Process begins for affordable housing development at Stapleton waterfront site Updated Dec 19, 2020; Posted Dec 19, 2020 An aerial shot shows the Stapleton waterfront that will be part of the Bay Street Corridor neighborhood plan. (Courtesy of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City officials began Friday to solicit proposals for an affordable housing development coming to Stapleton’s shorefront. Proposals to the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) for the 108,000-square-foot, city-owned site, which is part of the 35-acre decommissioned Navy base along Front Street, will need to include plans for 100% affordable housing, and be part of the Bay Street Corridor neighborhood plan.