Frequently Asked Questions
How does this new project align with the previously made commitments for the Hudson Yards development?
This new plan takes into consideration how New Yorkers live in 2024 and how the City’s economy has changed while remaining in full compliance with existing approved uses from the 2009 zoning. The original plan for the Western Rail Yard, which was agreed to by the community, always anticipated and accounted for the fact that markets change and allowed for flexibility.
This next phase for Hudson Yards will maintain or enhance commitments made in the 2009 plan, including a larger community park, affordable housing, a public school, a community facility, and a day care, while establishing an economic engine that provides careers for thousands of New Yorkers. The build alone will generate 35,000 union construction jobs and the world-class resort will provide 5,000 new, permanent union careers – and meaningful benefits for all sectors of the community.
What steps are being taken to ensure the neighborhood is safe?
Wynn and Related will invest their full security resources to ensure the resort, the Hudson Yards complex and the surrounding areas remain safe and secure. Like many of our neighbors, Related already has a significant investment in the area with Hudson Yards. Related and Wynn will essentially be doubling down on that investment with Wynn New York City, therefore we have the same incentive to ensure the surrounding area remains safe. The Wynn Neighborhood Improvement Fund will also help neighborhood and other organizations including the Hudson Yards/Hell’s Kitchen Alliance with incremental neighborhood safety.
How can the community provide input about the project?
Local residents will be able to provide public comments as part of the ULURP process and throughout the Community Advisory Committee Process. For the latest news, specific questions, or further details on Wynn New York City, please contact us here.
What is Hudson Yards West?
Wynn New York City will anchor Hudson Yards West, a once in a generation commitment to provide significant quality of life improvements for the neighborhood and enormous economic opportunity for the entire city. Hudson Yards West will include:
A world class resort that creates 35,000 union construction jobs and 5,000 permanent union careers.
Local community college partnerships for job training and workforce development.
A 5.6 acre public park the size of Bryant Park that provides additional access points to the High Line and Hudson River Park.
A neighborhood-focused traffic, safety and sanitation plan that addresses each community’s needs.
324 affordable apartments to complete the 1,100 total afforded units originally committed.
Significant support for local community organizations.
A new neighborhood public K-8 school.
What is Wynn New York City?
Wynn New York City is a proposed world-class resort to be developed at Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s West Side by Wynn Resorts and Related Companies/Oxford Properties Group. Wynn New York City represents the next phase of Hudson Yards that will create thousands of union construction jobs and permanent union careers, and – through direct tax revenue and ancillary economic benefits – provide significant quality of life improvements for the neighborhood and enormous economic opportunity for the entire city.
Where exactly will Wynn New York City be located in Hudson Yards?
The proposed development is planned for Hudson Yards West, located between 11th and 12th Avenues and 30th and 33rd Streets on the west side of Manhattan, just south of the Javits Center and over the existing Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Western Rail Yards.
Who is behind the development of this project?
Wynn Resorts and Related Companies/Oxford Property Group have formed a joint venture to develop and operate Wynn New York City. This best-in-class partnership brings together top-ranked, respected organizations with the experience, resources, skills and ambition to make this project a transformative success.
Wynn New York City’s gaming floor is 250,000 square feet - larger than Wynn/Encore Las Vegas and any other Las Vegas strip casino. Why is it so big?
Gaming floors in Las Vegas are typically smaller compared to single-market casinos across the U.S. The primary reason is that the Las Vegas Strip features 45 casinos collectively offering more than 1 million square feet of gaming space. Wynn New York City’s gaming floor (250,000 sq. ft.), which makes up 3.6 percent of the entire Hudson Yards West development plan, will be a medium-sized casino by single-market casino standards. The largest casinos in the country, including Mohegan Sun & Foxwoods Casino Resorts in Connecticut, range from 600,000-340,000 square feet.