9-story affordable housing planned for E. 241st Street
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BY ALEX MITCHELL
A large-scale afforable
housing rezoning proposal
that would drastically alter
Wakefi eld’s landscape if
approved, was recently revealed.
The White Plains Road and
East 241st Street rezoning plan
would convert that block’s zoning
from an M1-1, manufacturing
zoning district to an R7D/
C2-4 high density, residential
one.
The zoning change request
was submitted by Enclave on
241st LLC, a development company
that plans to develop a
9-story mixed-use building
on a vacant parcel at 714-722
E. 241st Street. The ground
fl oor would contain commercial
space, with 186 affordable
housing units spread over
fl oors 2 to 9 on the site of a former
Getty gas station.
The project’s total square
footage of 163,394, would be
split between 137,422 square
feet for residential space and
25,972 for commercial space.
In conjunction with the
city’s Mandatory Inclusionary
Housing (MIH) program, the
development would reserve
half the units for tenants earn-
The proposed site for the rezoning. Schneps Community News Group/ Alex Mitchell
ing below 60 percent of the
area median income, with the
balance offered to those at 80-
100 percent AMI.
The Enclave on 241st developers
agreed to fund the
rezoning of the entire block,
bounded by White Plains Road,
East 241st Street, Furman Avenue
and East 240th Street, that
includes sites not included in
this project, a deal that pleased
all parties involved, from the
city, right down to Community
Board 12.
As for CB12, the zoning
change application was well
received by its board members,
as not a single member
voted against the project.
“This is an area without
a lot of housing density and
that’s something we’ve wanted
to change,” said CB12 district
manager George Torres, explaining
that the block would
be a prime location for future
large-scale development.
“We’ve been waiting (for a
proposal like) this for a very
long time. Something this
community needs is affordable
housing and opening up 186
units in one location is something
that this board couldn’t
be more in favor of,” he added.
Because this development
is an MIH project, it will not
be required to include a tremendous
number of on-site
parking spaces. Since 714-
722 E. 241st Street sits next to
the Wakefi eld- 241st Street/
White Plains Road #2 IRT station,
public transportation
adequately services the project
and therefore the parking
requirements have been reduced.
Only 20 parking spots will
still be included rather than
the standard 40 plus.
The profi tability of the project
was greatly enhanced by
the limited parking requirement.
“Not having to make
way for parking has defi nitely
made this project more feasible
moving forward,” Torres
mentioned.
There is one more hurtle
to clear that would make this
project and the others to follow
benefi cial to all Bronxites, and
CB 12 is addressing the matter.
The board is presently petitioning
the MTA to have an
elevator installed at the IRT
station to make it handicapaccessible.
All that’s left to move this
project along is completion of
the uniform land use review
process (ULURP).
Having already passed a
NYC Planning Commission
review, said rezoning is just
steps away from being signed
off by the mayor.
Currently no other affordable
developments are planned
for this portion of East 241st
Street.