Morrisania could be in for another wave of construction, as Phipps Houses has filed a fresh application with the Department of City Planning to build roughly 315 apartments at 580 East 168th Street. The nonprofit is pitching a roughly 260,847-square-foot project split into two building segments, with heights topping out at about eight and 15 stories. The plan includes on-site amenities and parking and, if approved, would mark Phipps Houses' second Bronx proposal in just a few months.
Project Details
The new filing lays out about 315 units, with 94 apartments reserved for households at 40% of area median income, 124 units for households at 60% AMI and 47 units at 80% AMI. Roughly 48 apartments would be set aside for formerly homeless households. The application also calls for about 124 parking spaces, residential amenity space and an outdoor courtyard.
The development site covers a roughly 44,838-square-foot lot bounded by East 168th Street, Franklin Avenue, East 167th Street and Fulton Avenue, according to public records reviewed by Crain's New York Business.
A Second Bronx Push
If the Morrisania plan moves ahead, it would follow an August rezoning application from Phipps for a Foxhurst parcel at 893–895 East 167th Street. That earlier proposal sought to convert industrially zoned land to residential use and envisioned nearly 497 units, including dozens of apartments for formerly homeless New Yorkers. The filing was reported by Gothamist.
What Comes Next
The latest application is light on timing and total cost details, which are expected to surface as the project enters the city’s public review process. That process will route the Morrisania plan through community board hearings and City Council scrutiny, with every step watched closely by local stakeholders.
Phipps Houses, founded in 1905 and led by President and CEO Adam Weinstein, has a long pipeline of affordable housing projects across New York City, including recent Bronx work such as the Lambert Houses redevelopment, according to the organization’s site and a city housing release. The Morrisania proposal will run through the Department of City Planning and the standard public-review channels, per Crain's New York Business.
