Bedford-Stuyvesant

Rendering of Atlantic Avenue planned work, via nyc.gov

Public Review Begins For Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan In Crown Heights And Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

7:00 am on October 16, 2024 By Max Gillespie

Public review has officially kicked off for the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, a community-led proposal for new housing, jobs, and infrastructure investments in Brooklyn. The proposal focuses on a 21-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue and neighboring blocks in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Developed by the New York City Department of City Planning in collaboration with NYC council members Crystal Hudson and Chi Ossé, the plan aims to create approximately 4,600 new homes, including 1,440 permanently income-restricted affordable units, along with 2,800 permanent new jobs.

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1510 Broadway Wraps Up Construction in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

8:00 am on October 5, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is wrapping up on 1510 Broadway, an eight-story residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by Gluck+ and developed by MacQuesten Development, East Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation, and the Local Development Corporation of East New York, the structure will yield 108 rental units in studio- to three-bedroom layouts with 90 dedicated to affordable housing and the remaining 18 set aside for formerly homeless residents referred through city and nonprofit programs. The project will also house 9,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. The property is located on a formerly vacant lot bound by Jefferson Avenue to the north, Hancock Street to the south, Broadway to the northeast, and Saratoga  Avenue to the west.

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811 Lexington Avenue. Alexander Severin, courtesy of Think!

811 Lexington Avenue Celebrates Grand Opening In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

7:30 am on July 5, 2024 By Max Gillespie

IMPACCT Brooklyn recently celebrated the opening of 811 Lexington Avenue, a new affordable housing development designed specifically for low-income seniors and elderly individuals in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The 63-unit development, which was designed by Think!, aims to address the need for affordable housing among seniors in the area. The site was formerly occupied by a parking lot and a vacant industrial building that once housed the Mars Fudge and Fruit Company.

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Rendering illustrates 1057 Atlantic Avenue - Courtesy of Dencityworks

456-Unit Building Tops Out at 1057 Atlantic Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

8:00 am on February 29, 2024 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction has topped out on 1057 Atlantic Avenue, a 17-story residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by dencityworks and developed by Douglaston Development, the sprawling 474,000-square-foot structure will yield 456 rental apartments in studio to three-bedroom layouts, with 137 units reserved for affordable housing, as well as 35,000 square feet of amenities and 31,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Levine Builders is the general contractor for the $320 million project, which was formerly addressed as 1045 Atlantic Avenue and is located between Classon and Franklin Avenues.

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Rendering of 1215 Fulton Street. Courtesy of Tower Holdings Group, The Collective and Artefactorylab

Funding Secured For 12 Halsey Street In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

7:30 am on December 16, 2023 By Max Gillespie

EJS Group, in partnership with Hope Street Capital, have successfully closed on a $108.15 million construction financing package for their upcoming residential development at 12 Halsey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. This project, also referred to as 1215 Fulton Street, is part of the Affordable New York Program and comprises three buildings with approximately 240 rental units, with 30 percent allocated as affordable housing.

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