BFC Partners, city agencies, and local community groups recently celebrated the grand opening of Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The community center is named in honor of the late Congressman Major Owens and will offer sports and educational classes, camps, and programming for children and community members.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 50 Clarkson Avenue, a nine-story residential building in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Designed by ND Architecture and Design, the structure yields 97 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 14 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $72,000 to $167,570.
The Gotham Organization and RiseBoro Community Partnership have revealed amenity spaces at Gotham Point, a dual tower residential development in Hunters Point South, Queens. Amenities include include a rooftop terrace, sundecks, communal lounges, an indoor-outdoor fitness center, co-working space, a children’s playroom, and an urban rooftop farm and boathouse.
Renderings from NDKazalas Architecture have revealed a new eight-story residential building at 521 West 134th Street in Manhattan’s West Harlem neighborhood. From Haussmann Development, the building will eventually create 28 rental units spread across 19,000 square feet.
Permits have been filed for an 11-story mixed-use building with affordable housing at 540 Degraw Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Spanning the length of Nevins Street between Degraw Street and Sackett Street, the lot also addressed as 537 Sackett Street. The site is walking distance from the Union Street subway station, serviced by the R train. The Vorea Group is listed as the owner behind the applications.
