Developers and city officials recently joined to celebrate the start of construction on a dual-building affordable housing complex in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The development site is located on Newport Street between Thatford and Rockaway Avenues and will debut as Bridge Rockaway.
Permits have been filed for a five-story mixed-use building at 128 Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Located between Amboy Street and Herzl Street, the lot is a short walk to the Saratoga Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 3 trains. Isaac Rosenberg is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Vital Brookdale at 535 East 98th Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Designed by Dattner Architects, the structure yields 160 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 117 units for residents at 50 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $35,829 to $118,400.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 380 Chester Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Located between Riverdale Avenue and Livonia Avenue, the lot is one block west of the Rockaway Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2, 3, and 4 trains. David Dishy of L+M Development Partners is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Breaking Ground and the African American Planning Commission Inc. recently celebrated the opening of their co-developed residential property at 7 Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Known as Edwin’s Place, the property comprises 125 units of affordable and supportive housing in addition to new community space and ground-floor retail.
