Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 895 Reverend James A. Polite Avenue in Longwood, The Bronx. Located at the intersection of East 163rd Street, Westchester Avenue, and Reverend James A. Polite Avenue, the lot is near the Intervale Avenue subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Menacham Harfenes of MJH Construction Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 576 Prospect Avenue in Mott Haven, The Bronx. Located at the intersection of Fox Street and Prospect Avenue, the lot is near the East 149th Street subway station, served by the 6 train. Shmili Frenkel is listed as the owner behind the applications.
NYC Parks has completed a $2.8 million reconstruction of Dawson Playground in Longwood, The Bronx. The capital improvement project was funded through the Mayor’s Community Parks Initiative, modernizing the playground with new recreational amenities, accessibility upgrades, landscaping, and infrastructure improvements designed to better serve local families and the surrounding community.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 2351 Lorillard Place, a nine-story residential building in Belmont, The Bronx. Designed by Leandro Nils Dickson Architect and developed by Westbridge Realty Group, the structure yields 90 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 18 units for residents at 40 to 100 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $58,046 to $152,700.
Developers have secured a $214 million financing package for Sol on Park, an affordable housing development at 3728 Park Avenue in Claremont, The Bronx. Designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning and developed through a partnership between NYCHA, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), The NRP Group, Selfhelp Realty Group, and Foxy Management, the structure will deliver 229 permanently affordable apartments for older New Yorkers. The project is located at the northeast corner of Park Avenue and St. Paul’s Place, on New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) Morris Houses campus.
