Foxhurst

1082 Hall Place

Permits Filed for 1082 Hall Place, Foxhurst, Bronx

New building applications have been filed for 1082 Hall Place, in the Bronx’s Foxhurst neighborhood, for a lot with two existing structures. Presumably, the low-slung warehouse/garage will be demolished to make way for a new four-story and eight-unit residential structure, totaling 5,909 square feet. Victor Suben of Royal Engineering, P.C. is listed as the architect, and Urbana Sanchez, of 1082 Hall Place Realty, Inc., is developing.


961 Westchester Avenue

Permits Filed for 961 Westchester Avenue, Foxhurst, Bronx

One block northeast of the Intervale Avenue stop on the 2 and 5 trains, new building applications have been filed for a mixed-use structure at 961 Westchester Avenue, in the Bronx’s Foxhurst neighborhood. The building will have a total construction area of just over 35,000 square feet, with 4,937 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor, 6,613 square feet of community facility space on the second floor, and 22,078 square feet of residential space on floors three through seven. The project’s 24 units will average about 910 square feet apiece, possibly indicating condominiums. Panos Vikatos is the site’s architect, and Tony Roussos of Westchester Ave LLA LLC is the developer.




1017 Home Street, image via Google Maps

Senior Housing Set to Replace Abandoned South Bronx Church at 1017 Home Street

On a cold January day in 2009, a pipe burst and flooded the boiler of the Home Street Presbyterian Church, in the Foxhurst section of the Bronx. A small electrical fire destroyed the boiler for good, and the company that insured the church failed during the Great Recession. Facing a winter without heat and lacking the funds to repair the boiler, the congregation scattered to other churches in the South Bronx, and the little chapel on Home Street was abandoned. Now, the 1910 structure will be demolished to make way for affordable senior housing.

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