EDC reissued request for development proposals after community opposed first plan. On October 18, 2006, the New York City Economic Development Corporation reissued a request for proposals for a six-acre lot in East Harlem bounded by East 125th and 127th Streets and Third and Second Avenues after the community opposed the original winning plan.
The six-acre proposed site currently contains an MTA bus storage facility, which the selected developer must move underground, as well as local businesses. The City owns 81 percent of the project site and the EDC is working on the acquisition of the remaining lots through purchases or condemnation. City Planning is currently working on its East 125th Street/River-to-River study, a planning effort aimed at generating a development framework for the entire span of 125th Street between the Harlem and Hudson Rivers. (more…)
Poor soil conditions and site contamination create hardship. The owner of 469 West Street sought to construct a 64-unit, fifteen-story mixed-use development with ground floor retail and an underground 60-space accessory parking garage on the current site of the Superior Ink factory. The proposed development would consist of a three-story base topped with a twelve-story residential tower and a series of five, three-story townhouses fronting Bethune Street. In support of a variance, the owner argued that the L-shaped lot created a narrow depth along Bethune Street which prevented a double-loaded corridor. Also, the owner argued that the site’s poor soil conditions and high water table required an extensive pile foundation system and dewatering measures. Finally, the owner argued that the site’s soil was contaminated due to its prior use as a printing establishment. The original proposal called for a twenty- story curvilinear residential tower with 103 units, set back ten feet from West Street. Manhattan Community Board 2, Council Member Christine Quinn and the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation recommended disapproval of the application. After the Far West Village was rezoned on October 11, 2005, 2 CityLand 147 (Nov. 15, 2005), the applicant modified its application to fifteen stories with a fifteen-foot setback. The applicant also modified the proposal by centering the residential tower along West Street. (more…)
Rendering for 4519 White Plains Road. Image Credit: Office of Governor Kathy Hochul.
The new building will be across the street from another affordable housing development recently approved by the City Planning Commission. On May 25, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the beginning of construction for a new affordable and supportive housing development in the Wakefield section of the Bronx. The Plains will be located at 4519 White Plains Road between East 239th and East 240th Street. The development team consists of the Doe Fund and Robert Sanborn Development. (more…)
Rendering of Bridge Rockaway. Image Credit: HPD.
On May 17, 2022, City and State officials joined the development team of non-profit The Bridge, Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center, and Mega Development for the ground breaking of Bridge Rockaway, a new mixed-use affordable housing development in Brownsville, Brooklyn. (more…)
Mayor Adams reveals examples of renovations made at nine NYCHA developments across Brooklyn. Image Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.
The project was possible through a conversion to a federally funded Project-Based Section 8 program. On May 20, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams joined U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Regional Administrator Alicka Ampry-Samuel, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Chair Greg Russ and NUCHA resident association leaders to announce the completion of renovations and restorations to nine NYCHA developments across Brooklyn. (more…)
