Elected officials and developers celebrated the completion of Avalon Harrison, a mixed-use affordable housing complex in Harrison, New York. Located adjacent to the Harrison Metro-North train station in Westchester County, the project was led by AvalonBay Communities, which worked closely with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and local officials at every phase of the project.
“The success of the economy of a county like Westchester depends on providing housing to attract people, and it has to be housing that people can afford,” said New York Governor Kathy Hochul. “We are focused on solving this for these businesses, for these communities, because if you don’t keep growing, you stagnate and you decline. We will not let that happen here in the great State of New York.”
The first phase of the project opened in August 2021 and included the construction of a commuter parking garage. Now complete, the entire complex includes 143 affordable apartments spread across three buildings, around 5,000 square feet of amenity spaces, roughly 27,000 square feet of retail space, and 758 parking spaces that are segmented for retail, commuter, and residential use. Residents will have access to 187 dedicated parking spaces.
The development also created two public plazas that feed into the Metro-North station.
“My administration is continuing to do everything in our power to build new housing in every corner of this state,” said Governor Hochul. “With more than 140 units of affordable housing, the Avalon Harrison project does not only fit seamlessly into the community, it promises to make Harrison more dynamic and walkable and serve as a model for transit-oriented development everywhere.”
Daytime view of Avalon Harrison, now complete
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IT’S NOT AFFORDABLE!
Not a terrible design for a very needed project. More housing helps keeps housing costs from rising higher.
Every Metro North and Long Island Railroad commuter parking lot should have new housing built above. It would be thousands of new housing units, and it only makes sense.
How much do you claim to be affordable for your renting prices?
Yes i like it. Thank you
Excellent idea! We need more affordable housing in Westchester County. Otherwise, young and old are being priced out of our area and might be forced into multigenerational housing.