote locations it said, "future growth will require looking for opportunities outside the Washington Square area." It pointed out that proximity to the NYU School of Medicine in Manhattan or to Polytechnic University in Brooklyn would "make remote locations more feasible." It added that remote locations "should still be within a reasonable commuting distance - defined as 20 minutes by public transit - from Washington Square.
Those criteria may rank the Island third among the three locations
mentioned. The university sees it nonetheless as an opportunity to
establish a traditional style campus setting with a large amount of
room for academic and residential uses, "significant open space" for
athletics and, not least, none of the neighborhood hostility it
encounters with every attempt to expand in the Village.
Its tentative thinking involves up to a million square feet in Island buildings, including Building 400 (Liggett Hall), the long Building 12 that stretches along Buttermilk Channel, and possible new construction just south of Yankee Pier.
Factors listed on the downside are the lack of current access by public transportation, the need for "major infrastructure to prepare the site" and, finally, the Island "does not provide an 'in and of the city' experience for students and faculty."
Its tentative thinking involves up to a million square feet in Island buildings, including Building 400 (Liggett Hall), the long Building 12 that stretches along Buttermilk Channel, and possible new construction just south of Yankee Pier.
Factors listed on the downside are the lack of current access by public transportation, the need for "major infrastructure to prepare the site" and, finally, the Island "does not provide an 'in and of the city' experience for students and faculty."