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January 14, 2008
15 Quincy Complete and Taking Applications
The affordable housing component of BFC's project 150 Myrtle Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn is actually located a couple of miles away at 15 Quincy Street in Clinton Hill. The six-story building appears to be finished and PACC, BFC's partner on the project, is currently accepting applications for 38 affordable units. (The DOB permits say that there are a total of 48 units in the building, so we can only guess that there are 10 market-rate units as well.) Four of the units are studios for those earning between $22,400 and $27,815; 34 one-bedrooms are for singles and couples making between $23,960 and $29,588. The deadline for applications is February 19; submission details available on the HPD link.
Quincy Street Applications [HPD] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Off-Site Affordable Housing Moving Along on Quincy [Brownstoner]
PACC Keeps Busy, Breaks Ground on Quincy [Brownstoner]
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smartest or stupidest plan? Why not integrated affordable units in classy condo developments? This is the epitome of a classist American society. The haves don't want to coexist with the have-nots and vice versa.
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 10:39 AM
It's ok to be drab and fugly architecture because it's on Quincy Street and not near Flatbush. Are you happy now?
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 10:42 AM
This is finished before 150 Myrtle? That is something of a positive.
I would have preferred a central HVAC type building and not an AC sleeve building tho.
15 Quincy isn't a terrible area, but 150 Myrtle area could support low income residents as well.
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 10:51 AM
I thought 150 Myrtle IS offering affordable housing within the condo development. If you go to their website, they have a separate application for affordable housing, i guess for 'middle class' applicants.
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 11:13 AM
11:13 is correct; there are below-market condominiums at 150 Myrtle Avenue in addition to low-income, rental units on Quincy Street. Notwithstanding 10:39's comments about class in America, keeping land acquisition costs down is one strategy when building affordable housing. I have no doubt that the cost of land at the corner of Myrtle and Flatbush was much higher than on Quincy.
Posted by: g man at January 14, 2008 11:41 AM
150 Myrtle's 'affordable' housing is a joke.
For a studio the minimum income is 76K for a studio for $280K.
A single person making that much should be able to afford 400K without any handouts the government is giving the developer for this project.
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 11:53 AM
Some posters on this board are incapable of being pleased. If affordable housing is not provided, people complain that it is needed. If affordable housing is provided, people complain that it's (1) ugly and (2) separatist and classist.
As usual, damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 12:20 PM
A substantial number of citizens crave a Soviet style housing program where everyone lives in Barracks style housing projects.
Unfortunately, it should be clear this building is nicer than any NYCHA property or anything built in a communist country. Thus, their arguments demonstrate obvious avarice.
The starving runt of the litter certainly dreams of an ideal world where lambs are free for the taking. Conversely, it should be no surprise the lamb considers the wolf evil.
Such is the way of the world where morality represents the howls against nature.
Posted by: Polemicist at January 14, 2008 1:10 PM
Polemicist eat a dick!!! I you stupid enough to buy, you will be subject to robberies, drug dealing and declining value!!! This is not affordable housing but, bullshit!!!
The What (enjoying the implosion)
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 3:00 PM
11:53 AM
A single person making 76K should be able to afford 400K. What city do live in? Do the math and do not forget the cost of living.
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 3:27 PM
3:27--11:53 didn't say how big a down payment this hypothetical person was going to make!
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 3:36 PM
There goes the neighborhood ! Kinda like the ghost of christmas past , fuckin shame
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 4:20 PM
Thanks for putting this post about affordable housing on your site.
Don't stop posting because so many people got all bent all about it.
They are missing the point.
Posted by: guest at January 14, 2008 9:15 PM
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