Phipps Houses submitted an application to the Department of City Planning to rezone 893-895 East 167th St. in the Foxhurst neighborhood for a 500-unit development named Rosa del Monte. The project would dedicate 75 units for formerly homeless New Yorkers and allocate 174 units at 50% AMI, 99 units at 60% AMI, 99 units at 80% AMI and 50 units at 100% AMI; area AMI is $72,900 for a family of three. The site is a former industrial brownfield with documented petroleum, pesticides and metals in soil, metals in groundwater, xylenes, PAHs and VOCs in soil vapor. A brownfield cleanup application was filed in 2023, and Phipps and the local councilmember did not immediately comment.
The project, named Rosa del Monte, would include 75 units for formerly homeless New Yorkers and 174 units considered affordable for people at 50% of the average median income for the area, which is $72,900 for a family of three. It would also include 99 units considered affordable for people at 60% of AMI, 99 units for people at 80% of AMI and 50 units for people at 100% of AMI.
The form indicated the presence of petroleum, pesticides and metals in the soil, as well as metals in the groundwater, and noted the site's prior use for manufacturing purposes, including automotive repair, carpet cleaning, clothing manufacturing and toilet seat refinishing. "Based upon investigations conducted to date, the primary contaminants of concern for the site are xylenes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metals in soil, metals in groundwater, and chlorinated solvent-related and petroleum-related VOCs in soil vapor," the 2023 filing states.
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