Affordable housing

Broadway Junction on the border of East New York and Ocean Hill, the first two neighborhoods where the city's new mandatory inclusionary zoning will take effect.

The Loophole in de Blasio’s New Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Policy

10:00 pm on September 11, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

On the last day of July, the de Blasio administration quietly introduced a key piece of its plan to build 80,000 affordable units of housing: mandatory inclusionary zoning. The plan will require market-rate developers to set aside at least 25% of their units in each new building as affordable housing. As the city rezones several neighborhoods across the five boroughs, they’ll impose the policy along with the updated zoning—beginning with East New York.

3365 Third Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 3365 3rd Avenue, Morrisania

7:00 am on September 10, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The South Bronx neighborhoods of Melrose and Morrisania have become ground zero for new affordable housing development. Now another new affordable project is slated for the area, in the transit-starved heart of Morrisania at 3365 3rd Avenue.

481 East 164th Street, image via Bing Maps

Permits Filed: Supportive and Affordable Housing at 481 East 164th Street, Morrisania

7:00 am on August 25, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The once-blighted neighborhoods of Melrose and Morrisania in the South Bronx are littered with vacant lots, but new affordable housing developments are quickly springing up to fill the holes. Nonprofit SoBro Development Corporation is moving forward with plans for an eight-story affordable and supportive building at 481 East 164th Street, on the corner of Washington Avenue in Morrisania.

1845 Sterling Place, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 1845 Sterling Place, the Final Piece of Prospect Plaza Affordable Housing

3:24 pm on August 24, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

When YIMBY stopped by the Prospect Plaza affordable housing development in Ocean Hill earlier this summer, the first two buildings were inching toward completion on Prospect Place between Howard and Saratoga Avenues. Across the street, foundation work on Phase 2 had just begun. Now new building applications have been filed for the third and final piece of the project at 1845 Sterling Place, a large, vacant corner lot next to Eastern Parkway.

Our Lady of Lourdes redevelopment, rendering via Georgica Green

New Look: Our Lady of Lourdes Redevelopment, 1 DeSales Place, Bushwick

7:30 am on August 21, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

In March, YIMBY published an early rendering of the plans to redevelop Our Lady of Lourdes convent in Bushwick into affordable and supportive housing. Now more new building applications have been filed, and we have an updated look at two new buildings coming to the site.

Foundation Work Making Headway at Extell’s One Manhattan Square, at 250 South Street

7:30 am on August 11, 2015 By Nikolai Fedak

Extell was the city’s first developer to put up a residential building of 1,000 feet or greater, and while the construction of One57 was fraught with complications, practice will hopefully make perfect. Despite initial difficulties and buckling streets, the latest photos from Tectonic show One Manhattan Square is now making major headway, at 250 South Street.

Covenant House Planning New Facility, Affordable Housing At 460 West 41st Street, Midtown West

4:00 pm on August 4, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The Covenant House, a facility that caters to homeless youth, is planning to redevelop the small block at 460 West 41st Street, in Hell’s Kitchen, replacing their current eight-story facility, a vacant six-story building, and an undeveloped lot. DNAinfo reports the new building will house Covenant’s new national headquarters facility, in additional to a large residential portion that’s 40% affordable and includes 100 units of supportive housing.

Webster Commons at 3556-3620 Webster Avenue, rendering by Aufgang Architects via Joy Construction

Permits Filed: 3620 Webster Avenue, Webster Commons Affordable Housing in Norwood

7:00 am on August 4, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Six years ago, the city upzoned a quiet, largely vacant stretch of Webster Avenue next to Woodlawn Cemetery to allow the construction of a large affordable housing development, Webster Commons. Some of the buildings have already started renting through the city’s housing lottery process, but new building applications were filed yesterday for another piece of the project at 3620 Webster Avenue.

Rabsky's 10 Monteith Street, rendering by ODA

What the Rheingold Development Controversy Tells Us About Bloomberg-Era Planning

6:46 pm on July 31, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Last night, a collection of Bushwick community activists, union members and neighbors sweated it out on folding chairs at a church on George Street to figure out how they would hold Rabsky Group—the developer of part of the Rheingold Brewery site—to the previous owner’s agreement to provide affordable units and funding for neighborhood schools and parks.

Construction Update: 261 Hudson Street, Hudson Square

7:30 am on July 20, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

It’s been over a year since we last checked in at 261 Hudson Street, the 12-story rental building on the rise in the western corner of Soho known as Hudson Square. The structure has reached three stories, and we have some new construction photos thanks to YIMBY reader Tectonic.

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