Interiors of 2633 Ocean Avenue Apartments

Friday Housing Lottery Round-Up: Closings Imminent for Five Buildings in Brooklyn and The Bronx

Today’s housing lottery round-up features five buildings with affordable units on Housing Connect with deadlines closing within the next seven days. Unfortunately, an update to the Housing Connect website this week has apparently left the system rather glitchy, as it now lists incorrect numbers of units remaining, and the photos and renderings have similarly become defunct, all in the midst of New York City’s worst housing crisis since the 1930s.

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1821 Prospect Avenue in Crotona, The Bronx

Permits Filed for 1821 Prospect Avenue in Crotona, The Bronx

Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 1821 Prospect Avenue in Crotona, The Bronx. Located between East 175th Street and East 176th Street, the interior lot is closest to the 174th Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Shaya Seidenfield under the PRO 1821 LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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Construction Wraps Up on Thomas Heatherwick’s Lantern House at 515 West 18th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan

Exterior work is nearing completion on Lantern House, a pair of residential buildings straddling the High Line at 515 West 18th Street in Chelsea. Developed by Related Companies and designed by Thomas Heatherwick with SLCE Architects as the architect of record, the ten- and 21-story structures yield a total of 181 residential units with sales and marketing led by Related Sales LLC and Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group. Lantern House is bound by Tenth Avenue the east, West 18th Street to the south, West 19th Street to the north, and Frank Gehry’s IAC Building immediately to the west.

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898 Bushwick Avenue

Housing Lottery Launches for 898 Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn

The affordable housing lottery is open for 898 Bushwick Avenue, a four-story residential development in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The eight-unit building is developed by Josh Navi and designed by Gerald Caliendo, and will yield 7,151 square feet. Available on NYC Housing Connect are three units for rent for residents at 130 percent of the area median income, ranging in eligible income from $66,858 to $159,640.

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