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Total Population *to scale Highbridge Mount Demographics Eden Area of Analysis: 78 Census Tracts Surrounding the zoning study area, 345K Within the fastest growing county in the representing portions of several Bronx MedianMedian Household Household Income Income State, the neighborhoods surrounding Jerome Neighborhoods 60000 Avenue are home to over 340,000 people, University mainly African-American and Latino residents $51,865 Heights 50000

and the largest African immigrant population Income BracketsK Residents (% of households) Study Area Bronx NYC Fordham in the City. Compared to both borough and K Residents St. Louis, MO 318 40000 the city, the residents of the neighborhoods 20 Orleans, LA New 378 $34,300 along Jerome have lower incomes, lower Pittsburgh, PA 305 K Residents 30000 Morris Heights Mount rates of employment, and lower educational $26,226

Hope Study Area, BX Jerome Ave. 345 K Residents attainment. Relatedly, residents in these 20000 neighborhoods experience a number 15 10000 of negative health outcomes, including Total Population *to scale Highbridge Mount conditions related to chronic illness, the Eden 0 physical environment (notably housing-related NYC Bronx Study Area issues), and social determinants. Area of Analysis: 78 Census Tracts Surrounding the zoning study area, % 10345K representing portions of several Bronx Neighborhoods Median Household Income % Unemployed (Civilian Labor Force) 60000 20 17.7% 5 $51,865 50000 15 Income Brackets (% of households) 14.2% Study Area Bronx NYC 40000 10 10.2% $25 K - $34K 20 0 Less than $10K $10K - $14 .9K $15 $34,300$35 K - $49 .9K $50 K - $74 $75 K - $99 .9K $100 K - $149.9K $150 K - $199.9K $200K + 30000 K - $24 $26,226 5 20000 .9K .9K 0 NYC Bronx Study Area 15 10000

0 NYC Bronx Study Area Nearly 15% of city’s households earn more than $150K per year. Meanwhile, almost HALF of the households in the study area earn less than % 10 $25K Conversely, 1/4 of households earn more than $50K % Unemployed (Civilian Labor Force) 20

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10 10.2% $25 K - $34K 0 Less than $10K $10K - $14.9K $15 $35 K - $49 .9K $50 K - $74 $75 K - $99 .9K $100 K - $149.9K $150 K - $199.9K $200K + K - $24 Challenges/Opportunities5 .9K .9K The communities along the Jerome Avenue Corridor face a number of challenges. In addition to the poor health and educational outcomes facing residents, the area faces physical challenges. The Cross Bronx Expressway and 0a concentration of automotive and other industrial uses divide dense neighborhoods, affecting NYC Bronx Study Area quality of life, health, and safety. Despite being a transit corridor itself, Jerome Avenue is often seen as a divider and a place to be avoided.

Despite the challenges facing the Jerome Avenue corridor, there are many strengths and opportunities on which to build. The area’s housing stock is largely regulated and affordable. Since the inception of the planning process, the City has preserved over 5,500 units of affordable housing and continues that work. The area is conveniently located along two rich mass transit corridors. The #4 train runs along the Jerome Avenue Corridor and the B/D trains run beneath the Grand Concourse. Additionally, the area is home to several beloved and well-used parks, including Aqueduct Walk, Mullaly Park, Claremont Park and Galileo Nearly 15% of city’sPark, tohouseholds name a few. Finally, there earn are a morenumber of thanlongstanding $150K and respected per community year. institutions that provide services, stability, jobs and more to local residents. These include Bronx Community College, Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Davidson Community Center, Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Morris Heights Health Meanwhile, almostCenter, HALF New Settlement of the Community households Campus, among inmany the others. study area earn less than $25K Conversely, 1/4 of households earn more than $50K Local Fordham Rd Fordham Rd

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Assets !1 The collection of neighborhoods along Jerome Avenue in the southwest Bronx are dense and growing. The needs here include affordable housing preservation and development, 183 St accessible parks and active recreation, UNIVERSITY PS 315 improved and safer streets and sidewalks, PS 279 183 St new schools, helping entrepreneurs grow HEIGHTS their businesses, connecting residents to Creston Academy growing job sectors, among others. The Jerome NYPD 46th Precinct Avenue Neighborhood Plan is a collective body of recommendations and investments that PS 279 were generated over a multi-year, inclusive planning process. Already, the City has begun Morris Heights to invest heavily in the Southwest Bronx, and Health Center will continue to do so, committing over a $1 Bronx Community College Burnside Ave. billion in investment including $800 million in Davidson housing preservation and new construction, Community two new schools, an additional $189 million of Center capital projects, workforce strategies, and other Aqueduct Tremont Ave. Walk Tremont Ave programs. Echo Park

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The Jerome Avenue Neighborhood Plan provides a blueprint for thoughtful growth in the southwest Bronx, pairing investments in housing with investments in neighborhoods and people.

Since 2010, New York City grew at a faster pace than any time in the last 50 years and is now at a population high of more than 8.6 million residents. As of 2017, the Bronx is back to its all-time population high of 1.471 million! This growth is representative of the City’s success: people are living longer, families are growing, and immigrants remain attracted to the city’s vitality.

Responding to this growth as well as housing market trends - rents continuing to rise as incomes stagnate - the Mayor along with local elected offi cials, community boards and residents recognized the need to undertake a comprehensive and inclusive local plan. A plan that would meet affordable housing needs and address century-old development patterns to help Jerome Avenue connect rather than divide communities. The Jerome Avenue Neighborhood Plan provided a process for communities to identify the right areas for growth and preservation to guide investments in infrastructure and services that will make our neighborhoods stronger.

Throughout the planning process, the Department of City Planning – joined by its many partner agencies – hosted more than 40 public events, attracting participants from across the southwest Bronx. These events provided a venue for local stakeholders to share community opportunities, challenges, priorities, and explore a variety of topics and provided a venue for the City to share information on technical aspects that can begin to address these issues, such as environmental review, zoning, capital planning, among many others.

Outreach included interactive open houses, goal-setting workshops, visioning sessions, focus groups with youth and seniors, mobile offi ce hours, Spanish language workshops, and immigrant-focused events, and stations at community gatherings across the area to facilitate hundreds of one-on-one conversations. Together we considered a diversity of viewpoints, set goals and articulated priorities, shaped a compelling vision, and formed recommendations. Over a more than three-year participatory planning process, we built the plan together.

The recommendations formed throughout the planning process serve as the base of the Jerome Avenue Neighborhood Plan. Many of the recommendations have already begun to take shape with committed dollars and fi rm timelines. Others represent longer-term goals that will require additional time and thought to develop and achieve. The Jerome Avenue Neighborhood Plan memorializes a vision and creates a framework for future development in the neighborhoods of the southwest Bronx. It is meant to support the communities along Jerome Avenue to guide development and investments and should serve as an advocacy tool into the future.

For more information and Neighborhood Plan: NYC.gov/Jerome

Or email: [email protected] Acknowledgments & Thanks • Community Board 4 • Department of Housing • Department of Education • Community Board 5 Preservation & Development • Mayor’s Offi ce of • Community Board 7 • Department of Environmental Remediation • Borough President Ruben Transportation • Mayor’s Offi ce of Immigrant Diaz Jr. • Department of Parks & Affairs • Councilmember Fernando Recreation • Mayor’s Offi ce of Workforce Cabrera • Department of Health & Development • Councilmember Vanessa Mental Hygiene Gibson • Department of Small Business Services The Vision Parks, Open Space Housing Economic & Jerome Avenue represents & Community Resources GOALS Workforce Development an opportunity to transform Housing Housing New York Provide sustainable, high-quality, and affordable an automotive-centered 1 New York (Updated 2017) housing with a range of options for residents at all income 2.0 For more information, please see: GOALS GOALS levels service corridor into a strong http://www.nyc.gov/html/housing/ Create greater retail diversity to meet current and growing retail Ensure every neighborhood has green streetscapes, quality parks, and diverse recreation spaces 1 BIG WINS 1 assets/downloads/pdf/housing_plan. and service needs 2 local connector of people & Protect tenants and improve housing quality pdf Create “Jerome Program Manager” position to neighborhoods that promotes 2 Promote a safe, walkable Jerome Avenue underneath the elevated train 2 Help Jerome Avenue residents prepare for jobs and career growth oversee all business & workforce strategies http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/ with appropriate training and skills development 3 Ensure the streets are safe and attractive for all users including pedestrians, bicyclists, important affordable housing The City of New York downloads/pdf/about/hny-2.pdf Mayor Bill de Blasio Alicia Glen 3 Promote small businesses and support Deputy Mayor for Housing and transit users, and motorists Economic Development Design & deliver workforce training to auto workers

goals. plus entrepreneurship throughout the corridor 4 Meet the educational, health, and service needs of the community, especially youth and seniors, today 4 Support auto-related businesses and workers Create Jerome Avenue Business Grant program Today, the Jerome Avenue Corridor does and in the future as the neighborhood develops leveraged from the public & private sectors since 2014 for not adequately serve the dense surrounding affordable housing preservation in Community Districts 4 & 5 Work with Jerome Avenue businesses to connect communities. By making strategic and 5 Improve quality of life and health of the neighborhood $800M them to capital access services transformative investments, along with changes BIG WINS in land use and zoning, the Corridor has the Build Two New Schools in School Districts 9 & 10 Deploy the SBS Mobile Unit to the Jerome Corridor opportunity to better serve the neighborhoods it Work with contractors & Provide recruitment and monthly runs through. Renovate & Expand Davidson Community Center 5,500 1,500 421 offer services to workers on developers to promote job Affordable units Affordable units built since 2014 Buildings visited during opportunities for local residents Jerome Avenue Support independent local employment network Jerome Avenue Public Health Task Force BIG WINS preserved since 2014 HPD Block Sweeps Create new opportunities for affordable housing Jerome Avenue Neighborhood Health Plan Offer grants for business Connect residents to relocation construction training programs Develop Corporal Fischer Park 124 6,000 48 Require affordable housing through the Develop New Park at 1801 Davidson Ave. Buildings added to Proactive Home inspections between’16 and’17 Open litigation cases, ensuring Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) Program Preservation Initiative landlords are held accountable Renovate and Expand Grant Avenue Park

Create special rules for buildings along the “Under the EL” Public Realm Improvements elevated rail BIG WINS Implement Commercial Corridor Improvements Create a Southwest Bronx Housing Task Force to address unsafe building conditions Allow broader range of commercial uses to meet

neighborhood needs plus plus plus Provide robust free legal representation for tenants in the Jerome area

Proactive outreach to Jerome Ave tenants to provide access to anti-displacement resources Support changes in land use with capital including legal services Help auto businesses investments to create a beautiful, safe and $50M $50M $140M come into compliance healthy Jerome Avenue Connect Jerome New and improved parks Streets, sidewalks & New and improved schools and Establish a “Certifi cation of No Harassment” (CONH) pilot program Bring the SBS Mobile & open spaces pedestrian safety projects other community facilities businesses to capital “Jerome Program Manager” will be Unit to Jerome Avenue Prepare auto workers for emerging on the ground to coordinate and connect Preserve Affordable Housing industries and new auto technologies businesses and workers to services and Planning Process & Timeline programs Neighborhood Study Neighborhood Study Focus Groups (5) Draft Zoning Framework CM Gibson Jerome DCP hosts Cross Bronx Expressway Local Community Board public walking tours - Youth, Seniors, Workforce & Neighborhood Strategies Avenue Study Roundtables Public Realm Vision Session Public Hearings & study launch Public Open House DCP hosts ‘Scoping 101” Land Use Application certifies City Council public event, and holds and enters ULURP Public Hearing Neighborhood Study Public Jerome Avenue Study scoping hearing City Planning Commission Open Houses & Vision Session “Open Office Hours” Council Member Gibson Public Hearing Spanish-language Open House Tenant Resource Fair

October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February March 2015 2016 2017 2018 For more information on commitments made through the Jerome Avenue Neighborhood Plan visit: Neighborhood Study https://www1.nyc.gov/site/operations/performance/neighborhood-rezoning-commitments-tracker.page DCP Summer Outreach Events Borough President Land Use Application Goal-Setting workshop DCP Summer Outreach Events (8) Public Hearing Passes City Council