BY JASON COHEN
An underutilized NYCHA
waste facility in the south
Bronx will be turned into
nearly 200 units of supportive
and affordable housing.
On Dec. 17, the New York
City Housing Authority (NYCHA),
New York City Department
of Housing Preservation
and Development (HPD)
and the Housing Development
Corporation (HDC) announced
the closing of Melrose
North, which will result
in the creation of 171 units
of supportive and affordable
housing in Morrisania. Construction
will begin in January.
The site is located at 925
Courtlandt Avenue between
East 162nd Street and East
163rd Street, a vacant lot that
housed a trash compactor.
“Bringing new construction
projects to underutilized
NYCHA sites allows us
to simultaneously balance
the city’s need for more affordable
housing stock alongside
the Authority’s need for
more funding to advance
necessary capital renovations,”
said NYCHA Executive
for Real Estate Development
Jonathan Gouveia.
The 12-story development
includes 51 studio
apartments, 53 one-bedroom
apartments, 55 two-bedroom
apartments and 11 threebedroom
apartments as well
as one superintendent unit,
with 103 units set aside for
homeless households and
the remaining 67 available to
households earning at or below
80 percent of AMI.
The supportive housing
units will be set aside for individuals
and families that
are homeless, victims of domestic
violence or suffering
from substance abuse or
mental health disorders. NYCHA
residents will be given
preference for 17 of the units.
BRONX TIMES R 20 REPORTER, DEC. 25-31, 2020
Amenities for this project
include community and
computer rooms, an outdoor
gym, laundry rooms, a play
area, community garden
and a sun terrace on the 11th
fl oor.
Services for the Underserved
SUS) social services
will be housed on the ground
fl oor of the building and offer
supportive services to
residents. Additionally, Melrose
North will feature approximately
5,000 square
feet of community facility
space to be used as a youth
arts education facility operated
by the DreamYard Project.
Bronx Pro Group and
S:US will work closely with
BronxWorks to train NYCHA
residents in relevant
construction skills and hire
them throughout the construction
process.
Melrose North will be
built to Passive House standards,
resulting in 60 to 70
percent less energy consumption
compared to the
average New York City
apartment building. The development
will also include
a new public ADA-accessible
ramp to the northbound
Metro-North station adjacent
to the site.
Lastly, a new permanent
waste facility for the Morrisania
Air Rights NYCHA
development will be built on
the ground fl oor of the development
to replace the current
waste one on the project site.
NYCHA fi nalizes deal to build
171 units of supportive and
affordable housing in the Bronx
The Morrisania Air Rights NYCHA development
Courtesy of NYCHA
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