515 West 57th Street rezoning advances for 394 units

A rezoning application tied to ABS Partners for a 30-story, 394-unit tower at 515 West 57th Street in Hell’s Kitchen was certified by the NYC Department of City Planning on August 10, 2026, and the project has since moved into public review, per the city’s ZAP case file for project 2025M0360.

Why it matters

The filing, submitted under the entity 515 West 57th Street Leasehold LLC, is asking for a zoning map change from M1-5(CL) to C6-12(CL) and a text amendment to designate the site as a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area. For a developer tracking Hell’s Kitchen, the certification date matters more than any single headline about the project: it is what started the ULURP clock, and the clock runs regardless of which outlet covers the story next. Manhattan Community Board 4 already held its required hearing on October 7, 2026.

The numbers

The application covers a mixed residential and commercial building of approximately 377,970 sq ft on a site in the Special Clinton District, Community District 4. The project is proposed at 394 dwelling units across 30 stories. The MIH designation being sought would require a share of those units to be set aside as income-restricted, though the exact affordability split is not yet fixed in the certified record.

What’s next

The application is in ULURP public review, meaning Community Board 4’s recommendation, a Manhattan borough president review, and City Planning Commission and City Council votes still lie ahead before anything is approved. No vote has occurred on the record as of this writing, so the 394-unit count and the MIH designation remain proposed, not approved. Builders and agents working Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen should watch the City Planning Commission calendar for the next hearing date tied to project 2025M0360. For more on the borough’s active pipeline, see New York.