Stormwater Low Impact Development Design for Schmul Park on Staten Island
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) identified the 2.5-acre Schmul Park on Staten Island for redevelopment into a state-of- the-art neighborhood recreational park, part of the overall redevelopment of the Fresh Kills Landfill as a 21st Century recreational resource for the citizens of New York. DPR, through their lead Master Planning firm, Field Operations, Inc., retained Geosyntec to design Schmul Park with an eye towards innovative, forward-thinking low impact development (LID) designs to minimize stormwater impacts to the surrounding environment. The plan is to convert the current aging asphalt-dominated park into a new playground including a spray park, porous handball and basketball courts, porous walkways, a rain garden, and new open green spaces.
