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    Private Development of City-Owned, Blighted Property to Bring 54 Units of Affordable Housing

    ULURP  •  Melrose, Bronx

    Rendering of proposed new nine-story building at the corner of Brook Avenue and East 156th Street in the Bronx. Image Credit: CPC/Dattner Architects.

    The development seeks to activate the streetscape in the area by removing the existing dangerous condition posed by a long-abandoned railroad trench. On March 27, 2019, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and developer Phipps Houses that will bring 54 units of affordable housing to the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx. The application calls for the disposition of City-owned property, a rezoning, the grant of a special permit and designation of the proposed development site as Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Option 1. The development site is located at the corner of East 156th Street and Brook Avenue, across from Via Verde, a relatively recent environmentally-conscious residential complex, also built by Phipps Houses. (read more…)

    Tags : 156 Brook, affordable housing, City Planning Commission, Disposition of City-owned property, Enterprise Green Community Standards, Housing for the formerly homeless, HPD, HPD ELLA Program, MIH, Phipps Houses, Phipps Neighborhoods, ULURP
    Date:04/18/2019
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Subcommittee Criticizes City’s Lack of Planning at Lambert Houses [UPDATE: City Council Approves with Modifications]

    ULURP  •  West Farms, Bronx
    Lambert Houses

    Lambert Houses. Image Credit: Google Maps.

    UPDATE: On November 29, 2016, the City Council voted 49-0 to approve the Lambert Houses application with modification. The approved application now includes the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing option with deep affordability—half of the apartments will now be affordable for those making 30 percent or less of the average median income. The City has committed $12.3 million for infrastructure improvements in the West Farms area, including the construction of two new schools in the area—adding at least 500 new school seats to the school district. Of the project, City Council Member Ritchie Torres said, “It will offer deeper affordability, significant infrastructure improvements and community upgrades that will benefit all of the residents of the West Farms neighborhood in the Bronx.” (read more…)

    Tags : Adam Weinstein, Chair Richard Donovan, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Ritchie Torres, Lambert Houses, Phipps Houses
    Date:12/02/2016
    Category : City Council
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    Developer Withdraws Proposal Following Public Controversy over Affordable Housing

    Application Withdrawal  •  Sunnyside, Queens
    controversy over affordable housing

    Image Credit: Google Maps

    Phipps Houses withdrew its application for its ten-story, Barnett Avenue development following a lack of community support. On September 20, 2016, Phipps Houses, the oldest and largest not-for-profit developer of affordable housing in New York City, withdrew its Barnett Avenue development proposal—the day before its scheduled public hearing in front of the City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises. Phipps Houses had sought a zoning map change and two zoning text amendments to facilitate the construction of a new mixed-use development in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens. (read more…)

    Tags : City Planning Commission, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Council’s Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee, Department of Homeless Services, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Phipps Houses, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Queens Community Board 2
    Date:10/04/2016
    Category : City Council
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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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    Bronx affordable housing approved by Council

    UDAAP/Rezoning  •  Melrose, Bronx
    Courtlandt Crescent/Melrose Commons. Image: Courtesy of HPD.

    Project will include two connected buildings and more than 200 units of low- and moderate-income housing. The City Council approved the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s proposal to allow Phipps Houses to build a 217-unit affordable housing project in the Melrose section of the Bronx. The two-building development, known as Courtlandt Crescent, will wrap around the northeast portion of a block bounded by East 161st and East 162nd Streets and Melrose and Courtlandt Avenues.

    The project will include 22 studios, 59 one-bedroom apartments, 115 two-bedroom apartments, and 21 three-bedroom apartments. The apartments will be marketed to families earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. Phipps will provide an underground parking garage and space for a 10,000 sq.ft. early childhood center administered by the City’s Administration for Children’s Services. HPD requested that the City replace the site’s R7-2 zoning with R7A and R8/C1-4 districts and amend the height and setback rules of the Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Plan. (read more…)

    Tags : Courtlandt Crescent, Dattner Architects, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Plan, Phipps Houses
    Date:04/15/2011
    Category : City Council
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    Bronx affordable housing project moves forward

    UDAAP/Rezoning  •  Melrose, Bronx
    Courtesy Dattner Architects and Phipps Houses.

    Two-building project would create 217 units of affordable housing. On February 16, 2011, the City Planning Commission approved a proposal by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to allow Phipps Houses to develop a 217-unit mixed-use affordable housing project in the Melrose section of the Bronx. The site comprises ten lots on a block generally bounded by East 163rd Street to the north, East 162nd Street to the south, Melrose Avenue to the east, and Courtlandt Avenue to the west.

    The project, known as Courtlandt Crescent, would include a seven-story building along East 163rd Street and Courtlandt Avenue that would follow the curve of those streets, and a ten-story L-shaped building with frontages along Melrose Avenue and East 162nd Street that would step down to seven stories along East 162nd Street. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Community Board 3, Courtlandt Crescent, Melrose Commons Urban Renewal Plan, Phipps Houses
    Date:03/15/2011
    Category : City Planning Commission
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