SPECIALS
WITH THIS AD EXPIRES 6/30/19
SPECIALS WITH THIS AD EXPIRES 6/30/19
SPECIALS WITH THIS AD EXPIRES 6/30/19
SPECIALS WITH THIS AD EXPIRES 6/30/19
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, M 22 AY 31-JUNE 6, 2019 BTR
Tony Dalton (front, 3rd from l), a Borinquen Court resident, joined local elected offi cials and
Tres Puentes leaders in cutting the ribbon for the complex. Photo by Kasey Rodriguez
Tres Puentes Senior
Apartments opens its
doors in Mott Haven
BY ROBERT WIRSING
On Tuesday, May 21, local elected offi
cials joined the West Side Federation
for Senior and Supportive Housing for
the grand opening of Tres Puentes Senior
Apartments.
The $117.7 million affordable senior
housing development includes 175
apartments for elders and individuals
with special needs; 10,000 square feet
of health-orientated commerical and
community space and expands the existing
Borinquen Court Senior Center
which provides services and meals for
residents and local elders.
Red Top Architects designed the
Tres Puentes complex.
Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.
and the City Council provided $3 million
to fund the project.
“Our seniors invested in the Bronx
during our most diffi cult times and
we cannot forget about them now that
we are enjoying a renaissance,” stated
Diaz.
The Tres Puentes complex includes
a 11-story building with 119 apartments
at 2550 Third Avenue and an
8-story building with 56 apartments at
295 E. 138th Street.
There are 45 studio apartments and
130 one-bedroom apartments.
All apartments are available to
households with incomes at or below
60% of the Area Median Income.
“These apartments will house
many of our local seniors in an environment
where they’ll feel dignifed
and supported by various health, social
and recreational service,” said
Councilwoman Diana Ayala.
Fifty-three of the apartments are
reserved for households in which at
least one members lives with serious
mental illness.
The project’s developer, West Side
Federation for Senior and Supportive
Housing, will provide individual case
management, healthcare management,
mental health and entitlement
services, socialization programs and
fi nancial training for these specifi c
apartments.
Twenty-three of the supportive
units are funded through Governor
Cuomo’s Empire State Supportive
Housing Initiative.
Tres Puentes Senior Apartments
has a community room, a laundry
room on each fl oor and an outdoor
landscaped area.
The complex’ buildings are all connected
via a covered walkway.
The development has 4,500 square
feet for a community health center
operated by Urban Health Plan; 1,300
square feet for a small locally owned
pharmacy and 3,300 square feet to expand
Borinquen Court Senior Center.
The two newly constructed buildings
fl ank the existing Borinquen
Court Apartments, a 7-story, 145-unit
affordable senior housing development
now owned by WSFSSH.
“The Tres Puentes campus refl
ects the possibility for positive social
change when community members,
governments and non-profi ts work together,”
expressed Paul Freitag, WSFSSH
executive director.
Designed in compliance with the
NYS Energy Research and Development
Authority’s Multifamily Performance
Program guidelines, the energy
effi cient development features Energy
Star heating and cooling equipment,
appliances and light fi xtures; waterconserving
plumbing fi xtures; daylight
senors on exterior lighting and
green roofs to mitigate storm runoff.
Both buildings have back-up power
generators.