Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Ocean Hill Affordable Housing Lottery

Landmarks Approves New Apartment Building for Vacant Park Slope Lot

The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved a sleek six-story apartment building, which nods to the neighboring historic architecture, for a long-vacant site on Park Slope’s 7th Avenue.

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Renderings Show New Affordable Housing Project Planned for Park Slope

Developers have released renderings of a newly approved affordable housing development coming to Park Slope.

Last month, the City Council greenlit a 245,000-square-foot mixed-use project at 341 10th Street. With two new buildings and one refurbished one, the development is expected to feature 305 new apartments, 162 of which will be permanently affordable. The project will also preserve 154 existing affordable units at the site.

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Ocean Hill Affordable Housing Lottery Opens, With Units Starting at $486

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 90 apartments in a 100 percent affordable development overlooking the JMZ subway tracks at Broadway and Hancock Street in Ocean Hill.

The studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments at 1510 Broadway are aimed at households earning between 30 percent and 80 percent of Area Median Income, a truly affordable range compared to the majority of the units offered in the city’s housing lottery system. The level of affordability is due to a private and nonprofit development partnership making use of a city program that funds housing construction for very low income families.

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Soak Up Some History With a Walking Tour of Crown Heights North

Explore the rich architectural and social history of Crown Heights North this weekend with a walking tour from the Municipal Art Society.

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Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Three Sold, One Still Available

This week, a look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago focuses on homes in Bay Ridge, Prospect Heights, and Fort Greene. How did they fare?

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