Apply Today for Two $939/Month One Bedrooms Near the Best Bronx Attractions

March 30, 2016

Google Street View of the site while still under construction

The Bronx is having a moment, thanks in part to popular institutions like the Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden, and Italian food mecca along Arthur Avenue. If you want to get in on the action, you can now enter the lottery for newly constructed, $938/month affordable apartments nearby at 863 Fairmount Place in Tremont. There’s just one little catch — only two units are available.

The units were created through the city’s 421-a program. Applications are being accepted through April 19th. Those who qualify can apply here. Find below our map of other ongoing housing lotteries:

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November 30, 2023

Second phase begins on affordable housing complex at former Bronx juvenile jail

By Aaron Ginsburg

The five-acre mixed-use development at a former juvenile jail site in the Bronx is moving forward. New York City officials on Wednesday broke ground on the second phase of the Peninsula, which will bring over 700 affordable homes and a manufacturing building to Hunts Point. The project's second phase includes two buildings with 359 apartments, a public plaza, a parking garage, and community space. The mixed-use complex is rising on the site of the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center, which closed in 2011 and was notorious for its mistreatment of children.
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