What's Being Built in JFK & Southeast Queens? A $9.5 Billion Terminal Running Late, $2.8 Billion for Flooding & 2,022 Homes at Creedmoor
Hush Street tracks what's changing at JFK and in Southeast Queens: New Terminal One and Terminal 6, the airport's new roadways, $2.8 billion for storm sewers, Con Edison's new substations, the 2,022-home Creedmoor plan, airport hotels and a new Roy Wilkins recreation center.
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Projects Tracked
$19B
Port Authority JFK Program
$2.8B
Southeast Queens Storm Sewer Program
2,022
Homes Approved at Creedmoor
Oct. 2026
Updated
Watch →New Terminal One Opening Slipped to 2027Creedmoor Developer Not Yet Named
By Hush Street Editorial
What’s Changing
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NYC Parks filed plans for a new Roy Wilkins Recreation Center.Oct. 2026
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DOB issued a new-building permit for a Con Edison substation on Brinkerhoff Avenue.Oct. 2026
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New Terminal One's opening slipped to early 2027, The Points Guy reported.Sep. 2026
Hush Street is tracking what’s being built at JFK Airport and in Southeast Queens, from South Jamaica and St. Albans to Laurelton, Rosedale, Queens Village and Bellerose.
Southeast Queens is defined less by towers than by infrastructure. The Port Authority’s $19 billion rebuild of JFK, more than $15 billion of it privately financed, is the borough’s largest construction program, and its centerpiece, the $9.5 billion New Terminal One, is now expected to open in 2027 after missing a 2026 target. In the neighborhoods, the city’s long-running effort to end chronic flooding has grown to about 44 projects worth $2.8 billion, and Con Edison is building a $1.2 billion pair of substations to serve the area and the airport.
The biggest housing story is the state’s approved plan for 2,022 homes on vacant land at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in Bellerose. Elsewhere, private building is concentrated in airport hotels on 135th Avenue and a few mid-rise filings.
Where DOB records and press reports disagree on figures, both are given. A permit is not treated as proof that construction has started.
Developer/ApplicantThe New Terminal One (private consortium) under a Port Authority lease
ProjectA $9.5 billion, 2.6-million-square-foot international terminal with 23 gates when complete, replacing Terminal 1 and the former Terminals 2 and 3 (Port Authority).
StatusUnder Construction
Latest UpdateThe Port Authority’s project page says the first phase is expected to open in 2027. Terminal officials told The Points Guy in September 2026 that the opening had slipped to early 2027 from 2026, and Air France announced it will move in.
Running Late
The Port Authority said in December 2025 that the first gates were set to open in 2026. The Port Authority counts 14 gates in the first phase; The Points Guy reported 13 plus a temporary gate.
Developer/ApplicantJFK Millennium Partners (Vantage Group, American Triple I, RXR and JetBlue) under a Port Authority lease
ProjectA $4.2 billion, 1.2-million-square-foot terminal with 10 gates, connected to JetBlue’s Terminal 5 (Port Authority).
StatusUnder Construction
Latest UpdateThe Port Authority’s project page still says the first five gates open in 2026, with full completion in 2028. No opening date had been announced as of late October 2026.
Airlines Signing On
TAP Air Portugal and Air India announced in 2026 that they will move to the terminal; Terminal 7 keeps operating until the second phase begins.
Developer/ApplicantPort Authority of New York and New Jersey; Skanska Halmar JFK Joint Venture with Parsons
ProjectA $1.24 billion design-build contract for a redesigned roadway network and a Ground Transportation Center with 1,950 parking spaces, EV charging and a 400-foot covered pedestrian bridge (Port Authority).
StatusUnder Construction
Latest UpdateThe Port Authority reported the roadway network about 70 percent complete in December 2025, with more sections opening in 2026 and the contract finishing in 2027.
Routes Keep Changing
The contract is part of the Port Authority’s $3.9 billion public share of the JFK program.
Developer/ApplicantAmerican Airlines and British Airways, with ASUR and Phoenix Infrastructure Group; Port Authority
ProjectThe completed expansion of American Airlines’ terminal, about $400 million for five widebody gates in 2022, followed by a $125 million shopping and dining program (Port Authority).
StatusCompleted
Latest UpdateThe Port Authority, American Airlines and ASUR celebrated completion of the terminal’s transformation on April 21, 2026, the first terminal of the JFK program to be fully finished.
The First Terminal Finished
British Airways moved in after the gate expansion opened in late 2022.
Developer/ApplicantRealterm with Worldwide Flight Services; Port Authority
ProjectA $270 million, 350,000-square-foot consolidated cargo center on 26 acres, the first new cargo building at JFK in 25 years (Port Authority, via Realterm).
StatusCompleted
Latest UpdateThe center opened on April 24, 2025, as the first step in redeveloping JFK’s north cargo area.
Rebuilding the Cargo Area
The Port Authority described it as the start of a wider north cargo area redevelopment.
Billions for sewers in neighborhoods that flood, and new substations for the area and the airport.
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Southeast Queens Storm Sewer Program
Southeast Queens, via Google Maps. —
Imagery: Google Maps
Address/LocationSoutheast Queens, South Jamaica, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Rosedale, Laurelton, Queens Village and Hollis
Developer/ApplicantNYC Department of Environmental Protection, with the Department of Design and Construction
ProjectA program of about 44 storm sewer, water main and drainage projects to end chronic flooding in Southeast Queens, put at $2.8 billion in DDC’s January 2026 update. The program started at $1.5 billion and has grown over time, according to a 2025 City Council hearing.
StatusUnder Construction
Latest UpdateDDC listed four major contracts in construction in January 2026, in Rosedale, Queens Village, Idlewild Park and a set of priority grids, all due to finish between fall and the end of 2026, with more design starts in fall 2026.
Fixing Flooding Street by Street
Projects in design include a St. Albans ‘cloudburst’ demonstration and the Bergen Basin sewer in the next cards.
ProjectA $95 million storm sewer outlet at Idlewild Park and Rockaway Boulevard, the largest contract in construction in the Southeast Queens program (DDC).
StatusUnder Construction
Latest UpdateDDC listed it as in construction since spring 2024, with completion targeted for the end of 2026.
A New Outlet for Stormwater
It is part of the wider storm sewer program in the previous card.
ProjectA $1.2 billion project for two new indoor substations and a new Springfield electric network serving Southeast Queens, JFK and MTA electric buses (Con Edison).
StatusUnder Construction
Latest UpdateCon Edison broke ground in October 2024 (QNS) and targets completion in summer 2028. Separately, DOB issued a new-building permit on Oct. 1, 2026 for a two-story Con Edison substation at 179-25 Brinkerhoff Avenue nearby; neither Con Edison nor DOB says whether it is part of this project.
Power for Electric Buses and the Airport
Con Edison’s dates vary slightly by document, from summer 2028 to the first half of 2028.
Sources: Con Edison; QNS (Oct. 2024); NYC DOB NOW job Q01214301-I1 (Oct. 2026)
Housing, Hotels & Parks
A state plan for 2,022 homes, airport hotels, a few apartment filings and a new recreation center.
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Creedmoor Redevelopment
The Creedmoor campus in Bellerose, via Google Maps. —
Imagery: Google Maps
Developer/ApplicantEmpire State Development and NYS Homes and Community Renewal; Phase One developer to be selected
Project2,022 homes on 46.5 acres of vacant state land, including more than 950 affordable rentals and more than 1,000 homes for ownership, plus more than 10 acres of open space, a public school, senior centers, childcare and retail (Governor’s Office).
StatusApproved
Latest UpdateThe state’s Public Authorities Control Board approved the plan in November 2025, and the state issued a request for proposals for the first phase on Dec. 4, 2025. No developer had been announced as of this check.
Cut From 2,800 Homes
A 2023 master plan proposed about 2,800 homes; the approved plan was reduced to 2,022. As a state project, it went through a General Project Plan rather than city land-use review.
Developer/ApplicantJFK Hotel Partners LLC (143-16 and 144-06) and McSam Hotel Group (143-02); Gene Kaufman Architect
ProjectThree 14-story hotels near JFK. Commercial Observer reported 351 rooms at 143-02; DOB’s filings for 143-16 and 144-06 list 377 and 260 units, likely rooms.
StatusUnder Construction
Latest UpdateDOB inspectors recorded façade work on an active 14-story building at 143-16 in July 2026 and issued an open construction violation on Aug. 28. 143-02 had reached roof level by September 2025.
Rooms by the Airport
McSam’s hotel at 143-02 took a $48 million construction loan from Webster Bank, Commercial Observer reported in June 2025.
Sources: Commercial Observer (June 2025); NYC DOB NOW jobs Q00487394-I1 and Q00487705-I1, BIS job 421133730 and ECB records (Aug. 2026)
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220-28 Jamaica Avenue
220-28 Jamaica Avenue, via Google Street View. —
Imagery: Google Street View
Developer/ApplicantFull Gospel Mission Church of God in Christ and SBR Equities (ZAP applicants); Nikolai Katz Architect
ProjectTwo five-story buildings with 56 and 58 apartments (DOB), following a church-led rezoning approved in 2024 that described one eight-story, 125-unit building (ZAP).
StatusFiled (Plan Review)
Latest UpdateThe developers filed both buildings with DOB in July and August 2025; both applications were still in objections in October 2026.
A Church Builds Housing
The rezoning included mandatory inclusionary housing; the affordable share has not been stated.
Sources: NYC Planning ZAP 2021Q0283; NYC DOB NOW jobs Q01246536-I1 and Q01270242-I1 (accessed Oct. 2026)
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Roy Wilkins Recreation Center
Roy Wilkins Recreation Center, via Google Street View. —
Imagery: Google Street View
Developer/ApplicantNYC Parks with the Department of Design and Construction; Beyer Blinder Belle
ProjectA new two-story recreation center in Roy Wilkins Park with a gym, walking path, fitness rooms, classrooms and a pool viewing gallery (Queens Chronicle). DDC lists 55,000 square feet, the Queens Chronicle 67,000 and the DOB filing 68,090.
StatusFiled (Plan Review)
Latest UpdateNYC Parks filed the new-building application with DOB on Oct. 21, 2026. DDC told Community Board 12 in April that construction would start in the fall and finish in 2029, the Queens Chronicle reported.
ProjectAccessibility upgrades with a new street-to-platform elevator, a rebuilt underpass, new sidewalks, Help Points and lighting (MTA), part of a three-station package with Laurelton and Locust Manor.
StatusCompleted
Latest UpdateThe MTA unveiled the finished upgrades on Nov. 13, 2025.
Opening dates for New Terminal One and Terminal 6, the end-of-2026 finish of four storm sewer contracts, a developer for Creedmoor’s first phase, permits for 220-28 Jamaica Avenue and the Sutphin Boulevard buildings, and the start of construction at Roy Wilkins Park are next.
Hush Street also tracks Downtown Jamaica, including the MTA’s electric bus depot.
Header photo: JFK Airport and Southeast Queens from the air, 2013, by Joe Mabel, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
