Affordable vs. appropriate: Debate rages on over Creedmoor Master Plan featuring thousands of new housing units

By Gabriele Holtermann

Posted on July 22, 2024

Debate over the Creedmoor Community Master Plan tp create more than 2,700 housing units on the psychiatric hospital’s vast campus in eastern Queens continued during the Empire State Development (ESD) virtual public scoping meeting on July 18.

Numerous residents and activists pushed for the plan’s approval because it would create more than 1,200 new affordable housing units in a borough desperate for them. Others, however, believe the plan is inappropriate both in scale and community character.