One45 by the numbers
The project
LionFox is co-developer, delivering the affordable housing.
The development team includes One 45 Lenox LLC, Coltown Properties, and Pointsfive. SHoP Architects is the designer.
The plan also includes a 23,000-square-foot technology center with community rooms and 30,000 square feet of commercial, retail, and community space.
Community benefits include $8.8 million for Brigadier General Charles Young Playground, a 20% local hiring target for Harlem residents, job training and apprenticeships, and internships for local young people.
- At a glance
- Location
- West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue, Harlem, New York
- Building A
- 502 apartments, 126 of them permanently affordable
- Building B
- 408 apartments, 122 of them permanently affordable
- Building C
- 90 homes in a separate, stand-alone, 100% affordable building with a senior preference
- Income levels
- Affordable homes average 60% of area median income in Building A and 80% in Building B
Project timeline
- December 2, 2024
City Planning certified the One45 for Harlem application, and public review began.
- April 23, 2025
The City Planning Commission approved the application.
- May 20, 2025
Shams DaBaron testified in support at the City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises.
- June 26, 2025
The Council's zoning subcommittee and Land Use Committee voted to approve the plan, and the community benefits agreement was executed.
- July 14, 2025
Approved unanimously by the City Council.
- Today
Demolition is underway.
“Thirty years ago, I spent many nights curled up on a park bench across from where One45 is proposed. That park bench where I once slept is still there today, but with your vote, it can become the view from someone’s window instead of their bed.”
Shams DaBaron, testimony to the City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, May 2025
The hearing record
The official transcript of the May 20, 2025 hearing carries his full testimony on pages 72 to 74.
In the news
- City Council approves One45 for Harlem unanimouslyRead
- Shams DaBaron testifies for One45 at the City CouncilRead
- Hanover Capital Supplies $26M to Advance One45 for Harlem DevelopmentRead
- City Council approves Harlem One45 development after years of debateWatch
- One45 project advances with final NYC council voteRead
- NYC Council approves 1,000-unit One45 Harlem developmentRead
- Years in the making, City Council approves 1,000 housing units at Harlem’s One45Read
Public records
- City Council release on the committee votes, the unit mix and the community benefitsOpen
- City Council legislative file for the One45 rezoning (LU 0294-2025)Open
- Full video of the City Council hearing on One45, by chapterOpen
- City Planning Commission report approving the rezoningOpen
- City Planning project record for One45 for Harlem, with every review stepOpen
