Rendering of 743 Blake Avenue, one of the four proposed buildings. Image Credit: NYC CPC.
The buildings make use of smaller, vacant spaces to provide affordable housing. On April 27, 2022, the City Planning Commission voted to approve an application for four new buildings with a combined 46 total affordable units in East New York. The four sites are located at 492-496 Glenmore Avenue, 2358-2362 Pitkin Avenue, 943 Dumont Avenue, and 743 Blake Avenue, as part of the Sutter Place Neighborhood Construction Program project. All sites are City-owned and currently vacant lots.
2358-2362 Pitkin Avenue is a proposed eight-story elevator building with 26 affordable units featuring a mix of one- and two- bedroom units. 492-496 Glenmore Avenue is a proposed three-story walk-up building with six affordable two- or three-bedroom rental units. 943 Dumont Avenue is a proposed three-story building with six affordable units that will all be three-bedrooms. 743 Blake Avenue is a proposed four-story building with eight affordable three-bedroom units.
Across the four buildings, the units will be offered at a range of 30 to 70 percent area median income, with 85 percent of the units available at 60 percent AMI or less. At those ranges, a one-bedroom unit could range between approximately $506 to $1,176, and a three-bedroom could range from approximately $675 to $1,916. A regulatory agreement at the time of closing will bound and dictate the level and length of affordability. For CityLand’s full prior coverage of this application, click here.
The City Planning Commission unanimously voted to approve the application.
The application will now move to the City Council for review.
By: Veronica Rose (Veronica is the CityLaw fellow and a New York Law School graduate, Class of 2018.)