The housing lottery has launched for The Gregory, a seven-story mixed-use building with affordable units still available at 991 St. Johns Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by PKSB Architects, the structure yields 40 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are two units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $142,286 to $261,170.
Residences are equipped with energy-efficient appliances, patios or balconies, air conditioning, and name-brand kitchen appliances, countertops, and finishes. Amenities include pet-friendly policies, assigned parking spaces, bike storage lockers, a shared laundry room, gym, recycling center, elevator, package lockers, and outdoor areas including a rooftop terrace. Tenants are responsible for electricity, which includes stove and heat.
At 130 percent of the AMI, there is one two-bedroom with a monthly rent of $3,930 for incomes ranging from $142,286 to $227,500, and one three-bedroom with a monthly rent of $4,530 for incomes ranging from $164,778 to $261,170.
Prospective renters must meet income and household size requirements to apply for these apartments. Applications must be postmarked or submitted online no later than October 29, 2025.
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Why the deception and mislabeled this as “affordable”? It’s anything but affordable. “…at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $142,286 to $261,170.”
2 bedroom rent of $3,930 for incomes ranging from $142,286 to $227,500… Again how many people are making 227k? This is not affordable for the real working people. Are teachers, cleaner, secretaries, cafeteria workers making 227k?
Nothing about this building is affordable. This building, just like the one a block away from it at 959 Sterling Place, is simply too expensive. The people who can afford to pay $4,000/month for a two bedroom would rather do so in a nicer neighborhood or buy an apartment instead since at least they’d have equity.
Developers are shooting themselves in the foot by only building apartments for high earners in low and middle income neighborhoods. It’s clear the top end of the market is saturated with housing in these areas, now it’s time to focus on everybody else.
Just more big tax breaks to these developers to convert a part of a church into high market rents, more higher incomes units being built in low income neighborhood