Construction is nearing completion on Clarkson Estates, a nine-story affordable housing project at 329 Clarkson Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by CAMBA Housing Ventures (CHV), the 334,745-square foot structure will yield 328 affordable rental apartments, including 164 supportive units. The project will also include a 30,000-square-foot community facility and 15,000 square feet of parking space with 80 rentable spots. The development is a part of the state’s Vital Brooklyn initiative and is situated by the corner of Clarkson and New York Avenues.
The façade is nearly fully complete, with PG New York currently installing ACM panels on the remaining sections. The exception of the ground level remains, obscured by the sidewalk shed, as well as two parts of the rear northern elevation. Interiors are well underway.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
Clarkson Estates. Photo by Michael Young.
The supportive homes will be reserved for youth aging out of foster care, low-income and formerly unhoused populations, and formerly incarcerated individuals.
Residential amenities will include a resident training kitchen with access to outdoor garden beds, shared laundry rooms on every floor, a children’s playroom, community gardens and rooftop terraces, a computer room with free Wi-Fi for tenants, an indoor fitness center, and bike storage. Each apartment will offer free wireless internet access as part of the governor’s ConnectALL initiative. Other on-site amenities include mental health and wellbeing groups, access to healthcare services and health benefits advocacy, health and wellness programming, and nutrition workshops.
The community facility, named the Dr. Roy A. Hastick, Sr. Community Hub, will provide educational, health-focused, and recreational programs and include a café, childcare facility, and a basketball gym open to the public.
The project is engineered to Passive House standards and will utilize energy-efficient features like heat pumps, Energy Star appliances, LED lighting, and triple-pane windows. Funding for the $238 million project was sourced from housing bonds, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, subsidies, and clean energy initiatives.
The nearest subways from the site are the 2 and 5 trains at the Winthrop Street station to the northeast along Nostrand Avenue.
Construction on Clarkson Estates is expected to conclude in August 2026.
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Hey!..the photos look better than the rendering, Halleluja!
I’m glad the final products looks 10X better than the renderings too!
Affordable doesn’t have to mean ugly. They made some nice enhancements to the traditional brick building, upping the appeal.
Can someone explain:
– Why does it seem as if most of the news on this website is “affordable housing”?
– Why are we building more public housing ? We know how this will go.
Very little or no “public housing” is built anymore like the investment we saw from the federal government from 1930-1980.
Instead, the feds funnel money into a scattered site, voucher based system or, in the case of the “affordible housing” discussed on this site, using a mechanism where tax abatements and other financial incentives are used by the fed/srate/local government to grow the unit count accessible to a range of lower income levels, but developed by private, profit motivated real estate decelopment (with the exception of the small amount of not-for-profit org developments).
In my opinion, the federal government should get back in the business of being significant initiaters and funders (80/20) of actual government developed public housing NATIONWIDE. The model can be modified to fit more informed desired outcomes like urban form and mixed income composition, but it should be led by a robust and ambitious federal Housing mission — something you can all but forget about with this awful federal government in “control” of things.
Have you not seen the previous YIMBY articles all throughout December that showed 31 examples of massive office and residential skyscrapers???
John D
– this website doesn’t ONLY post about affordable housing. See for yourself and scroll back as much as you can and see the other various types of project they cover.
– do you not realize New York City is in a severe affordable housing crisis that is struggling to keep pace with the demand?
What is “public housing? What makes housing “public?”
Very little or no “public housing” is built anymore like the investment we saw from the federal government from 1930-1980.
Instead, the feds funnel money into a scattered site, voucher based system or, in the case of the “affordible housing” discussed on this site, using a mechanism where tax abatements and other financial incentives are used by the fed/srate/local government to grow the unit count accessible to a range of lower income levels, but developed by private, profit motivated real estate decelopment (with the exception of the small amount of not-for-profit org developments).
In my opinion, the federal government should get back in the business of being significant initiaters and funders (80/20) of actual government developed public housing NATIONWIDE. The model can be modified to fit more informed desired outcomes like urban form and mixed income composition, but it should be led by a robust and ambitious federal Housing mission — something you can all but forget about with this awful federal government in “control” of things.
Excellent project. More proof that affordable housing projects don’t need to be plain and inefficient. Helping out those who need a little help is a Christian ideal.
More of this, please.
Good brick.
Gold star.
Big & not bad
Acceptable aesthetic👍, and an efficient utilitarian addition to the neighborhood, a win-win-win, welcome new residents, now prosper and give back to the community & neighborhood that we all live in, in my opinion, I personally always try to add positive momentum to the world in a perpetually evolving & increasingly inventive array of manifestations👍☮️🌱🕊️🌳🙂🍀
If this true. This is amazing. I hppe they hold up to what it is supposed to be for