Housing

Bedford Park: HPD Launches Housing Lottery for Units at Marion Creston Apartments

By SÍLE MOLONEY
An affordable housing lottery has launched for Marion Creston Apartments, two new residential buildings located respectively at 2997 Marion Avenue and 2861 Creston Avenue in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.   The apartment complex consists of 43 units in two newly constructed, smoke-free buildings. Palette Architecture designed the seven-story structure at 2861 Creston Avenue, and David Cunningham Architecture is responsible for 2997 Marion Avenue. Both are being developed by John V. Waters of NFW Group.   Available on NYC Housing Connect, the online platform for NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD), are


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Bedford Park: Building Applications Filed with DOB for New Residential Building at 21 East 204th Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, 4-story, residential building at 21 East 204th Street in Bedford Park, The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.   Located between Grand Concourse and Villa Avenue, the lot is near the Bedford Park Boulevard subway station, serviced by the B and D trains. Selvie Domi of 21 East 204th Associates LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.   The proposed 60-foot-tall development will yield 5,718 square feet designated for residential space. The building will have 13 residential units, most likely rentals, based on the average


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Concourse: HPD Launches Housing Lottery for Units at 1135 Teller Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A housing lottery described as affordable has launched for units at 1135 Teller Avenue, an eight-story residential building in Concourse, The Bronx as reported by , as reported by YIMBY.   Designed by Sion Consulting Engineering and developed by Gurwinder Singh of Kulwant Teller Inc., the structure yields 44 residential units. Available on NYC Housing Connect, the online platform for NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD), are 43 units for residents earning 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $104,880 to $198,250. Developers say 1135 Teller Avenue is a newly constructed luxury


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Norwood: Building Applications Filed with DOB for Units at 3044 Decatur Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for a four-story, residential building at 3044 Decatur Avenue in the Norwood section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.   Located between East 204th Street and East Mosholu Parkway North, the lot is near the Kingsbridge Road subway station, serviced by the B and D trains. Lin Kumbullaj of Kiri Construction Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.   The proposed 37-foot-tall development will yield 5,884 square feet designated for residential space. The building will have nine residences, most likely rentals based on the average unit


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Van Cortlandt Village: Building Applications Filed with DOB for Units at 3885 Orloff Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) to expand a three-story structure into a four-story residential building at 3885 Orloff Avenue in the Van Cortlandt Village section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Located between West 238th Street and Cannon Place, the lot is closest to the 242nd Street subway station, serviced by the 1 train. Herman Jakob of West Street Gardens LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.   The proposed 38-foot-tall development will yield 6,736 square feet designated for residential space. The building will have 17 residential units with an average


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City Island Rising Pushes to Expand NYC Ferry Service & Hosts Narcan Training to Prevent Overdoses

By SÍLE MOLONEY
City Island Rising, a community based, non-profit association working to improve the City Island community with open discourse and civility towards all, tabled at the City Island Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Spring Arts and Craft Fair alongside Bronx Bound Books on June 3.   According to the organization, board members distributed hundreds of face masks, COVID-19 tests, and collected many signatures for a petition to expand the NYC Ferry Service to City Island. Currently, according to the organizers, the group has collected nearly 1,500 signatures for this effort.   During the final days of his administration, former New York City Mayor


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UPDATE ELECTIONS 2023: Unofficial Results of Bronx Primary Races on Election Night & Ranked Choice

By SÍLE MOLONEY, MIRIAM QUIÑONES & DAVID GREENE
After the polls closed on Tuesday, June 27, NYC Board of Elections released the initial, unofficial results of the primary elections which took place that day, based on a percentage of returned poll site scanners.   The initial results cover both early votes and election day votes. Absentee and overseas ballots still have to be counted, as do the remaining scanners. Below is a summary of the unofficial results for The Bronx. The latest updated results as of June 28 are also now included below.   Democratic incumbent, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark led with 72.72 percent of votes


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New Bronx Research Shows Poor Air Quality Leads to Longer Hospital Stays for Children with Asthma

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Children with asthma spend more time in the hospital when there is a greater amount of “particulate matter” (PM 2.5) i.e. tiny pieces of solids or liquids, and Ozone (O₃), a colorless gas, in the air, according to a new study by researchers at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) in Norwood. The study was published in the Journal of Asthma just days after New York City was blanketed in wildfire smoke from the recent Canadian wildfires, as reported.   In what was described as a first-of-its-kind study in children led by pediatric hospitalist Elissa B. Gross D.O., M.P.H, the investigators


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Bronx Couple Charged with Imprisoning & Endangering Two Girls Aged 3 and 4 Years Old

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Monday, June 26, that a Bronx woman and her boyfriend have been charged with what was described as the horrific neglect of the woman’s two young daughters, who were found by police locked in a feces-dotted room, naked and bruised, and eating bits of a foam mattress.   Clark said, “The defendants allegedly kept these little girls in a house of horrors. They illegally occupied an apartment and left the children alone without food or clothing. Fortunately, police rescued the girls, and a nurse discovered signs of abuse for which they


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