Construction is complete on Utica Crescent and work is getting underway on Sparrow Square, two affordable housing developments in East Flatbush, Brooklyn that will collectively deliver 583 residential units.
Utica Crescent, designed by Bernheimer Architecture and developed by Monadnock Development, CB Emmanuel, and Equity Developers LLC, is located at 832 Rutland Road and yields 322 affordable apartments. The project was built on a former parking lot adjacent to Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center at the southwest corner of Rutland Road and Utica Avenue.
Sparrow Square, designed by Adjaye Associates and Hill West Architects, and developed by Douglaston Development and Breaking Ground, is being built at 681 Clarkson Avenue and is the first phase of a larger redevelopment of the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center campus. The property is located between Albany and Troy Avenues.
Rendering of Utica Crescent, designed by Bernheimer Architecture.
Rendering of Utica Crescent, designed by Bernheimer Architecture.
Rendering of Utica Crescent, designed by Bernheimer Architecture.
Utica Crescent includes apartments for households earning up to 80 percent of area median income (AMI), with 89 supportive housing units for eligible seniors. The $256 million project also features a healthcare center operated by One Brooklyn Health System, retail space, a grocery store, community facilities, and recreational amenities. The development includes fully accessible and adaptable apartments, with dedicated units for residents with mobility and sensory disabilities.
Rendering of Sparrow Square, designed by Adjaye Associates and Hill West Architects.
Rendering of Sparrow Square, designed by Adjaye Associates and Hill West Architects.
Sparrow Square’s first phase will deliver 261 all-electric affordable apartments across two residential buildings. More than 100 units will be reserved for vulnerable households and formerly homeless residents receiving on-site supportive services. The $242 million project will also include approximately 20,000 square feet of community facility space during its initial phase, with plans for expanded community uses, including a ballet studio and social service space, as the broader redevelopment progresses.
Rendering of Sparrow Square, designed by Adjaye Associates and Hill West Architects.
Rendering of Sparrow Square, designed by Adjaye Associates and Hill West Architects.
Both developments are both part of New York State’s $1.4 billion Vital Brooklyn Initiative. When finished, the Kingsboro campus redevelopment is expected to provide up to 1,081 affordable homes.
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Unfortunately, the development is on a part of Utica Avenue with no subway despite proposals for a Utica Avenue Line for a century (older than the Second Avenue Line, even).
MTA, build the Utica Avenue Line!
Someone needs to tell the development and architecture teams that brown is not the only color.
A most excellent project that proves the rest of the country really doesn’t care or know how to improve their own world.