Exterior work is progressing on 3966 Tenth Avenue, a four-story homeless shelter in Inwood, Manhattan. Designed by Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects and developed by Lilia Marini-Calves of the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) and Inwood Housing Development Corporation, the 44-foot-tall structure will yield 12 units with an average scope of 360 square feet, as well as a 30,000-square-foot community facility and a rear yard. The property is located at the intersection of Tenth Avenue and West 212th Street.
Recent photographs show façade work taking place on the topped-out superstructure behind a network of scaffolding and black netting. A layer of yellow insulation is being applied across the eastern and northern elevations, while the southern lot line wall is left blank. Some windows have already been installed, and crews are beginning to lay the beige brick façade on the lower levels.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The property was formerly occupied by a one-story auto repair shop, shown in the following Google Street View image before its demolition. The site also once served as a cemetery for African slaves and as a Native American ritual site.
Image via Google Maps
No finalized renderings have been revealed for 3966 Tenth Avenue apart for the following rudimentary diagram posted on the construction board. This drawing shows the ground floor clad in brick, followed by what looks to be EIFS on the three stories above. The fenestration will be made up of a grid of recessed windows with dark frames and mullions. A mechanical bulkhead caps the flat roof parapet along the eastern edge of the structure, and the main entrance appears to be tucked under the northeastern corner with an adjacent bench by the doorway.
Photo by Michael Young
The nearest subways from the site are the 1 train at the 215th Street station to the north and the A train at the Inwood-207th Street station to the west.
3966 Tenth Avenue’s anticipated completion date is slated for March 2025, as noted on site.
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Dear a school? What the heck are you people thinking?
“Dear a school”?..Proof Reading is a lost heart
Hehehe
They will not feel alone anymore, so there is more like this: Thanks.
Twelve whole units!
This shelter will bring more crime to the neighborhood just like all the others
The city does not frisk for drugs
So the drug dealers will follow
They have to have a curfew also
great planning
put a homeless shelter next to a school!
Bad idea why would they put a shelter near by a school. A lot of people who are ins helper battles with alcoholism and mental health.
NEAR A SCHOOL? REALLY ERIC ADAMS YOUR DESTROYING NYC…PLEASE RESIGN.
Live in this area all my life and how can they let this people build a homeless shelter next to a school? Unacceptable
A shelter near the school?! I hope is a women’s and childrens shelter only , because if they are building a shelter for sex offenders ,thieves and delinquents
Our kids are in more danger , this is unacceptable
From prior CB meetings: The capacity is 120 beds. (12 is a typo.) For single men, general population. Dorms of 4, 6 or 8 to a room. 67 staff, 32 of which are residential advisors. Intake would be at main intake down on 30th St. If assigned to this shelter, it becomes their temporary home until they move out of the system. Shelter does NOT close during the day. Men have a locker, bed, their own decor, etc. and are not turned out on the street in the morning. The facility will have a courtyard like others to allow for fresh air without leaving, if they desire. BRC bought the property and will own the building. State regulates, city gives contract, BRC operates. Will have a community liaison. Community advisory council will be formed when project is closer to opening.
If the men are not forced to leave during the day and have somewhere to store their belongings they are less likely to be hanging out on the streets. Please don’t assume that all men without shelter are criminals. I befirended several men who used to sit in the subway station most of the day – they were kind and gentle men. They just wanted a dignified way of life. Also, studies on the “housing first” model show it is far more effective that shelters that impose a lot of rules, such as curfews.
Why is having a shelter “near” a school ( I beleive the nearest school is all the way up the stairs) a bad idea? In a densley populted city, I imgine it would be hard to find space that is not near a school. Many of those students walk from their homes or the subway station and are already encountering all types of people on the way in less supervised situations. Seeing a well manages shelter might build empathy and take a bit of stigma away from the issue.
It’s a shame this shelter was built on the site of the cemetery for the souls enslaved by the Dyckman family. A proper memorial on the site should have been considered. Perhaps their remains, now in the custody of the Museum of Natural History, could have been returned to Inwood.