$41M apartment project proposed for Park Avenue in Yonkers

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

Kearny Realty & Development Group Inc., based in Baldwin Place, is proposing an approximately $41 million apartment project for 21-23 Park Ave. in Yonkers. Plans have been submitted for the Yonkers Planning Board’s consideration. The project has been named The Abbey and involves constructing a new building as well as rehabilitating properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places -- the former Blessed Sacrament Monastery along with the Ethan Flagg House.

According to the National Register of Historic Places, the Ethan Flagg House and Blessed Sacrament

Monastery had been operated as Greyston Health Services, which had a 35-unit supportive care housing facility at the site. The property has three parts: the mid-19th century residence known as Flagg House, the 1922 monastery addition, and a 1954 infirmary wing that connects the residence and monastery addition. The structures are located on the west side of Park Avenue between Ashburton Avenue and Flagg Street on a bluff above Palisade Avenue with views of the Hudson River.

The neighborhood features a combination of single- and multifamily homes, apartment buildings, stores and institutional structures.

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