The Arches

The Arches is a multi-building rental property at 224 East 135th Street in Mott Haven, the Bronx, with Chess Builders on record. It is part of the new residential construction along the southern tip of the Bronx near the Harlem River, where the Mott Haven waterfront faces East Harlem across the water.

The property is a block from the Harlem River and the approaches to the Third Avenue and Willis Avenue bridges, with Manhattan a short crossing away. Randall’s Island and its parks are reachable by the footpath on the RFK Bridge, and the Bruckner Boulevard antique row runs to the east. The 6 stops at 3rd Avenue-138th Street, the 4 at 138th Street-Grand Concourse, and Metro-North’s Harlem-125th Street station is a short crossing away in Manhattan.

Completed in 2021, the 25-story building holds 430 apartments and is part of the new housing that has risen in Mott Haven since the 2009 rezoning of the Lower Concourse and the Harlem River waterfront. Chess Builders developed it. Its location offers new construction at rents generally below Manhattan’s, with the 6 train a short walk away and Bankside’s waterfront esplanade nearby.