The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1259 St. Marks Avenue, a four-story mixed-use building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Joseph M. Morace and developed by Joseph Mendeliwotz, the structure yields 21 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are five units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $75,772 to $140,000.
New renderings have been revealed for 1720 Atlantic Avenue, a 13-story mixed-use development on the northern border of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by IMC Architecture and developed by Bermuda Realty, the 360,000-square-foot project will yield 278 rental units, with 70 dedicated to affordable housing. The complex will also include 50,427 square feet of commercial space and 17,421 square feet for community facilities. The 48,300-square-foot property is bounded by Atlantic Avenue to the north, Michael Griffith Street to the south, and Schenectady Avenue to the east.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is reviewing an application for 1184 Dean Street, a three-story residential building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Built in 1931, the property contains eight residential units. The current proposal seeks approval for the replacement of existing street-facing façade windows as part of a preservation-focused scope of work.
Restoration work is complete on Hunterfly Road Houses at the Weeksville Heritage Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The $4 million city-funded project was led by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York City Department of Design and Construction, and began in the fall of 2024. The 19th-century wood-frame houses are the last remaining structures of Weeksville, one of the nation’s largest free Black communities before the Civil War.
Permits have been filed for an 18-story mixed-use building at 503 Grand Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Located between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street, the lot is near the Franklin Avenue subway station, served by the A and C trains. Abraham Garbo of GW Russell LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
