Bronx HEArts Community Center

Bronx, NY

HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

The Bronx HEArts (Health, Education, and Arts) Center will transform the long-vacant, former Lincoln Recovery Center into a vibrant, community-led hub for health, education, workforce development, and the arts. Led by South Bronx Unite and the Mott Haven-Port Morris Community Land Stewards in partnership with Alembic Community Development, the project represents the culmination of more than a decade of community advocacy and planning. The project includes a 120-seat flexible performance auditorium, music rehearsal and practice rooms, classrooms, meeting spaces, a commercial kitchen, affordable offices for community-based organizations, and dedicated health and wellness facilities. Educational programming and workforce training will create new opportunities for local residents, including careers in green industries. Rooted in the building’s historic role in community activism and healthcare advocacy, the project will preserve its architectural character while introducing sustainable building systems, improved accessibility, and new outdoor spaces, establishing a lasting cultural and civic resource for the South Bronx.

    • Maintain Owner’s schedule and monitor design and construction for compliance with budget, schedule, and quality standards.

    • Coordinate construction schedules, logistics, and Owner’s requirements.Monitor regulatory reviews, approvals, and permitting.

    • Conduct regular site visits to track progress, identify issues, and recommend solutions.

    • Review and negotiate payment requisitions and change orders.

    • Prepare monthly progress reports for the Owner.

    • Oversee punchlists, commissioning, beneficial occupancy, and final regulatory sign-offs.

    • Geothermal Field in sidewalk under DOT jurisdiction

    • Heavy abatement and remediation requiring V5 DEP variance request 

    • Tenant fit-out/make-ready evaluation 

    • School and park adjacencies impact on the logistics and access plans 

    • Large skylight shading and environmental comfort 

    • SHPO designation

    • Owner - HEARTS Center, LLC

    • Architect - BKSK

    • Builder - EW Howell

    • Renderings - Javier Galindo/The Inner Frame

“Every New Yorker deserves access to vibrant community spaces that create opportunity and strengthen the neighborhoods they call home. The HEArts Center will breathe new life into a long-vacant property in the South Bronx and create a lasting home for health services, workforce training, the arts and community programming,”

- Kathy Hochul
Governor of New York

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