Plaza Design & Construction

As part of his second State of the City Address on January 26, 2023, Mayor Eric Adams built on the Making New York Work for Everyone action plan released the month prior by announcing $375 million in capital funding to create high-quality public spaces and permanent Open Streets in all five boroughs, including the permanent reconstruction of the Flatiron Public Plazas and Worth Square.

The things we love most about the Plazas will now be permanent fixtures where New York meets New York – Broadway, Fifth Avenue & 23rd Street. Permanent fixtures will include table, chairs, shade umbrellas, public art installations, permanent kiosk dining, and iconic Flatiron building views.

The Plazas were first transformed from lanes of traffic into world-class public space in September 2008 and have become town squares where locals, neighborhood employees, and visitors from around the world converge each day. This extraordinary commitment supports the Mayor’s continued focus on New Yorkers’ quality of life by providing clean, accessible, and new public spaces.

We look forward to working with the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), NYC Department of Design & Construction (DDC), and Madison Square Park Conservancy to update the design and scope of the project (21st Street to 27th Street including the Plazas, Worth Square, and NoMad Piazza) this year with shovels in-the-ground soon thereafter.