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    New Affordable Senior Housing Development Opens in Crotona Park East

    Department of Housing Preservation & Development  •  Affordable Housing  •  Crotona Park East, Bronx

    1490 Southern Boulevard. Image Credit: NYC HPD.

    The building features multiple green spaces for seniors. On September 29, 2021, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced the ribbon cutting of a new 100 percent affordable senior housing development at 1490 Southern Boulevard in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx. The site was previously a vacant lot. (more…)

    Date: 10/05/2021
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    Bronx Affordable Housing Development Enters Final Phase

    Department of Housing Preservation & Development  •  Affordable Housing  •  West Farms, Bronx

    The development team and agency officials break ground on Compass Six in West Farms. Image Credit: NYC HPD

    The new affordable housing development will house 261 low-income and formerly homeless  families. On March 19, 2021, Mayor de Blasio and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced the groundbreaking of a new affordable housing building in the West Farms section of the Bronx. The building, named Compass Six, is located at 1923 West Farms Road. Compass Six is part of the Compass Resident Development, which will consist of eight buildings and be one of the largest-scale affordable housing developments in the area once completed. The groundbreaking of Compass Six marks the beginning of the final phase of development for the Compass Residence project. (more…)

    Date: 04/05/2021
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    Ten-building project approved in Central Bronx

    City Council  •  Rezoning/Special Permits  •  Crotona Park East, Bronx
    Crotona Park East. Image: Courtesy of Dattner Architects.

    Proposed 1,300-unit project near the Bronx River led by Gifford Miller would include a mix of affordable and market-rate apartments. On October 5, 2011, the City Council approved Signature Urban Properties’ proposal to build a ten-building mixed-use project overlooking the Sheridan Expressway and the Bronx River in the Crotona Park East and West Farms sections of the Bronx. To facilitate the approximately 1,300- unit project, Signature submitted multiple applications including a proposal to rezone an eleven-block area generally bounded by Boston Road to the north, Freeman Street to the south, West Farms Road to the east, and Boone Avenue to the west. Signature proposed rezoning the primarily industrial area from M1-1 to R6A, R7A, R7X, and R8X districts with C2-4 commercial overlays.

    Signature proposes to build seven buildings along two blocks of West Farms Road and Boone Avenue between East 173rd and Jennings Streets and divided by East 172nd Street. Signature first plans to develop two buildings on the northern portion of the block bounded by East 172nd and Jennings Streets. The buildings will range in height from three to nine stories along Boone Avenue and from nine to fifteen stories along West Farms Road, and will include 237 residential units and 130 underground parking spaces.

    Five buildings will be developed on the block to the north, which will be divided by a 60-foot wide landscaped open space. To the south, two buildings will range in height from six to thirteen stories and include 288 apartments, ground floor commercial space along Boone Avenue and a central courtyard with a public playground. Signature will provide space for a six-story elementary school in one of the three buildings on the block’s northern portion. If the School Construction Authority elects to build the school, Signature would create a total of 317 apartments in the remaining floor area. The three buildings would include a total of 370 apartments if the SCA does not build the school.  (more…)

    Tags : Bronx River Alliance, Bronx River Greenway, Pratt Center for Community Development, Signature Urban Properties
    Date: 10/15/2011
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    Affordable rental housing OK’d for South Bronx

    City Council  •  Rezoning  •  Crotona Park East,Bronx

    Developer obtained rezoning in order to build 175-unit, mixed-income, affordable housing project. On June 9, 2010, the City Council approved CBC Associates and the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation’s proposal to rezone an entire block in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx from C8-3 to R7- 1/C2-4 to facilitate the development of an eight-story, affordable housing project. The developers will construct the building on a 48,992 sq.ft. lot at 1825 Boston Road between East 176th and East 175th Streets. The City had used the site as a bus and trolley repair facility until CBC Associates purchased the property through a formal RFP process.

    The project will provide 174 rental units that will be available to households earning between 65 and 80 percent of area median income, 29,629 sq.ft. of ground floor retail space, 100 below-grade accessory parking spaces, and a 27-space surface lot for tenants. The developers plan to participate in the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s Multi-Family Performance Program, which offers subsidies to energy-efficient buildings. The $57 million project will receive financing from several public sources, including the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Bronx Borough President’s Office. (more…)

    Tags : CBC Associates, Hugo S. Subotovsky AIA Architects LLC, South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation
    Date: 07/15/2010
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    UPDATED: City to Implement Up to 100 Miles of Safe Streets

    Mayor  •  Open Streets  •  Citywide

    Rhinelander Avenue in Morris Park, Bronx, one of many streets open to pedestrians and cyclists under the Open Streets program. Image Credit: CityLand

    The plan will aim to add 100 miles of open streets, widened sidewalks and protected bike lanes. Note: This article has been updated to continuously reflect the added streets as those announcements are made. Please continue to check back for further updates.

    On April 27, 2020, the Mayor’s Office announced a plan along with Council Speaker Corey Johnson to implement street closures, sidewalk widening, and the addition of bike lanes as part of the City’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The plan aims to close off streets to cars to provide more space for social distancing for pedestrians and cyclists as the weather gets warmer and more people are expected to go outside.  (more…)

    Tags : coronavirus, protected bike lanes, safe streets
    Date: 06/26/2020
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