The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1760 Third Avenue, an 18-story affordable housing conversion building in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by Dattner Architects and developed by Breaking Ground, the project involved the conversion of a dormitory for Hunter College and Baruch College into 434 residential units. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 172 units for residents at 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $45,532 to $91,620.
Amenities include a 24-hour attended lobby, on-site resident manager, elevators, media room, recreation room, gym, computer lab, and on-site laundry room. All utilities, including electricity for stove, heating, and hot water, are included in the rent.
At 60 percent of the AMI, there are 127 studios with a monthly rent of $1,328 for incomes ranging from $45,532 to $81,420, and 45 one-bedrooms with a monthly rent of $1,660 for incomes ranging from $56,915 to $91,620.
Prospective renters must meet income and household size requirements to apply for these apartments. Applications must be postmarked or submitted online no later than August 10, 2026.
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Many apartments that are studios are only 200 feet big. So basically a room 8 feet by 20 feet with a tiny bathroom and small bathroom. If person has a partner or children it is just to small.
These type of developments are anti family. The smallest unit should be 600 feet . So a resident can have family members live with them.
Hunter college dormitories are all the way downtown at 23rd Street that is not East Harlem
This is not a zero-sum game. Lots of people don’t live with family and don’t need that much space. Preventing small apartments from being built doesn’t just harm those people, it also harms families, even if families wouldn’t live in a studio. When there’s not enough individual apartments to meet the demand for individual apartments, people group up with roommates and occupy a family-sized apartment that could have otherwise gone to a family. Just because you live a certain way doesn’t mean that policy should prevent meeting needs of those who live differently, nor does it mean that such policy wouldn’t have side effects that could harm you.
Also, this is a conversion of a college dorm, so it stands to reason that the unit sizes would reflect that.
They made it look like affordable housing.
Where can 👁 get a application
It looks oppressive.
they didn’t want to make the top symmetrical? just said ehh nah we’re good ?
Brutalism without the elegance.
Impressive – 434 permanently affordable housing units created from an underutilized dorm. The city needs more conversion projects that prioritize affordable housing like this one — not just market rate conversion projects with buckling columns.
I live in 285sq feet. If you don’t hoard junk and organize your life it’s plenty big in NYC for a busy person that plans to live there the rest of their life or to move up and move on. Why would anybody consider this size of space for a family is beyond imagination that’s the most bizarre comment and it makes no sense.