Affordable Housing Opens on Utica Avenue in Crown Heights

A new affordable housing development, Utica Place, officially opened its doors yesterday at 1339 Lincoln Place in Crown Heights, bringing 87 units of affordable housing and a youth center for a neighborhood church to the corner of Utica Avenue, according to a press release we received. The 12-story rental building offers studios, one-, two- and three-bedrooms for low-income New Yorkers, with rents ranging from $494 for a studio to $1,175 for a three-bedroom.

The city received 38,000 applications during the building’s lottery, and only families who made between $18,618 and $50,340 could become tenants. Eighteen units are set aside for veterans who make less than $23,520 per year, and eight additional apartments have been reserved for homeless veterans. Local nonprofit Jericho Project, which works to combat homelessness, will offer supportive services, including counseling and career services, to vets who live in the complex.

St. Matthews Roman Catholic Church also has 7,000 square feet of space in the development, in exchange for allowing the HPD and developers to demolish three of its aging buildings that sat where Utica Place has risen. The development also includes a four-story commercial building next door, where Blink Fitness, Deals and daycare Brooklyn Kid’s Academy occupy 38,000 square feet of space.

Residents have begun moving in over the last few weeks, and St. Matthews is already setting up its youth center. L+M Development developed the project, which cost roughly $26,500,000, and MHG Architects designed it.

DNAinfo was the first to write about the opening. Click through to see what the interiors and roof deck look like.

Windows Going in at Affordable Housing on Utica Avenue in Crown Heights [Brownstoner]
Photos by Jason Carter Rinaldi for Utica Place