Work has begun on 2868 Webster Avenue in Bedford Park, The Bronx, the second phase of a two-phase mixed-use development. The 12-story, 250,000-square-foot building will sit adjacent to the New York Botanical Gardens. Developed by Douglaston Development in collaboration with the Jericho Project, components include 277 affordable housing units, 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, on-site social services, and residential amenities.
2868 Webster Avenue in Bedford Park, The Bronx. Credit: Stephen B. Jacobs Group
The 277 units will be available in a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedrooms to households earning up to 70 percent of the area media income, with 60 residences designated as supportive housing. Amenities include laundry facilities, a fitness center, on-site parking, and a green roof. The retail component is anticipated to be combined with the 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space in Phase I to create a single 20,000-square-foot space for fresh food neighborhood grocer, Cherry Valley Marketplace.
Demolition wrapped up last month on the site. Construction is expected to be completed in 2027. The first phase of the development project, a 188-unit affordable senior housing building at 2850 Webster Avenue, was delivered in the fall 2023.
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You have to give it color
I’m really beginning to tire of the use of the dark charcoal color to make things “disappear”.
It’s too bad this building doesn’t cantilever or deck over the railroad tracks.
There’s a couple complications with that. First of all the legal lot stops at the M-NRR row, and any effort to change it would require a lengthy and expensive negotiation with the city and the MTA. Secondly, the required abutment to span a development across the tracks would actually result in structure potentially being within Fordham U private property. Thirdly, a railroad row makes for a better border to park grounds – whether public or private – than the back sides of private residential or commercial development with no egress or access. And fourthy, and probably most importantly, the cost of both construction and legal approval would very likely outweigh the benefit of the additional size and units.
Some decking over of rail row makes a ton of sense and would be highly beneficial in many places around NY, but this location isn’t a particularly good example of that IMO.
It looks like the housing built by the East German government.
The big box is the form these large affordable projects come in in this city. As far as some of the ones built 10 or 15 years ago, they seem to be getting better honestly. I wish as much as anybody the economics worked to have a couple taller towers with a shorter shared base instead of these giant refrigerator boxes on their sides, but those require duplicated elevators and stairs amongst other things that drive up construction costs. As far as this format of building goes, I actually like the white brick and the general restraint of the design. I think it looks pretty okay for what it is. It certainly isn’t an aesthetic negative in my opinion, and it very easily could have been.
The overused dark on the top to reduce it’s perceived height notwithstanding.
No to supportive housing. Fordham is bad enough.
It’s one hell of a hike to the Bedford Park Blvd. IND stop on the Grand Concourse. At least the Botanical Garden Metro-North station is across the street behind the parking garage.
Used to hang out at the bar across the street. Underrated dive bar gem.
One of the first truly affordable buildings I’ve seen here. I hope to see more.
It is said that the Bronx is the only place where there is truly affordable housing. I hope that the studios are 500 square Feet so you can put some decent furniture inside.