Housing Lottery Opens for 13 Units in New Building Rising on Salvation Army Site in Clinton Hill

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 13 units in a five-story building under construction at 26 Quincy Street in Clinton Hill.

The new building, with its bold matte-black stucco exterior, stands next to Francis Kimball’s 1899 distribution facility at 22 Quincy Street, most recently home to a Salvation Army outpost for decades. The new building occupies a slice of the former Salvation Army property. The Kimball building is in the process of being converted to condos.

Of the affordable apartments at 26 Quincy Street, there are three studios, seven one-bedroom units and a trio of two-bedroom units. Monthly rents start at $2,431 and top out at $3,090.

Some may balk at these rents being deemed affordable. Perhaps more accurately described as middle or upper income, the apartments are intended for households earning an Area Median Income range of 130 percent. The rents are close to or exceed market rate, which is not unusual for lotteries in Brooklyn that receive the 421-a tax break. In addition to being income restricted, the units are also rent stabilized.

Eligible incomes range between $83,349 and $167,570 for households of one to five people.

There are a total of 43 units in the building, according to construction permits. Parking for 22 cars and 25 bikes will be in the cellar, a yard available to residents at the rear of the building, and open space on the roof. While not reflected in permits, the lottery listing says that the building will also have a gym.

The new rental building, whose modern sleekness contrasts with the historic brick next door, takes the place of a small wing and addition to the 1899 distribution center.

Developers Loketch Group and Meral Property Group and Manhattan-based architect Jeffrey Kamen are behind the project. In the same neighborhood, Loketch also has a multi-building project that replaced a building formerly owned by Teen Challenge, a Christian organization that provided residential treatment of drug and alcohol addiction, as well as an after school program for children.

Market rate units in the building launched in July. Some of the studio units are only $78 more expensive than the rent on the “affordable” units in the building, while others are $678 more expensive.

Based on the photos, the apartments are standard for new construction: white walls, light hardwood floors, open kitchens and large windows. The lottery listing says there is laundry in each unit, but the listing photos don’t show it.

Applications for the affordable housing lottery must be submitted by September 3, 2021. Apply through NYC Housing Connect.

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