Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is an internationally renowned research institution located on Long Island’s North Shore. The laboratory campus, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, incorporates high-level scientific research facilities and residential buildings in a rural, campus-like setting. 

BFJ Planning prepared a Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for proposed future projects, as well as site-specific plans for a childcare center. The GEIS included detailed technical analyses of environmental, socioeconomic, and fiscal impacts; a historical overview of the Laboratory’s development; its relationship with the Village; and the scientific purpose of the proposed future projects. As Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory continued to expand their facilities, they retained BFJ to bring a proposed 180,000 sf development project through the required State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) process, including scoping, preparation of the Draft and Final EISs, Findings Statement, and related documents and approvals. The EIS addressed all potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed expansion, which included housing for students and visitors, six research laboratories, archive and library buildings, and permanent graduate school offices.