Community Meeting On Belmont Park Scheduled For Tonight

Empire State Development will be holding a public meeting tonight to discuss the proposed development at Belmont Park, which will see $1 billion of development to create a new home for the Islanders.

The meeting will be held at the Elmont Memorial Library, located at 700 Hempstead Turnpike, from 6 to 8 p.m. The meeting is a follow-up to a pair of meetings that were held in March at the library.

The $1 billion redevelopment project will feature an 18,000-seat arena for the Islanders, a new 435,000-square-foot retail and entertainment complex, a new hotel and other community amenities. The plan was announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in December.

In addition to the arena for the Islanders, the plan calls for 200 to 250-room hotel, as well as 435,000 square feet of retail, recreation and hospitality space. The retail village will be composed of pedestrian boulevards and squares, lined with a collection of stores and boutiques occupied by leading international, regional and local brands.

The proposal also includes nearly six acres of outdoor recreation space and up to 10,000 square feet of community space to be developed in consultation with the local community. A fully developed landscape program throughout the site will serve to integrate the recreation area into the Elmont neighborhood, as well as create a green corridor and bike path buffering the residential areas adjacent to the development.

You can read the full, 32-page plan by clicking here.

Photo: New York Arena Partners/Gov. Cuomo's Office