BREAKING: 434 Units Announced for Former Brig Site
After months of speculation, HPD finally announced plans for the former Navy Brig site on Flushing between Clermont and Vanderbilt. (Our spidey sense must have been tingling when we shot the photo above a couple of weeks ago.) A group called the Navy Green Joint Venture — a partnership between Dunn Development Corporation and L&M…
After months of speculation, HPD finally announced plans for the former Navy Brig site on Flushing between Clermont and Vanderbilt. (Our spidey sense must have been tingling when we shot the photo above a couple of weeks ago.) A group called the Navy Green Joint Venture — a partnership between Dunn Development Corporation and L&M Equity Participants, Ltd. that brings the architectural chops of FXFowle Architects, Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP and Architecture in Formation together — was awarded the mixed use project. Almost 80 percent of the development’s 434 units (roughly half co-op and half rental apartments) will be affordable housing for families making between $21,250-$92,170; in addition, there will be open space, commercial tenants and a visual arts and day care center.
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City Announces New Mixed-Income Development ast Brig Site [NYC.gov]
I believe it is 92k for a family of four which doesn’t go very far many places in Brooklyn in terms of real estate.
My question is who are the suckers who will pay for the small percentage of market rate units available?
dude at 3:29: i’ve thought about exactly what I said. I see it, live it and breath it and this area is NO comparison to Fort Green proper or williamsburg or bed stuy. It sits directly under the damn highway, there are NO local grocery stores that don’t require traveling at least 1/2 hour to get to, there are no dry cleaners (except up on Myrtle and I never said anything about this are gentrifying and attracting higher incomes and look at it now), there are no good restaurants, there’s only the 69 bus, no hair dressers and no banks. the area blows and it doesn’t require anymore thinking than what I gave it. If I was in real estate and I had a customer who earned 92K, this is NOT an area I would bring them to. williamsburg and bed stuy yes, bumbf*ck brooklyn, no
Yup. Flushing could be wonderful if a couple of the larger warehouses are converted. Of course, the city is blowing a momentous opportunity by flushing history down the toiled by turning its back on Officers Row. Tragic.
3:21…wow…you certainly have no vision. people have said the same thing you just did about NUMEROUS areas of nyc….williamsburg, long island city, bed stuy, red hook, east harlem….and now they have become mostly prosperous neighborhoods that DO in fact attract residents of higher income levels.
try to think before you speak next time.
this area is for sh*t. you sit under the BQE, lots of water running off the road, noise level crazy, no ammenities, lots of crime and dirt. it sounds like just a place for the city to find to put low income. believe me when i tell y ou anyone making 92K is NOT buying or renting one of these places in this location
i live on the next block and yes, there is no good subway access. MTA should run more B69’s- that will be the best way for residents to get to the A/C (at high st) and the 2 (at grand army plaza). The 61 and 57 also run along Park and Flushing, respectively- they aren’t so bad.
Does anyone know the future of the large brick building at the south end of this block? Up until recently it had tons of trash around it, and now there is a big “for rent” sign and it’s much more cleaned up. It looks like it needs a lot of renovation, though. Is it to be ripped down?
i agree that the g is fine but certainly not for folks coming to a nets game.
that would knock out all but the most die-hard manhattan fans.
the new area must be within close proximity to major subway lines in brooklyn and manhattan to be viable.
The G’s really not that bad–during commuting hours at least
3:01 alludes to a good point…how are people going to come and go? The nearest subway line seems to be good long walk away (and it’s the useless G line at that).