Developers and elected officials recently joined to celebrate the completion of Peninsula 1B, the first affordable housing building in The Peninsula complex at 720 Tiffany Street in Hunts Point, The Bronx. The building comprises 183 income-restricted units and a modest collection of amenities.
The complex is a conversion of the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center, also known as the Bridges Juvenile Center, which was shuttered by the city in March 2011 after reports of inhumane conditions and unethical treatment of children. In 2018, the city announced its plans to redevelop the building and the surrounding five acres into a mixed-use, affordable housing campus that will eventually support 740 affordable units, publicly accessible outdoor space, a wellness facility, a childcare center, and a supermarket.
In addition to city agencies, The Peninsula development team includes Gilbane Development Company, Hudson Companies, and Mutual Housing Association of New York. The entire campus is designed by WXY Architecture + Urban Design and Body Lawson Associates Architects & Planners.
“Peninsula 1B is a groundbreaking development on two significant levels: it revitalizes and repurposes existing infrastructure in a sustainable manner and also creates new affordable housing units, which are in desperately short supply across the five boroughs,” said Edward Broderick, president and CEO of Gilbane Development Company. “As New Yorkers continue to deal with an emergency-level affordability crisis and mounting inflation, projects like this one are more vital than ever before.”
The Peninsula, rendering by WXY Architecture + Urban Design
The Peninsula, rendering by WXY Architecture + Urban Design
The Peninsula, rendering by WXY Architecture + Urban Design
Available apartments at Peninsula 1B include 18 units reserved for formerly homeless individuals and households. The remainder are designated for households earning between 30 and 80 percent area median income (AMI).
Amenity spaces include an indoor community room with a kitchenette, bike storage, a children’s playroom, a laundry room, a fitness center, and an outdoor terrace with seating.
“Hunts Point in the Bronx is bringing the future of 100-percent affordability in the design of a new approach to live-work neighborhoods,” said architect Claire Weisz, FAIA, founding principal of WXY Architecture + Urban Design. “The Peninsula is innovative in its unified approach to saving energy, waste, and water through its urban plan, which connects the community through the quality of its public spaces and architecture.”
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This is an excellent project but any info on phase 2? A lot of these big projects in the Bronx get approved but years pass without movement. Looking at La Central phase 2 as another example.
I been waiting for this to be announced…
I need a one or two bedrooms …really need to move from where we live now..we at a 4th floor..no elevators and have artritis and back problems…honestly really need an application please!!!
Would like an application
I can see myself in that community. I would love to apply. Where can I find an application Please.