The affordable housing lottery has launched for 599 Tinton Avenue, a seven-story mixed-use building in Woodstock, The Bronx. Designed by Badaly Architects and developed by Steve Zervoudis, the structure yields 35 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 11 units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $76,080 to $140,000.
Residences are equipped with hardwood floors, intercoms, smart controls for heating and cooling, charging outlets with USB ports, energy-efficient appliances, and name-brand kitchen countertops and finishes. Amenities include an elevator, recycling center, and pet-friendly policies. Tenants are responsible for electricity including stove, hot water, and heat.
At 80 percent of the AMI, there are ten one-bedrooms with a monthly rent of $2,092 for incomes ranging from $76,149 to $139,620, and one two-bedroom with a monthly rent of $2,419 for incomes ranging from $92,743 to $167,570.
Prospective renters must meet income and household size requirements to apply for these apartments. Applications must be postmarked or submitted online no later than February 23, 2026.
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The architect can’t be serious.
Don’t call him that.
Stalag..
“Beauty for everyone, not just the rich”
I’m usually not one to complain about design – but this one is horrid. The crazy thing is that it is mostly market rate and even the “affordable” portion is 80% AMI – not 30. This looks like a prison annex or the lowest of the low income development possible
Yes, we need buildings here that lift our spirits, not crush them.
Can we at least get red brick…
Is early parole possible?
Are prisoners allowed out on day release with good behavior?
Plenty of blame to go around…
A hack architect with integrity issues.
A garbage developer with basest impulses that prioritizes profit and completely dismisses public good.
But there’s another…
The city. The city could prevent this bullsh*t if it wanted to. Derive some incentive to meet minimum public beauty requirements through a brief property tax moratorium or abatement. They don’t do these things because it’s complicated, and would require people to care, modify the zoning/building code and probably hire additional staff. Bronx projects apparantly are the easiest not to care about for the city, who is still stuck in a 20th century mentality of decline.
I. see blank canvas for the neighborhood artists. Additional evidence for the Bronx as home of NYC underclass.
I looks like a City Shelter. I guess people with deep pockets need a hide out. Make it look like they are going to prison or a Detention Center rather than luxury building.
Ugly and uninspiring. Who approved of this?
I thought I was the only one who thought this looked more like a jail or detention center. UAF
Me too.
🤢🤮”Bad-ally” is not an Architecture “firm” anymore because this egregious building defies all & any known principle of architecture. This is a deliberate attempt to “punish” both the inhabitants/”prisoners” & the passers-bye of NY in perpetuity, until it’s demolished and rebuilt properly🤢🤮
Omg, this shows the developer probably had very little money to do this project and should have waited until they could have afforded and hired an architect. I get the dire need for affordable housing but why punish people who will end up living there? Red brick would be a slight improvement but why is there no commercial space on that first floor?
That wall seems like it could be hiding an ICE detention or holding facility on it’s other side.