Housing lottery applications are open for 303 rent-stabilized apartments at Peninsula, a new development at 1221 and 1225 Spofford Ave. in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. Households that earn $19,235 to $166,250 are eligible to apply, depending on the number of people you live with. Rents start at $465 for a studio.
The 14- and 17-story buildings have fitness rooms, card-operated laundry, outdoor terraces and a bike room. Parking spaces will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis for an extra fee. Units have dishwashers and free broadband internet. Rent includes heat and cooking gas, and tenants pay for electricity.
The South Bronx development is located at the site of the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center, a former juvenile jail that closed in 2011 after years of complaints of abuse and inadequate conditions.
In addition to affordable housing, the complex will feature New York City’s first city-run grocery store. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said the 20,000-square-foot municipal grocery store will open in 2027. Another municipal grocery store is planned for East Harlem, but the Hunt’s Point store is slated to open first…