The affordable housing lottery has launched for Botanic Heights, a seven-story residential building at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Hamish Whitefield and developed by YS Developers LLC, the structure yields 290 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 91 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $106,766 to $238,160.
Botanic Heights at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect
Botanic Heights at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect
Botanic Heights at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect
Amenities include pet-friendly policies, garage with assigned parking spaces, gym, party room, social lounge, business center, children’s playroom, elevator, and outdoor areas. Residences are equipped with washers and dryers, dishwashers, air conditioning, smart controls for heating and cooling, and name-brand kitchen appliances, countertops, and finishes. Tenants are responsible for electricity, including stove and heat/cool split unit.
Botanic Heights at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect
Botanic Heights at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect
Botanic Heights at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect
At 130 percent of the AMI, there are 62 one-bedrooms with a monthly rent of $2,950 for incomes ranging from $106,766 to $198,510; six two-bedrooms with a monthly rent of $3,300 for incomes ranging from $120,686 to $238,160; three two-bedrooms with a monthly rent of $3,500 for incomes ranging from $127,543 to $238,160; and 20 two-bedrooms with a monthly rent of $3,950 for incomes ranging from $142,972 to $238,160.
Botanic Heights at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect
Botanic Heights at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn via NYC Housing Connect
Prospective renters must meet income and household size requirements to apply for these apartments. Applications must be postmarked or submitted online no later than July 2, 2026.
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The facade here has a nice industrial feel to it; the visible corner bolts on the paneling, good job..
making crown heights more and more untruly affordable for its long time residents
Yeah, let’s make it as early as possible so it will be affordable to all
The not so funny thing about this development is the residents of this community resisted a modest rezoning for this site that would have triggered the requirement for deeper affordability (average of 60% AMI for the MIH program as opposed to 130% for the 421a program).
Their main justification was based upon shading of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s greenhouse. If you walk along Washington Ave, you can see BBG’s horticulture experts have placed opaque tarping over a portion of the greenhouse’s roof glazing. It’s been there for years. The rezoning’s shading studies showed only a small increment past the west property line along Washington Ave would fall on the property. Maybe that shading would have been OK.
I am not a horticulturist nor an environmental engineer, but what is clear to me is that the community chose to have less affordability in their neighborhood.