Downtown Brooklyn

1 Boerum Place Apartments. All images courtesy of NYC Housing Connect

Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for One Boerum Place in Downtown Brooklyn

The affordable housing lottery has launched for One Boerum Place, a 21-story mixed-use building in Downtown Brooklyn. The development is designed by SLCE Architects and is being developed by Avery Hall Investments, Allegra Holdings, and Aria Development Group. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 42 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $68,572 to $167,570.

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Rendering of 130 St. Felix Street - FXCollaborative

Gotham Organization Files Land Use Applications for Residential Tower at 130 St. Felix Street in Downtown Brooklyn

Gotham Organization’s contentious new development at 130 St. Felix Street in Downtown Brooklyn is now under review by the Department of City Planning as part of the New York’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. Known simply as ULURP, the procedure is required for projects that require special review or modifications to existing zoning regulations.

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9 DeKalb Avenue’s Superstructure Soars Past Halfway Mark in Downtown Brooklyn

Construction has passed the halfway mark on 9 DeKalb Avenue, a 73-story residential skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn and the Outer Boroughs’ first supertall at 1,066 feet tall. Designed by SHoP Architects and developed by JDS, the tower will soon eclipse the 720-foot-tall architectural height of Kohn Pedersen Fox’s Brooklyn Point to secure the title of the tallest building in Brooklyn. 9 DeKalb Avenue will yield a total of 425 rental apartments and 150 condominiums.

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