New York City Council has approved the city’s first Expedited Land Use Review Procedure (ELURP) application for 351 Powers Avenue, an eight-story residential building in Mott Haven, The Bronx. The city-owned site will be developed with 84 affordable homes for low-income New Yorkers, including 30 units for formerly homeless residents. The property is located between East 141st Street and East 143rd Street.
351 Powers Avenue. Via New York City.
The 17,400-square-foot undeveloped lot currently used as a teacher parking area for the adjacent P.S. 65 and Academic Leadership Charter School building. Plans also include 30 replacement teacher parking spaces, a ground-floor workforce development training center, a community theater, and indoor and outdoor resident recreation areas.
351 Powers Avenue. Via New York City.
The development will include more than 6,400 square feet of outdoor green space and is part of a pilot program led by the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice to incorporate the city’s Climate Resiliency Design Guidelines.
The closest subway from 351 Powers Avenue is the 6 train at the Third Avenue–138th Street and Cypress Avenue stations.
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Certain people here would complain even more about helping the poor if the design was better than average.