The South Bronx continues to boom with new affordable and supportive housing projects. Non-profit Services for the Underserved hopes to build a seven-story apartment building at 1434 Undercliff Avenue, in the Highbridge section of the Bronx.
Back in June of 2015, YIMBY revealed initial renderings of the 52-story, 141-unit residential tower planned at 281 Fifth Avenue, located at the corner of East 30th Street in NoMad. Although the latest filings still describe the same building, Curbed NY now has a new partial rendering depicting the façade of a 55-story, 130-unit tower on the corner site. The latest diagrams indicate the the 266,963-square-foot tower will rise 728 feet above street level. It will contain 7,927 square feet of retail space across the cellar, ground, and second floors, followed by residential amenities on the third through seventh floors. The residential units above will be condominiums, averaging 1,611 square feet apiece.
Shimon Kaufman, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 836 Monroe Street, in Ocean Hill, located two blocks from the Gates Avenue stop on the J/Z train. The structure will measure 6,749 square feet and its residential units should average 714 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. There will be two units each floor on the ground and second levels, followed by two units spanning across the third floor and a mezzanine level, and a single unit on the fourth floor. Boaz Golani’s Brooklyn-based BMG Design Build is the architect of record. An existing three-story townhouse must first be demolished.
Bronx-based property owner Himat Singh has filed applications for two four-story, eight-unit residential buildings at 643-647 Sheffield Avenue, in the New Lots section of East New York, located three blocks south of the Pennsylvania Av station on the 4 train. Each building will measure 7,571 square feet, and, across both buildings, the residential units should average 749 square feet apiece. Amenities include private storage space and a laundry in the cellar. Pirooz Soltanizadeh’s Jamaica-based Royal Engineering is the applicant of record. The 60-foot-wide lot is currently occupied by a two-and-a-half-story wood-frame house. Demolition permits were filed for it last October.
Brooklyn-based property owner Yong Lin has filed applications for a four-story, six-unit mixed-use building at 2173 65th Street, in Mapleton, located three blocks from the Bay Parkway stop on the N train. The structure will measure 4,417 square feet, and will include an 871-square-foot retail space on the ground floor. The residential units above should average a rental-sized 591 square feet apiece, and amenities will include a laundry located in the cellar. Benjamin B. Lam’s Queens-based Lam & Lam Engineering is the applicant of record. The 24-foot-wide, 2,400-square-foot lot is currently vacant. The site’s predecessor, a two-story house, was demolished back in 2006.
