NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following matters have been scheduled for public hearing by Community Board BX 01:
BOROUGH OF THE BRONX
BRONX COMMUNITY BOARD NO. 1 Thursday, June 25, 2026 @ 6:00 pm, Lincoln+ HHC Medical and Mental Health Center 234 East 149th Street (Auditorium) Bronx, NY 10454
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An application to the New York City Planning Commission Board. The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development ("HPD") and East 138th Street JV Associates LLC (together, the "Applicants") propose a number of land use actions ("Proposed Actions”, described below) to facilitate the phased development of two new affordable rental buildings with approximately 377,630 zoning square feet (“ZSF”) (3.89 FAR) and approximately 537 units of affordable housing, plus two superintendents' units, residential amenity space, a small commercial space, a Shore Public Walkway, and approximately 8,209 sf of additional publicly accessible open space (“Proposed Development"). The Proposed Development will be located on three adjacent lots — two City-owned lots at 63 Exterior Street (Block 2323, Lots 28 & 29) and one privately owned lot located at 110 East 138th Street (Block 2323, Lot 43) (collectively, the "Development Site"). The Applicants also propose the improvement of a shared street along East 138th Street and widened sidewalk along Exterior Street and East 138th Street, which together with the Proposed Development constitute the Proposed Project. The Proposed Project will be located on the proposed Project Area (including the aforementioned Development Site, proposed shared street, and proposed widened sidewalk) in the Mott Haven neighborhood of Bronx Community District 1. In order to facilitate the Proposed Project, the Applicants are seeking the following actions:
Designation of an Urban Development Action Area ("UDAA"), approval of an Urban Development Action Area Project ("UDAAP");
Disposition of City-Owned Block 2323, Lots 28 & 29 (“Disposition Area”);
Special Permit pursuant to ZR Section 62-837(a) to modify the Special Height and Setback Regulations in the Core Subdistrict of the Special Harlem River Waterfront District and Waterfront Yard Regulations.
Chairperson Certification pursuant to ZR Section 62-811 for waterfront public access and visual corridors.
Authorization pursuant to 62-822(a) to allow for the Waterfront Public Access Area to be accessible from a direct connection or upland connection along the shore public walkway at an interval that is greater than 600 feet.
Authorization pursuant to ZR Section 62-822(b) to reduce the minimum width of the screening buffer along the upland boundary of the shore public walkway, to allow the height of a fence or wall along the waterfront boundary of the shore public walkway to reach 10 feet.
Authorization pursuant to ZR Section 62-822(c) to phase building out the Shore Public Walkway; and
Approval of a restrictive declaration in accordance with ZR Section 62-72, in connection with the Chairperson Certification pursuant to ZR Section 62-811.