Town of Huntington New York

The Huntington Office of Film & Television plans to "break the mold" of traditional, plain-box warehouse-style film and TV studios. The plan is to incentivize a developer to build an attractive new film and TV production campus in Huntington Station that matches the surrounding architecture, and welcomes the community to enjoy an 11,000 sq. ft. public garden, art installations, a rooftop green garden, a welcome center with an auditorium and an exhibition space available for cultural and community use. 

 

Construction of the public spaces within the campus exceed the $2 million of the DRI Grant Funds that the Office of Film & Television is requesting. However, the requested funds for Huntington Station would be used specifically to incentivize a developer to build a campus that the Huntington Station community will be proud to add as a landmark of their neighborhood. Additionally the campus will create jobs, and attract visitors and tourists so that Huntington Station is no longer a "place to go through and is now a place to go to".

 

The Office of Film & Television has proposed to develop a site adjacent to Huntington train station as a possible location for development of a $100+ million, state-of-the art and environmentally-friendly, 200,000 square foot production facility, including three sound stages, a mill (workshop for set construction), production offices, a welcome center for the public with a screening room, exhibition and reception spaces, as well as two exterior garden/green spaces that are open to the public. The Studios will have direct access from the train station for employees, business clients, and visitors who are tourists and live audience participants.