Affordable Housing Round-Up: Five Buildings in Queens and Brooklyn
Today’s housing lottery round-up features five buildings in Queens and Brooklyn with available affordable units on Housing Connect with deadlines closing within the next seven days.
Today’s housing lottery round-up features five buildings in Queens and Brooklyn with available affordable units on Housing Connect with deadlines closing within the next seven days.
Construction is going vertical on Waterview at Greenpoint, a two-tower residential development along Newtown Creek on the Greenpoint, Brooklyn waterfront. Designed by CetraRuddy and developed by Clipper Equity, the 811,000-square-foot project consists of the 30-story, 222-unit 77 Commercial Street and the 40-story, 298-unit 87 Commercial Street, which will rise from a shared seven-story podium. Of the 720 units, 200 are slated as affordable. A 300-car parking garage will also sit below grade. Waterview at Greenpoint is rising at the confluence of Commercial and Box Streets on a plot that once housed a two-story, 95,000-square-foot warehouse. Ray Builders Inc. is the general contractor,Hatfield Group is serving as the facade consultants, and WSP is the structural engineer.
Renderings from BDF Design illustrate a new mixed-use property at 2134 Coyle Street in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The proposed building will comprise just over 207,000 square feet with a mix of market-rate and permanently affordable housing, ground-floor retail, and two levels of sub-grade parking designed to accommodate up to 195 vehicles.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 340 Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Located between Carlton Avenue and Adelphi Street, the 9,696-square-foot lot is within walking distance of the Clinton-Washington Avenues subway station, serviced by the G train. Marisol Diaz is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a 52-story mixed-use skyscraper at 589 Fulton Street in Brooklyn’s Downtown neighborhood. Bound by DeKalb Avenue to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension diagonally to the east, Fulton Street to the south, and Bond Street to the west, the lot is steps from the DeKalb Avenue subway station, serviced by the B, Q, and R trains. Also within walking distance is the Nevins Street station, serviced by the 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains. RedSky Capital is reportedly the developer but Witkoff is listed as the owner behind the applications.