Ideas requested for redoing Willets Point

Changes are afoot for a dingy slice of Queens. The city’s Economic Development Corporation last week issued a target request for proposals for the redevelopment of the 48-acre cluster of junkyards in Willets Point just east of Shea Stadium. The 12-block area is the largest single stretch of garages and junkyards in New York. Responses to the proposal requests are due May 5. more [NYDN]