Town still reviewing Inwood apartment project near LIRR

By herNeSTo GaldameZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

The Rev. Isaiah Moultrie Sr., a retired Marine, envisioned constructing a residential building in Inwood for military veterans and first responders. His son, Isaiah, aims to make that vision a reality for his father.

The younger Moultrie, a developer, has proposed a fivestory, 48-unit residential building near the Inwood Long Island Rail Road station, at the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Russell Place.

Born and raised in Inwood, Moultrie said he hoped to revitalize a community he’s always called home, and the 11.7-acre lot where his father’s church stood until it was demolished after he retired.

“This is a project that my father started,” he said. “He’s a retired Marine, and he was interested in veteran housing that caters to law enforcement and emergency workers. He wanted to give them first option, and knew a lot of them have a hard time finding housing when they came out of the military.”

Asked if the apartment complex would be limited to servicemen and women, Moultrie said he would want non-military families to live there as well.

The construction project awaits a start date, after it was approved by the Town of Hempstead Board of Appeals in 2020.

“First, Covid slowed things down, and then there was a discrepancy on the basement that we were going to put utilities in,” Moultrie explained. “The town’s building department said the basement wasn’t listed on the initial drawing.”

At a June 14 Board of Appeals hearing at the town’s Old Town Hall, the Moultrie family’s attorney, Christian Browne, discussed the basement plans for the project.

“The reason why the town didn’t entitle his building permit right away is they said there was a mistake on the paperwork,” Browne told the Herald, referring to Moultrie’s permit. He added that the purpose of the

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