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    New East New York Development to Renovate Shelter and Create Affordable Housing

    East New York, Brooklyn  •  Mixed-Use Development

    Rendering of 515 Blake Avenue Project/Image Credit: HPD, HELP USA, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, and City Planning

    The new development proposes services for both residents and the greater East New York community. On October 16, 2019, the City Planning Commission voted to approve a land use application to develop four mixed-use buildings in East New York, Brooklyn. The lot is bounded by Sutter Avenue to the north, Blake Avenue to the south, Snediker Avenue to the west, and Hinsdale Street to the east. To facilitate the new 387,100 square feet development, the applicants would demolish the existing three-story homeless shelter at 515 Blake Avenue. The project will redevelop the shelter and bring affordable housing, community facilities, and retail. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development, HELP USA, a national non-profit focused on providing shelters, Department of Homeless Services, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, and Curtis + Ginsberg Architects are the applicant team.

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    Tags : 515 Blake Avenue, Brooklyn, City Planning Commission, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, East New York, HELP USA, Housing Preservation and Development
    Date:09/25/2019
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Planning Commission Approves New Affordable Housing and New Charter School in The Bronx

    ULURP  •  Melrose, The Bronx

    Rendering of 600 East 156th, designed by Curtis + Ginsberg Architects.

    The City Planning Commission approved the construction of 175 new affordable units and a new charter school in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx. On April 5, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on an application from 600 Associates, LLC, an affiliate of the nonprofit developer Phipps Houses. The applicant proposed changing the zoning of the lot in question from manufacturing to residential, and proposed designating the lot as a Mandatory Housing Inclusionary area. The rezoning and designation would facilitate the construction of a twelve-story mixed-use building containing a charter school and 175 units of affordable housing. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Community Board 1, City Planning Commission, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects
    Date:04/17/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Commissioner Vicki Been on the de Blasio Administration’s Comprehensive Plan for Affordable Housing

    Mark Ginsberg
    Mark Ginsberg

    Mark Ginsberg

    At the CityLaw Breakfast on November 13, 2015 Commissioner Vicki Been outlined the de Blasio Administration’s recent actions and efforts to advance a coherent and far reaching housing policy for New York City, one that provides more affordable housing for low-income and working-class New Yorkers, strengthens neighborhoods, and at the same time protects those residents who are already benefiting from and have a continued need for affordable housing.

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    Tags : Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, Housing New York, Housing Preservation and Development, Mark Ginsberg, Vicki Been
    Date:12/03/2015
    Category : Commentary
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    Central Bronx affordable housing project approved

    UDAAP/Special Permits  •  East Tremont, Bronx

    Three-building project on former railway site will include 141 affordable rental apartments. On April 6, 2011, the City Council approved a proposal by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to allow Phipps Houses to develop a three-building affordable housing project on two vacant through-block lots in the East Tremont section of the Bronx. Phipps will construct an eight-story residential building and a ten-story mixed-use building at 1155 East Tremont Avenue, and a ten-story mixed-use building across the street at 1176 East Tremont Avenue. The project will provide 141 rental units marketed to households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income.

    The City-owned lots were once occupied by the now-defunct elevated New York, Westchester, and Boston Interurban Railway. Remnants of the railway’s train trestle remain on both lots. The surrounding area is characterized by five- to six-story tenement buildings, older multi-unit homes, and vacant lots. The area’s underlying M1-1 zoning prohibits residential uses, which caused HPD in October 2010 to apply to BSA for use variances to facilitate the project. 7 CityLand 169 (Dec. 2010). HPD’s current proposal included a request for a UDAAP designation and special permits to build on a railroad right-of-way. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Community Board 6, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, East Tremont Apartments, Phipps Houses
    Date:04/15/2011
    Category : City Council
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