90 Sands Street

90 Sands Exterior - Photography by Wes Tarca

90 Sands Street Affordable Housing Tower Opens in DUMBO, Brooklyn

7:00 am on November 6, 2022 By Sebastian Morris

Work is complete on 90 Sands Street, a 30-story residential tower in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Breaking Ground, the project involved the redevelopment of the former Jehovah’s Witness Hotel and yields 491 units with a portion devoted to deeply affordable housing and supportive housing for the formerly homeless, as well as a 28,000-square-foot community facility and commercial space spanning the first and second floors and a public plaza at the corner of Sands and Jay Streets.

Housing Lottery Launches for 185 Units at 90 Sands Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn

7:00 am on April 5, 2022 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 90 Sands Street, a 30-story mixed-use building in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Breaking Ground, the conversion will yield 491 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 185 units for residents at 30 to 120 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $18,412 to $128,880.

View from the Brooklyn Bridge of existing conditions at 90 Sands Street (Courtesy of Breaking Ground)

Jehovah’s Witnesses Hotel’s Affordable Housing Transformation Imminent at 90 Sands Street in DUMBO

7:30 am on November 28, 2020 By Sebastian Morris

A former Jehovah’s Witness Hotel at 90 Sands Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn will soon be transformed into 491-unit residential property with a mix of deeply affordable and supportive housing units. From Breaking Ground, New York City’s largest supportive housing developer, construction is expected to kick off before the end of November.

Existing conditions at 90 Sands Street (Courtesy of Breaking Ground)

City Council Approves Conversion of Jehovah’s Witness Hotel into 500-Unit Affordable Housing Complex in DUMBO

7:30 am on April 30, 2020 By Sebastian Morris

The New York City Council has approved plans to convert a defunct 29-story hotel development near the DUMBO, Brooklyn waterfront into an affordable housing complex. The building is located at 90 Sands Street and was formerly owned by the Watch Tower Society, a business entity for the Jehovah’s Witness religious organization.

90 Sands Street - View from Northeast corner of Sands and Jay Streets

Breaking Ground Seeks Amendments to Redevelop 90 Sands Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn

7:00 am on October 15, 2019 By Sebastian Morris

The development team at Breaking Ground has revealed proposals to redevelop a Jehovah’s Witness-owned property at 90 Sands Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. The conversion would repurpose the building for supportive and affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households.

30-Story Building At 90 Sands Street To Be Converted Into 600-Key Public Hotel, Dumbo

6:30 am on July 2, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Kushner Companies and RFR Realty are teaming up with Ian Schrager to develop a Public Hotel at the six-building Dumbo Heights redevelopment, in Dumbo, according to the New York Post. At 90 Sands Street, the 30-story, 508-room Jehovah’s Witness residential hotel could to be transformed into a nearly 600-key hotel, with up to 100,000 square feet of amenity and meeting space.

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