Construction is progressing on 625 and 671 Brook Avenue, the final two residential buildings in the La Central complex in Melrose, The Bronx. Designed by MHG Architects and FXCollaborative, the 13- and 25-story structures will yield 420 affordable homes, including 63 supportive units for formerly homeless individuals. The buildings will also feature a 13,000-square foot community facility space, 1,500 square feet of ground-floor retail, and 7,000 square feet of landscaped gardens designed by Future Green Studios. The project is being developed by a joint venture between Hudson Companies, BRP Companies, ELH-TKC, Breaking Ground, Comunilife, and J.P. Morgan, with the city contributing more than $137 million through the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
625 Brook Avenue is known as Building C, and 671 Brook Avenue is known as Building E, as highlighted in the diagram below. The properties are bounded by Brook, Bergen, and Westchester Avenues on a block containing a completed residential building from the first phase of La Central.
The shorter building at 625 Brook Avenue is topped out and in the process of being framed with metal studs and insulation boards. Framing work is also progressing concurrently on the rising superstructure of the taller 671 Brook Avenue, which has surpassed the halfway mark. A telescopic boom crane is being used to hoist materials into place across the site, while trucks deliver cement and other building supplies on the eastern side of the complex.
The site was formerly vacant before construction broke ground last summer.
Rendering of La Central. Courtesy of Hudson Companies
The affordable units in this phase will be reserved for households earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), with a breakdown of 114 units for extremely low-income households; 106 for very low-income; 198 for low-income; and two units for building superintendents. Building E at 671 Brook Avenue will also house a rooftop telescope managed by Bronx High School of Science.
Funding for this last phase of La Central include tax-exempt bonds, low-income housing tax credits, Brownfield Tax Credits, NYSERDA grants, and capital allocations from the New York City Council. Red Stone Equity Partners is serving as tax credit syndicator, and J.P. Morgan is providing credit enhancement.
The entire La Central master plan will introduce more than 1,000 affordable homes in structures engineered to LEED and NYSERDA standards.
The nearest subways from the site are the 2 and 5 trains at the 3rd Avenue–149th Street station to the southwest.
Building C at 625 Brook Avenue is slated for completion in December 2027, and Building E at 671 Brook Avenue is aiming for completion in the first quarter of 2028, as noted on site.
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