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Owner: NYC Parks
Completion: 2025
Services Provided: Cost Management, Cost Estimating
East River Park Compost Yard and Educational Building
New York, NY
Ellana served as cost estimator on the East River Park Compost Yard and Educational Building for the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, through the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC).
The new facility, 1,400 SF of enclosed building area and a 700 SF covered outdoor classroom, is sited within a one-acre footprint in East River Park in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, adjacent to the Corlears Hook Ferry Terminal and the new amphitheater.
The Educational Building includes operational bays, push walls, aerated pads, and a trommel screener, as well as public amenities such as restrooms, a demonstration garden, and a flexible outdoor classroom for workshops and school programs.
Ellana’s cost estimates included sitework, stormwater systems, reinforced concrete, metal screens, green roofing materials, concrete aggregate, windows, benches, fencing, and pavers.