City-owned Boerum Hill parking lot to become 70 affordable homes and a job center
All renderings courtesy of New York City Housing Preservation and Development
The city unveiled plans to transform a Boerum Hill parking lot into a new development with affordable homes and a job center. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development last week announced it had selected the nonprofit Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) to convert the city-owned lot at 153 Nevins Street into a 70-unit mixed-use rental, with amenities and space for Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, a job training center for low-income New Yorkers.
The city announced plans to turn two Boerum Hill parking lots into housing in 2023 and issued a request for proposals last spring. The second site, 108-114 3rd Avenue, will be developed by Cornerstone Construction Group, St. Nicks Alliance, and Stanton Street Development Partners to include 68 units of senior housing, a pharmacy, and community space.
Designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC, 153 Nevins Street will include 70 apartments, with 21 of the units set aside for formerly homeless families and individuals. The remaining apartments will be available through the lottery.
About 3,000 square feet of community facility space will be utilized by Brooklyn Workforce Innovations for classes and job training.
Amenities include a ground-floor community room, in-building laundry, a fitness room, bike storage, and a backyard for recreation and relaxation.
FAC will have to obtain public approvals for the project and secure financing before construction can begin.
“To combat the housing crisis, every piece of underutilized city land must be unlocked to provide safe and healthy affordable housing,” Deputy Mayor Adolfo Carrion Jr. said.
“That is why transforming a parking lot into affordable housing and a job center that will provide workforce training and services to the Boerum Hill community is the right thing to do. Congratulations to Fifth Avenue Committee for such an inspiring project proposal that will provide New Yorkers with the housing and job training they need to succeed.”
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that’s great, Boerum Hill definitely needs truly affordable housing and a lot of them, our seniors needs better off neighborhoods like this in that part of Brooklyn
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