US EditionElizabeth Street Garden’s Fate Decided In New NYC Housing Plan
- On June 23, 2025, city officials revealed a plan to preserve Elizabeth Street Garden while developing more than 620 affordable housing units at alternative locations throughout Lower Manhattan.
- The agreement followed a long legal battle and community efforts after initial 2019 plans sought to replace the garden with 123 affordable senior housing units.
- The agreement shifts the location of affordable housing to three designated sites in District 1—located on Bowery between 156 and 166, Suffolk Street at number 22, and Gold Street at number 100—while ensuring the garden remains a permanently accessible public green space open daily.
- Mayor Adams stated the plan creates over five times the originally planned affordable housing, while Councilmember Marte called the deal a 'win-win' for saving green space and expanding housing.
- The outcome ends years of dispute, provides more homes in a gentrifying area, and preserves a beloved community garden, though critics decry the cancellation of the senior housing at the original site.
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New York’s Elizabeth Street Garden Saved From Demolition
New York City no longer plans to flatten Manhattan’s Elizabeth Street Garden after years of community resistance to a project that would convert the beloved green space into an affordable housing development. Several legal challenges and a campaign to save the garden had delayed its eviction. Today, June 23, the city announced that it reached a deal with Councilmember Christopher Marte to build approximately 620 affordable housing units at three…
Elizabeth Street Garden will stay open after eviction battle: Mayor
Editor's note: The video above originally aired on Oct. 16, 2024 LITTLE ITALY, Manhattan (PIX11) — The Elizabeth Street Garden is here to stay after a lengthy eviction battle with New York City, Mayor Eric Adams announced. More Local News The new lease on life comes after a 12-year eviction battle so that affordable housing for seniors could be built. An eviction notice was served to the garden last October, which was delayed after advocat…
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