Project Description
The Applicant, 1776 Eastchester Realty LLC, proposes a zoning map amendment to the New York City Zoning Resolution (ZR), Section 4a, to rezone portions of an M1-1 district to C4-2, C4-2A, and R5 districts, affecting a portion of a block located in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx, Community District 11 (Block 4226, Lots 1 (part), 5 (part), 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 7502 (formerly 16), 30 (part), 35 (part), 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, and 511, the Rezoning Area). The Applicant also seeks a zoning text amendment to ZR Section 74-70 (Non-Profit Hospital Staff Dwellings) to allow in C4-2 Districts without a letter suffix, in Community District 11 in the Bronx, non-profit hospital staff dwelling buildings (rather than the zoning lot on which such buildings are sited) to be located not more than 1,500 feet from a non-profit or voluntary hospital and related facilities. With the proposed map and text amendments, the Applicant seeks a Special Permit pursuant to ZR Section 74-70, to develop a 150,000 gsf/zsf non-profit hospital staff residence facility (Community Facility, Use Group 3) with 182 dwelling units on their site (Block 4226, Lot 7502, the Project Site), at a distance of approximately 475 feet from the existing Montefiore Hospital. The proposed 7-story community facility would be an addition to the existing 181,544 gsf/59,589 zsf, 5-story garage (Building G) building on the site, and the total size of the building including the below grade floors would be 331,544 gsf/209,589 zsf. Adhering to the Mayors Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program, the Applicant also proposes a Zoning Text Amendment to amend Appendix F: Inclusionary Housing Designated Areas to establish a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) Area contiguous with the portion of the Rezoning Area that would be zoned C4-2 or C4-2A, with Options 1 and 2. The Rezoning Area is bounded by Bronx State Hospital Drive to the east, Bassett Avenue to the west, Eastchester Road and Waters Place to the south, and the termination of Morris Park Avenue to the north.