Exterior work is progressing on 3966 Tenth Avenue, a four-story homeless shelter in Inwood, Manhattan. Designed by Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects and developed by Lilia Marini-Calves of the Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) and Inwood Housing Development Corporation, the 44-foot-tall structure will yield 12 units with an average scope of 360 square feet, as well as a 30,000-square-foot community facility and a rear yard. The property is located at the intersection of Tenth Avenue and West 212th Street.
Recent photographs show façade work taking place on the topped-out superstructure behind a network of scaffolding and black netting. A layer of yellow insulation is being applied across the eastern and northern elevations, while the southern lot line wall is left blank. Some windows have already been installed, and crews are beginning to lay the beige brick façade on the lower levels.
Photo by Michael Young
The property was formerly occupied by a one-story auto repair shop, shown in the following Google Street View image before its demolition. The site also once served as a cemetery for African slaves and as a Native American ritual site.
No finalized renderings have been revealed for 3966 Tenth Avenue apart for the following rudimentary diagram posted on the construction board. This drawing shows the ground floor clad in brick, followed by what looks to be EIFS on the three stories above. The fenestration will be made up of a grid of recessed windows with dark frames and mullions. A mechanical bulkhead caps the flat roof parapet along the eastern edge of the structure, and the main entrance appears to be tucked under the northeastern corner with an adjacent bench by the doorway.
Photo by Michael Young
The nearest subways from the site are the 1 train at the 215th Street station to the north and the A train at the Inwood-207th Street station to the west.
3966 Tenth Avenue’s anticipated completion date is slated for March 2025, as noted on site.
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