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BETH ABRAHAM RESIDENTS
GO ON SHOPPING TRIP
On Wednesday, September 11, Beth Abraham Center’s recreation
team took ten residents to the Cross County Shopping
Center in Yonkers to enjoy a day of shopping at Macy’s and
a number of other stores in the open-air shopping mall. The
residents also enjoyed a lunch at Boston Market and desert
at Haagen-Dazs and Cinnabon.
COUNCILMAN TEAMS UP WITH LOCAL PRECINCT
Councilman Mark Gjonaj joined the 45th Precinct for ‘Coffee with a Cop’ last week. The event was sponsored by the NYPD
45th Precinct Community Council as well as Cop-Shot.Org.
Beth Abraham residents get ready for their trip to the Cross
County Shopping Center. Photo courtesy of Beth Abraham Gjonaj with offi cers from the 45th Precinct. Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark Gjonaj’s offi ce
Affordable senior housing development for the Concourse
BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
A new senior affordable
housing development
will soon be built along
the Grand Concourse corridor.
The upcoming project,
which will be built at 2064
Grand Concourse, located
between East Burnside
Avenue and East 180th
Street, is an NYC Housing
Preservation & Development
project in collaboration
with GF55 Partners
and Thorobird Companies.
The 17-story building
will consist of studios and
one-bedroom rental apartments
for seniors. Upon
completion, it will offer
98 units, plus a unit for
the building’s superintendent.
The development will
include a lounge, a multipurpose
room as well as
a laundry room for its senior
tenants.
The square footage of
the lot is 6,854 feet. Floors
1 through 10 will provide
3,769 square feet of living
area. The eleventh
through the 17th fl oors
will be somewhat smaller
in size due to several
setbacks. The eleventh
fl oor and 12th fl oors will
contain 3,483 and 3,387
square feet respectively.
Floors 13 to 17 will span
3,087 square feet.
The property is currently
occupied by the
First Union Baptist
Church, which has been
in existence since the
mid-1970s. Before then, it
was known as Tremont
Temple Gates of Mercy, a
synagogue that was dedicated
at the beginning of
the 20th century.
It is not yet known
when the church will vacate
the property, but Community
Board 5 chairman
Dr. Bola Omotosho said
the board is looking forward
to the completion of
the new development.
“Projects like this one,
which will provide affordable
and supportive housing
for seniors as well
as veterans, are always
welcome in this district,”
Omotosho said. “Thorobird
Companies has multiple
developments in this
district and we support
their approach.”
According to the CB5
chairman, the church
was in jeopardy of losing
its property two or three
years ago, before Thorobird
Companies backed
the church and provided
funding to keep it from going
into bank foreclosure.
The board said that
the new development will
include First Union Baptist
Church, upon CB5 approval.
Thorobird Companies
previously worked on two
other developments in the
area, on Creston and Morris
avenues.
According to architectural
fi rm GF55 Partners,
construction of the
project, led by architect
David Gross, is expected
to begin in August 2020
and be completed sometime
in 2022.
The concrete structure
will boast a brick exterior
and cost about $19 million
to build.
The property is located
inclose vicinity to
the Bx 1 and Bx 2’s Grand
Concourse/East 180th
Street bus stop, three
blocks from the B and D
train’s Tremont Avenue
and 182nd/183rd Street
subway station and about
four blocks away from the
Burnside Avenue subway
station on the 4 line. It is
also located right around
the corner from the 46th
Precinct, located at 2120
Ryder Avenue.
Nearby eateries in
the area include the Concourse
Food Plaza, Dominican
restaurants La
Estrella and Caridad, Kennedy
Pizza and Chicken.
First Union Baptist
Church could not be
reached to discuss their
future plans.
Rendering of 2064 Grand Concourse. Photo courtesy of GF55 Partners
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