The Adams administration has announced a progress report on 11 housing projects currently under development on city-owned land, expected to create approximately 9,750 new homes across New York City. The projects are the result of Executive Order 43, issued in August 2024, which directed all city agencies to identify underutilized properties suitable for residential development.
390 Kent Avenue, via Google Maps.
1880 First Avenue, via Google Maps.
Two new sites were introduced as part of this announcement. At 390 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the city will issue a request for proposals following public engagement to transform a deteriorating city facility into more than 900 new homes, at least 25 percent of which will be affordable. The project will offer public waterfront access. In East Harlem, Manhattan, a parking lot at 1880 First Avenue, located across from NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan, will be redeveloped into approximately 800 new homes, with a similar affordability commitment. City employees will retain parking access during and after construction.
Photograph of Gansevoort Square, via edc.nyc.
The remaining nine projects span all five boroughs. In The Bronx, the Grand Concourse Library site will be redeveloped with a new library and 100-percent affordable housing. In Manhattan, the city is reviewing proposals for a mixed-use development with up to 600 units at Gansevoort Square, and is planning to replace a city-owned office building at 100 Gold Street with more than 1,000 mixed-income homes. Brooklyn will see additional development at 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension, where a public review is underway for a proposal to build over 1,200 new homes, as well as in Coney Island West Parcel A, where the city is advancing plans for around 500 housing units and ground-floor retail.
Hunter’s Point South parcel E, via nyc.gov.
In Queens, the Hunter’s Point South Parcel E site will be redeveloped into approximately 900 homes, while the former Flushing Airport site in College Point is proposed for 3,000 homes and 60 acres of public open space. Two additional projects are advancing through the city’s Living Library initiative: a redevelopment of the Bloomingdale Library and Health Clinic in Manhattan with up to 850 new homes, and a plan to co-locate 100-percent affordable housing alongside a modernized New Utrecht Library branch in Brooklyn.
“In just one year since Mayor Adams’ executive order creating the City Housing Activation Task Force, we are already advancing nearly 10,000 new homes on city-owned properties,” said Adolfo Carrion, Jr., Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development, and Workforce. “The two sites we are announcing today not only add to that accomplishment; they show that every city agency is dedicated to addressing our housing crisis, including the folks at DOT who keep us moving, at DCAS who keep the city running smoothly, and at NYC Health + Hospitals who keep us healthy. It is truly all hands on deck for housing.”
Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail
Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates
Like YIMBY on Facebook
Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews
390 Kent is great news. This mayor’s candidacy is toast and all these projects are basically going on his resume to help him find a lucrative private gig post-office, but I’m glad that at least a few positives will come out of his administration. I want to know more about 395 Flatbush. That address is right below Grand Army Plaza – what city-owned land is there and how could you possibly fit 1,200 units into that tiny parcel? Sounds off by at least decimal.
395 Flatbush Av EXTENSION is between Dekalb and Fulton Downtown.
Agree. Adam’s actually cared about the city and improved it during his administration. Hopefully the next mayor will help all New Yorkers.
It’s a shame Adams’ very petty apparent mistakes will forever be his reputation. Mayor Dinkins changed the trajectory of the City, but his successor took all the credit.
Mayor Koch had a major program to renovate abandoned buildings in the South Bronx, etc., which revived the housing stock in the city. This is also largely forgotten except by those who lived through the 1970s.
My question about all this “affordable housing” is whether it is at cost or has to be subsidized by taxpayers or other residents in a building. If it requires city money, it will burden the city for generations.
Spanning all 5 boroughs and Staten Island isn’t mentioned at all.It needs to be developed as most of the planned projects never happen
and still more delays of building or the lack of building truly affordable housing at the ATLANTIC YARDS DEVELOPMENT, and there are still a lot of neighborhoods who is still not building truly affordable housing at all, and it seems to be more private owned vacant lots that are building high price apartments on it, while it takes years just to build on a city vacant lot, don’t pop the champagne to fast, when you have thousands or millions of people applying for few thousands of apartments that they can really afford
Good policy, build big!
395 Flatbush Ave extension is the building across the Brooklyn Paramount corner of Dekalb avenue and Fulton Street. It is one of the ugly structures. Just like the one on the other side of the street where CVS pharmacy is located get rid of that too. Both building is similar