Port Jefferson Waterfront Park
QRP was selected to create a plan for the development of Harborfront Park, a five-acre brownfield site on the Village of Port Jefferson’s waterfront. From this study emerged a Harborwalk plan which extended the original five acres to the entire length of Port Jefferson’s waterfront - almost a mile in length.
Harborwalk creates a continuous esplanade that links transient boaters, ferry riders, public and private marinas and access for small boats punctuated by three signature parks. Memorial Park, at the Western end formalizes space dedicated to monuments to War Veterans and those lost in the 9/11 attacks, and creates green space on the water. Mary Bayles Park is reinvented and creates a colorful, shady plaza mid-way along the waterfront. Harborfront Park, the largest of the three, transorms a former brownfield site into rolling topography created from remediated fill, native plantings, a central lawn for concerts, and a deep-water dock for research vessels.
The park highlights the magnificent harbor views, and honors the Village’s prestigious shipbuilding past with the adaptive resue of a historic sail loft building into the new Village Center, and a nautical-themed play area behind the Chandlery building. The Harborwalk behind Danfords Hotel and Marina features an oculus for observation of the tides and connection to Mary Bayles Park. The Coordination involves state and local regulators including the Department of State, DEC, Army Corp of Engineers, plus the cooperation of the Village, the Town of Brookhaven, the American Legion, local business owners, fisherman, the Fire Department and a 60-member community group.
Location
Port Jefferson, NY
Client
Village of Port Jefferson
Role
Landscape Architect
Team
Cashin Associates
