On Wednesday, The Brooklyn Public Library and Fifth Avenue Committee celebrated the ribbon cutting for the Sunset Park Library and Apartments, an eight-story mixed-use building at 5108 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The first development of its kind, the project combines affordable housing with a public library in a new model for urban development that blends community services with housing needs.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for FAC Sunset Park, an eight-story mixed-use building at 372 51st Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning and developed by the Fifth Avenue Committee and the Brooklyn Public Library, the structure yields 50 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 40 units for residents at 40 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $20,160 to $118,400.
The Brooklyn Public Library recently celebrated a grand opening for the Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center in north Brooklyn. Located at 107 Norman Avenue in Greenpoint, the center includes a new library, a public plaza, science learning centers for students, and flexible congregation spaces.
The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) has officially broken ground on the two-story replacement for their Greenpoint branch, at 107 Norman Avenue. The innovative new space touts environmental sensibility integrated directly into the educational center, and is poised to receive LEED-Gold Certification.
A rendering has been revealed of the proposed eight-story, 49-unit mixed-use project at 5108 Fourth Avenue, located on the corner of 51st Street in Sunset Park. The rendering comes as the project was recently approved by Community Board 7 as part of the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), Brooklyn Daily reported. If all approvals are granted, the new building would feature Brooklyn Public Library’s new Sunset Park branch, measuring 21,000 square feet. There would be 49 affordable rental residential units on the floors above, ranging from studios to three-bedrooms.
