Project Description
The project sponsor seeks HPD financing to facilitate the development of one new senior housing building in the Longwood neighborhood of Bronx Community District 2. The proposed project would be developed through HPDs Senior Affordable Rental Apartments (SARA) program. The privately-owned project site consists of 908 Kelly Street (Bronx Block 2711, Lot 1) and 879 Beck Street/919 Tiffany Street (Bronx Block 2711, Lot 28), generally located on the Intervale Avenue and Beck Street frontages of the irregularlyshaped block bounded by Intervale Avenue, Beck Street, Tiffany Street, East 163rd Street, and Kelly Street. Lot 1, which is currently vacant, has an area of 8,003 square feet. Lot 28 has an area of 44,095 and is occupied by a nursing home and a non-accessory parking lot. The two tax lots share a single zoning lot with a total area of 52,098 sf. Under the proposal, Lot 28 would be divided into two separate tax lots: 'Site A' (879 Beck Street), containing the existing nursing home, and 'Site B' (909 Beck Street), currently occupied by the non-accessory parking lot. The facility on Site A would remain unchanged. Site B would be redeveloped with an eight-story residential building, with cellar, containing 82 units of senior housing. In accordance with the terms of the SARA program, the proposed 82 dwelling units would serve seniors with incomes of up to 60% of area median income (AMI). Lot 1 would be developed as a new non-accessory parking lot for the nursing home to replace the lot on Site B.