Construction has broken ground on Coney Landing, a 15-story affordable and supportive housing development at 2952 West 28th Street in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Designed by ESKW/Architects and developed by Settlement Housing Fund, the structure will deliver 178 apartments, including 106 supportive units. The project is part of the broader Coney Island West development, which will yield approximately 1,100 new homes. Designed to meet Passive House standards and utilize geothermal energy systems, the property is being built on the site of a former surface parking lot between Mermaid and Surf Avenues.
The below rendering depicts the building with a gently waving massing on the main eastern elevation. The façade will be composed primarily of light gray brick surrounding a grid of punched windows with black frames. At the 13th floor, the exterior transitions to brown paneling. The structure culminates in a setback final floor and three bulkheads.
Rendering of Coney Landing, courtesy of ESKW/Architects.
The majority of Coney Landing’s apartments will serve individuals and families earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), with supportive units affirming the needs of LGBTQ+ young adults and others experiencing housing instability. Onsite services for these residents will be provided by the Jericho Project.
Financing came through a collaboration between the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC), Capital One, Hudson Housing Capital, the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), and the NYC Acquisition Fund. In addition, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso contributed $600,000 in capital funds toward the project.
Rendering of Coney Island West, courtesy of ONE Architecture & Urbanism.
The closest subways from the development site are the D, F, N, and Q trains at the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue station to the east.
“Coney Landing is setting the standard for pairing affordable housing with supportive infrastructure that creates opportunity, community, and dignity,” said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. “I applaud Settlement Housing Fund for championing this effort, and for centering the needs of communities who have long faced barriers to safe housing. I’m excited to see Brooklynites find a welcoming community and a brighter future here.”
Coney Landing is expected to open in late 2027.
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OK. Affordable to who. Millionaires. Not the natives who live there. No way I pay that
You moron, it’s for the homeless folks in shelters that they give city vouchers to that they’re catering to. It’s not your issue to complain about.
Do people actually read anymore?
based on the area median income sir. It IS relevant and based on stats as opposed to being arbitrary
If that’s being erected on the stadium’s parking lot, where are fans attending the games going to park? FYI the parking has been horrendous in Coney for many, many years. Who’s idea was this?
Whats crazy is, why do cities not just build tall parking garages? I get that we want to make buildings on top of parking lots… but at least put a tall parking lot. The hospital in my city decided to turn some land into a parking lot… just a flat one. Could’ve just made it a vertical parking lot and called it a day, why just have one ground for parking when you know many people need to park and the parking lots fill up?? Dang dude.
Costs money. Iirc Hochul Was trying to start a program to subsidize stacked garages, but IDK if anything came of it.
Affordable Housing in Coney Island will not be Affordable for Most people already living there
As is most Supposedly affordable Housing for the people in the neighborhood
Is never affordable
AFFORDABLE IS MEANT TO KEEP
THEM IN NYCHA
Thank your democrats for this crap, no one can afford anything in this city.
Corporate leaders aren’t democrat, generally speaking.
You’re not wrong but have you personally seen the conditions inside NYCHA Units?
Politics will always play games but EOD, we are all still human…
it is based on the area median income so it is based on stats