Work is wrapping up on 204 Avenue A, a seven-story affordable housing building in the Alphabet City section of Manhattan’s East Village. Designed by Shakespeare Gordon Vlado Architects and developed by New York City’s Housing Preservation and Development, the 69-foot-tall structure will span 14,029 square feet and yield ten co-op apartments with an average scope of 930 square feet, as well as 1,464 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, rooftop recreational space, and a 34-foot-long rear yard. The property is located on a narrow interior lot between East 12th and East 13th Streets.
Recent photographs show the building enclosed in its red brick façade and grid of tall rectangular windows above the second floor. The first story remains obscured by construction fencing, but will eventually be clad in contrasting black brick separated from the fenestration above by a copper-colored metal trim.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The building is being constructed with Urban Development Action Area Project (UDAAP) incentives, which the owners gained in December 2018. Under UDAAP, owners can receive various benefits from the city government including tax exemptions, low-interest loans, and grants to help revitalize distressed structures. In the case of 204 Avenue A, tenants of the previous structure pictured in the below Google Street View image were forced to vacate due to unsafe structural conditions. Upon completion, the ten units in the new building will be offered first to these former residents.
204 Avenue A via Google Maps
The nearest subway from the development is the L train at the 1st Avenue station along East 14th Street.
YIMBY predicts 204 Avenue A to fully finish construction in the next couple of months.
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Too bad about the garbage neighbor.
Developer is SMJ Development.
The East Village does seem remarkably resistant to ‘gentrification.’ It’s not literally surrounded by new investment in all directions. ‘Gentrifiers” would rather move deeper into Brooklyn or Queens than take a chance on the East Village. That can’t go on forever.
I know. They were saying the East Village (forgot how this neighborhood was called back in the days) will be the next Soho from like 30 years ago
Much better than before until I forgot, what it was like to be dilapidated before: Thanks.