Hazel Magoon

Associate, Urban Planner

Urban Planner Hazel Magoon manages a broad range of urban planning and design projects — with a particular focus on making urban parks and other large, complex open spaces more socially and physically resilient. A gifted communicator and consensus-builder, she acts as a linch pin between city agencies, stewardship organizations, multidisciplinary design teams, and environmental stakeholders. Hazel is currently the project manager on the Waterfront Alliance’s resilience study for Coney Island Creek and NYC Parks’ Pelham Bay Park Resilience and Access Study — working with complex agency and non-profit constituencies to protect beloved open spaces from sea level rise. Previously, Hazel was the project manager for NYC Parks’ Hart Island Concept Plan, supported community engagement for the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice’s Climate Strong Communities program, and supported workflows on a broad range of projects for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. Hazel discovered her passions for sustainability, urbanism, and building equitable green spaces in undergraduate classes at the University of Michigan where she majored in urban studies and political science. She has previous experience working in urban planning and small-scale real estate development.

Representative Projects:

Climate Resilience Planning
Coney Island Resilience Study, Brooklyn, NY
Climate Strong Communities, New York, NY
GreenThumb Irrigation Plan & EIS New York, NY
Hart Island Master Plan, Long Island Sound, NY

Park Design
Pelham Bay Park Access and Resilience Study, Bronx, NY
Hart Island Master Plan, Long Island Sound, NY
Southwest Resiliency Park Expansion, Hoboken, NJ
Letchworth State Park Pool Study, Mount Morris, NY
Niagara State Park Pool Study, Niagara Falls, NY

Streets, Public Realm, and Infrastructure
DUMBO and Vinegar Hill Mobility Study, Brooklyn, NY