Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 784 Courtlandt Avenue in Melrose, The Bronx. Located between East 157th Street and East 158th Street, the lot is near the Third Avenue-149th Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a four-story apartment building at 831 Forest Avenue in Melrose, The Bronx. Located between East 158th Street and East 160th Street, the interior lot is three blocks west of the Prospect Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Kambiz Yaghoobian under the Forest LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a four-story drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility at 750 East 160th Street in Melrose, The Bronx. Located on the corner of Forest Avenue and East 160th Street, the lot is three blocks west of the Prospect Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Argus Community is listed as the owner behind the applications. The nonprofit works with the homeless community to heal substance abuse and mental health issues.
Permits have been filed for a nine-story mixed-use building at 740 Brook Avenue, in Melrose, The Bronx. Located between East 156th and East 157th Streets, the corner site is one block east of the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare, Third Avenue. Less than a half mile east is the Jackson Avenue subway station serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development is listed as the owner behind the applications. In August of 2018, a proposed remedy was released by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to address brownfield contamination so the site can be redeveloped.
Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use building at 686 Courtlandt Avenue in Melrose, The Bronx. The site comes six blocks away from the 3rd Avenue 149th Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Antonio Iachetta is listed as responsible for the development.
