B-East (East 125th Street Development)

In alignment with the City’s LIFT Task Force and the Mamdani Administration’s goal of creating 25,000 new homes over the next 10 years, NYCEDC is advancing the redevelopment of “B-East”, an approximately 17,337-square-foot, City-owned parcel at East 126th Street and 2nd Avenue in East Harlem.

Through a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP), NYCEDC will seek a development team to deliver a new mixed-use, primarily residential building with 140 units of high quality, mixed-income housing and active, neighborhood-serving ground-floor uses. This project is part of the broader East 125th Street Development initiative (E125) originally approved in 2008.

Site History

E125 was first approved in 2008 to transform underutilized City-owned land in East Harlem into a dynamic, transit-oriented, mixed-use district. In the years since, E125 has delivered:

• 451 housing units, including 344 affordable units
• 65,000 square feet of neighborhood retail
• A first-of-its-kind proton cancer treatment center
• Cultural community facility space
• Open space

B-East is the final remaining undeveloped parcel on the "B" block of the E125 site. Its redevelopment as mixed-income housing will advance a long-planned vision for the corridor, complementing major public investments already underway in the neighborhood—including the Harlem River Greenway and Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway extension, which will bring Q train service to 125th Street by 2036.

A New Vision

NYCEDC's RFP will seek a project that leverages these investments and delivers strong public benefits, including:

• 140 new homes in a mixed-income building
• Permanently affordable housing under New York State's 485-x
• Neighborhood-serving ground-floor space, including locally-owned retail
• Sustainable, resilient design
• Workforce and economic development commitments

Interested in this opportunity? Visit the East 125th Street (B-East) RFP page to learn more and download the RFP.