The Durst Organization has opened a new 100-percent affordable housing property at 3-24 27th Avenue in Astoria, Queens. Designed by Dattner Architects, the 14-story building is located within the Durst Organization’s Halletts Point mega-development, which will eventually comprise seven buildings, 1,920 market rate apartments, and 480 affordable housing units along the East River waterfront.
The New York City Housing Authority has partnered with BFC Partners, CB Emmanuel Realty, and non-profit organization Catholic Homes New York to complete $100 million in capital improvements at the West Brighton residential campus in Staten Island. Known formally as West Brighton I and II, the scope of work will impact more than 1,400 residents or 574 apartments spread across 14 buildings.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Atrium at Sumner Senior Housing, an 11-story residential building at 57 Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by Studio Libeskind and developed in partnership by RiseBoro Community Partnership, Urban Builders Collaborative, and Selfhelp Realty Group, The Melamid Institute for Affordable Housing, NYCHA, the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and the NYC Housing Development Corporation, the structure yields 190 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 99 units for residents at 50 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $0 to $60,050.
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and a consortium of developers have kicked off an extensive modernization project at three aging residential properties in Upper Manhattan: Audubon Houses at 1909 Amsterdam Avenue in Sugar Hill, Bethune Gardens at 1945 Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights, and Thurgood Marshall Plaza at 1970 Amsterdam Avenue, also in Washington Heights.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Melrose North, a 12-story residential building at 341 East 162nd Street in Melrose, The Bronx. Designed by Curtis + Ginsberg Architects and developed by New York City Housing Authority, the structure yields 171 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 67 units for residents at 50 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $0 to $132,400.
