Affordable housing

ELURP Application Approved For First City-Owned Site At 351 Powers Avenue In Mott Haven, The Bronx

By Max Gillespie

New York City Council has approved the city’s first Expedited Land Use Review Procedure (ELURP) application for 351 Powers Avenue, an eight-story residential building in Mott Haven, The Bronx. The city-owned site will be developed with 84 affordable homes for low-income New Yorkers, including 30 units for formerly homeless residents. The property is located between East 141st Street and East 143rd Street.

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Housing Lottery Launches for 477 Central Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn

By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 477 Central Avenue, a four-story residential building in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed by Yoel Rozenberg and developed by Mordechai Kahan, the structure yields 16 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are four units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $81,018 to $140,000.

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31-33 West 110th Street. Image: Curtis + Ginsberg Architects

Financing Secured for Affordable Co-Op Tower at 31-33 West 110th Street in Harlem, Manhattan

By Max Gillespie and Matt Pruznick

Developers have secured $97.8 million in financing for 31-33 West 110th Street, a 22-story affordable housing building in Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by Curtis + Ginsberg Architects for Lemor Development Group, Infinite Horizons, L+M Development Partners, and Urbane Development Group, the project will yield 105 cooperative homeownership units. The 148,000-square-foot structure is expected to become New York City’s tallest affordable housing development designed to meet Passive House certification standards. The property is located along Central Park North between Fifth and Lenox Avenues.

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Housing Lottery Launches for Clermont Area HDFC at 389 Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for Clermont Area HDFC, a seven-story residential building at 389 Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Originally built in 1930, the prewar building yields 41 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect is a waiting list to fill one vacant unit for purchase at 120 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $85,000 to $285,000. Eligible buyers must put at least 10 percent down.

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Rendering courtesy of GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc..

Rendering Reveals Nine-Building Residential Development in East Flatbush, Brooklyn

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Bawabeh Holdings has filed a rezoning application for a nine-building, 1.2-million-square-foot residential complex on the border of East Flatbush and Brownsville, Brooklyn. Designed by IMC Architecture and developed under the Midyan Gate Realty No. 2 LLC, the conjoined structures would stand 14 to 15 stories and yield 972 rental apartments, or 108 units per building, with an average scope of 950 square feet. The project would also include 136,112 square feet of retail space, 103,472 square feet of community facility space, and a 114-vehicle parking garage. The property is bounded by East 98th street to the northeast, Winthrop Street to the northwest, Kings Highway to the east, and Rockaway Place to the west.

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