Hundreds of affordable apartments open at former site of Hunts Point juvenile detention
Phase 2 has been completed on the housing development "The Peninsula" set to bring 740 affordable housing units to Hunts Point.
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The ribbon was cut to mark the end of Phase 2 of the housing redevelopment called The Peninsula, built at the former site of the Spofford Juvenile Detention Facility in Hunts Point.
Nearly 360 new affordable apartments have been completed across the two new buildings.
“The whole development and design team brought their A game to Peninsula with two beautiful buildings," said developer David Kramer, president of The Hudson Companies.
The buildings feature a range of apartments from studios to four bedrooms - 73% of the units are for households earning at or below 60% of the median income.
“Opening the doors with affordable quality housing is the best investment we can make,” Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson said.
Phase 2 also includes a fitness area, laundry room, facility space for an early childhood center and a pedestrian plaza.
“These buildings all make a public space," said Claire Weisz, the founding principal of WXY Architecture and Urban Design. "That starts with a new step street for Hunts Point from Tiffany all the way up to Manida.”
The two new buildings are across the pedestrian plaza from the Phase 1 building, which was completed back in 2022 and brought 183 units of affordable housing.
Paul Watkins has been living in the building for the past four years.
“I’ve always lived in a pre-war building with the radiators and everything clanking," Watkins said, "with this one you got your automatic A.C. and automatic heating units, so it’s beautiful.”
A city-owned grocery store is set to open at The Peninsula site by next Thanksgiving. The entire development, with a total of 740 affordable units, is expected to be completed by December 2027.
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