NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Public Design Commission President Signe Nielsen and Executive Director of the Commission Justin Moore today announced the winners of the Annual Awards for Excellence in Design. Every year, the City’s Design Commission selects and honors public projects across the five boroughs that exemplify how innovative and thoughtful design can provide New Yorkers with the best possible public spaces and services and engender a sense of civic pride.

1. 40th Police Precinct
East 149th
Street and St. Ann’s Avenue, Bronx
Department of Design and Construction, New York Police Department
Bjark Ingels Group
Starr Whitehouse

2. Waterfront Nature Walk by George Trakas
Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant, 329 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn
Department of Cultural Affairs’ Percent for Art Program, Department of Design and Construction,
Department of Environmental Protection
George Trakas
Quennell Rothschild & Partners

3. Van Name Van Pelt Plaza / Richmond Terrace Wetlands
Richmond Terrace between Van Pelt Street and Van Name Street, Staten Island
Department of Parks & Recreation
Department of Transportation
Department of Parks & Recreation In-House Design

4. Luminescence by Nobuho Nagasawa
The Peninsula, Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park, 54th
Avenue, Center Boulevard, 55th
Avenue, and the East River, Queens
Economic Development Corporation, Department of Parks & Recreation
Nobuho Nagasawa
Thomas Balsley Associates
Weiss/Manfredi Architects

5. Dock 72
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, Boston Properties,
Rudin Development, WeWork
S9 Architecture
MPFP

6. The High Line Park Passage and Spur
West 30th Street between 10th
Avenue and 11th
Avenue, Manhattan
Department of Parks & Recreation, Economic Development Corporation, Friends of the High Line
James Corner Field Operations
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Piet Oudolf

7. Snug Harbor Cultural Center Music Hall Addition
1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island
Department of Design & Construction, Department of Parks & Recreation,
Department of Cultural Affairs, Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Studio Joseph
SCAPE / Landscape Architecture

8. SoHo Square
Sixth Avenue between Spring Street and Broome Street, Manhattan
Department of Transportation, Department of Parks & Recreation,
Hudson Square Connection Business Improvement District
Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects

9. Anti-idling Ambulance Pedestals
Citywide
Fire Department of the City of New York
Ignacio Ciocchini
MOVE Systems

10. LinkNYC
Citywide
Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications
CityBridge

11. Parks Without Borders
Citywide
Department of Parks & Recreation

12. Community Parks Initiative
Citywide
Department of Parks & Recreation