Nov. 27, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened for a new 21-story, 294-unit tower blocks away from Fort Greene Park, with apartments starting at $750 a month. The lottery for the 99 Fleet Place Apartments includes 76 units, all rent stabilized and income restricted, 62 of which could be deemed…
Nov. 25, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens marked the end of its 125th Anniversary celebrations with two significant events this month, bringing together community leaders, experts, and supporters to reflect on the ongoing challenges of poverty and the organization’s impactful work over the years. The events were highlighted by the…
Nov. 21, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has launched for an under-construction nine-story, 214-unit building on Gowanus’ 3rd Avenue, the latest lottery to go live for a development that benefits from the area’s rezoning. Taking up the whole block along 3rd Avenue between Union and Sackett, the Union Channel Apartments features…
Nov. 12, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith After years of negotiations, Continuum’s planned residential tower on the former Spice Factory site near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is set to move forward, with a new agreement reached today between the developer, local council member, and garden leadership on the building’s height and affordability. The 14-story tower…
Nov. 6, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith The controversial proposal to rezone the Arrow Linen site in Park Slope to make way for two at least 13-story apartment towers has gained the support of Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, but Reynoso is calling on developers to deepen the project’s affordability as a condition of his…
Oct. 30, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened for another new Gowanus building that benefited from the neighborhood’s rezoning. Still under construction, this one is a 13-story, 193-unit block-long development that runs between Union and Sackett streets along 4th Avenue. Included in the lottery for the 655 Union Street Apartments…
Oct. 29, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery is now available for seniors at a new eight-story development on Winthrop Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, which has replaced an old wood-frame house with a spacious yard. Located at 250 Winthrop Street, the complex features a total of 49 units, with 27 designated…
Oct. 24, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith A truly affordable housing lottery has opened for 36 apartments in a new 100% affordable development in Crown Heights, with units starting at $454 a month. Dubbed Weeksville Place, the new eight-story, 45-unit building has risen on a formerly vacant and overgrown lot. The lottery for the new…
Oct. 17, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened for 49 apartments in a towering new mixed-income development on Boerum Street in Williamsburg. The 19-story, 162-unit building at 159 Boerum Street, which rises far above any other structure on the block, has gone up on the site of the former parking…
Oct. 16, 2024 By Adam Daly Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that an estimated 71,000 new apartments will be added to New York City’s housing stock after she extended the deadline for the 421-a affordable housing tax break. The extension allows for an additional six years to complete projects already in the pipeline, including…