The Bronx’s Lambert Houses may be replaced with 1,665 affordable housing units
one moment please...Lambert Houses Development Co, East 179th Street, Bronx, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseGoogle Earth view of the current Lambert Houses When it comes to the Mayor’s affordable...
View ArticleArthur Avenue in the Bronx named ‘Great Street of America’
Mike’s Deli in Arthur Avenue Retail Market. Photo: Bronx Borough President Office If you’ve slurped oysters outside a seafood market, taken a bite of burrata or savored cannoli on Arthur Avenue in the...
View ArticleLottery opens for new Crotona Park East affordable development, units from...
Rendering of 1776 Boston Road via DPGroup (L); Google Street View of the site in June 2016 Almost exactly two years ago to the date, High Hawk LLC broke ground on a new 72-unit, mixed-income affordable...
View ArticleTrump’s Wollman Ice Rink and Bronx golf course were more personal gain than...
Though few would deny that Donald Trump enjoys placing himself in the spotlight, WNYC reports that the Republican presidential nominee has a history of claiming to save the day on public projects when...
View ArticleBronx officials tell Tim Cook the borough is ‘ripe’ for an Apple Store
With one location each in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island and seven in Manhattan alone, Bronx leaders are urging Apple CEO Tim Cook to consider their borough for a potential retail store. “An Apple...
View ArticleFormer juvenile jail in Hunts Point will be replaced with $300M mixed-use...
Rendering courtesy of WXY Architecture + Urban Design The Spofford Juvenile Detention Center (later renamed Bridges Juvenile Center) was built in 1957 in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, quickly...
View Article$600M overhaul at the Lambert Houses underway to bring 1,665 affordable...
When it comes to affordable housing, the Bronx is booming. 6sqft previously reported that proposals were being heard to bring 1,665 affordable apartments to the site of the Bronx Zoo-bordering Lambert...
View ArticleNew York Botanical Garden breaks ground on new $28M ‘Edible Academy’ complex
An overhead rendering of the Edible Academy complex. Image: Cooper Robertson The New York Botanical Garden’s Edible Academy—an agricultural education platform providing hands-on activities and...
View ArticleLive a block from the Bronx Zoo for $1,348/month, lottery opening for nine...
As of tomorrow, nine brand new units in the Belmont section of the Bronx will become available through the city’s affordable housing lottery. Located just a block from the Bronx Zoo and within walking...
View ArticleState seeks proposals for massive development above South Bronx rail yard tracks
As the city’s land costs rise, interest has been focused on the South Bronx, including the potential for a huge waterfront development above the MTA’s Concourse Yards, as 6sqft previously reported....
View Article114 affordable units at the Bronx’s new Compass Residences complex up for...
When the West Farms Redevelopment Plan came to fruition in 2011, it was the largest private rezoning ever in the Bronx. The 17-acre, 11-block site in Crotona Park East was a former industrial area...
View ArticleApply for 59 affordable apartments throughout the South Bronx, starting at...
Photograph by Jeff Liao, courtesy of the Bronx Museum Starting tomorrow, qualifying New Yorkers can apply for 59 newly renovated, affordable apartments throughout the South Bronx. Spread across six...
View ArticleApply for seven affordable units in the Bronx’s Morris Heights area, starting...
2016 saw a huge influx of new affordable housing developments and subsequent lotteries in the Bronx, and the new year is kicking off with yet another. As of Thursday, qualifying New Yorkers can apply...
View ArticleNew York Times names the South Bronx one of the world’s top travel...
In addition to far-flung and exotic locales such as Kazakhstan, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Sikkim, India, and Marrakesh, Morocco, the New York Times has added to its list of “52 Places to Go...
View ArticleFrom just $368/month, lottery opens for 107 affordable apartments in Crotona...
An early rendering of the project, via CityLand In April, the affordable housing lottery commenced for 79 units at Building A of the Bronx’s Crotona Terrace development in Crotona Park East. Now, 107...
View ArticleBronx Commons will bring 305 affordable apartments and a new music venue to...
Not only did the Times recently name the South Bronx one of this year’s hottest travel destinations, but the up-and-coming ‘hood has become a hotbed for new development. Many of these include...
View ArticleThis renovated historic townhouse in Mott Haven is only $800,000
File this one under things you won’t find in Brooklyn: This pretty, totally modernized 2,828 square-foot Queen Anne row house at 418 East 136th Street in the Bertine Block Historic District offers four...
View ArticleMixed-use affordable housing complex in the Bronx will feature Hunts Point...
A few months ago, 6sqft shared the first rendering of the Peninsula, a $300 million mixed-use complex slated to replace the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx....
View Article227 COOKFOX-designed affordable apartments up for grabs near the NY Botanical...
Starting today, 227 brand new affordable apartments are up for grabs at 4275 Park Avenue in the Bronx. The residence, dubbed Park House, is a new construction designed by COOKFOX Architects and...
View Article1924 cliffside Riverdale castle-cottage has magical river views, a Broadway...
In case you need another reason to love New York City, this singular gem of a seven-unit apartment building perched on a wild cliff overlooking the Palisades where the Harlem River meets the mighty...
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