Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner: Affordable Housing Gets Attention, Art Cozies Up a Loft

Lottery Now Open for Hundreds of Affordable Units in East New York, Starting at $494 a Month

The lottery for a slew of newly constructed affordable housing units opened in July at Gateway Elton III, the third and final phase of East New York’s award-winning Gateway Elton affordable housing complex. Gateway Elton III includes 259 units, all affordable, located at 1062 Elton Street and 474 Locke Street.

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The Insider: Designer Warms Up Prospect Heights Loft With Art and Vintage Furnishings

More loft than apartment, a newly vacant space in Prospect Heights was not a sight to behold when its current occupants first clapped eyes on it. “It was broken up into several rooms with temporary walls, and it was terrifying,” said Casey DeBois, the interior designer who masterminded the makeover of the rental unit on the top floor of a two-story building.

But the prospective tenants, Geoffrey Lewis and Tze Chun — one a product developer for a real-estate tech firm and the other a founder of online gallery Uprise Art — saw the potential of the space immediately, with its expansive brick wall and oversized skylights, and signed a lease.

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Your Complete Guide to Applying for Affordable Housing in NYC

Affordable housing does not have to be a pipe dream — many potential contenders don’t realize they’re eligible and, even more frequently, don’t know how to apply.

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Spacious, Bright Prewar Two-Bedroom in Prime Cobble Hill Asks $895K

This two-bedroom co-op apartment is bright, attractive, spacious, and located on a prime Cobble Hill block, for under a million. It’s in an eight-unit building at 225 Baltic Street, between Court and Clinton, within the Cobble Hill Historic District.

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Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 150 Units in DoBro Skyscraper, Starting at $833 a Month

Up for grabs in a newly launched affordable housing lottery are 150 apartments in an under-construction building at 333 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Steiner NYC is the developer and Dattner Architects and Goldstein Hill & West Architects are the designers.

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