Affordable Housing Lottery Opens in Greenpoint With Units From $1,757
The recently completed pale brick building on a busy corner includes a rooftop garden, yoga studio, and ground-floor retail.
Rendering via NYC Housing Connect
An affordable housing lottery has opened for a recently completed apartment complex with a landscaped rooftop garden and yoga studio on a busy Greenpoint corner. Not a glassy skyscraper, the eight-story pale brick building with arched windows, dubbed The Dome, replaced a gas station.
The lottery is for 21 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments, all rent-stabilized and income-restricted, 13 of which could be deemed affordable. Those are set aside for families earning 80 percent of the Area Median Income, or between $65,109 and $140,000 a year for households of one to five people, according to the listing.
Two units are studios priced at $1,757 a month, four are one-bedroom apartments going for $1,875, and seven are two-bedrooms renting for $1,757 a month. The remaining eight apartments are aimed at households of one to five people earning 130 percent of AMI, or $117,360 to $227,500. One-bedrooms in this bracket cost $3,661, and two-bedrooms rent for $4,376 a month.
The development at 237 McGuinness Boulevard includes a total of 70 apartments, according to the permits, as well as ground-floor stores. It was designed by J Frankl Architects and developed by The Jay Group. Market-rate units with an address of 210 Greenpoint Avenue started leasing in December, StreetEasy shows.
In addition to the yoga studio and rooftop area with barbecue equipment, building amenities include a gym, business center, bike storage, and parking. The building is smoke-free, and residents are allowed two pets per apartment, but they must weigh less than 60 pounds and are subject to breed restrictions, the listing says.
The listing notes that the apartments have dishwashers, washers, and dryers. While the rent includes hot water, tenants are responsible for electricity, which includes the stove and heating.
Renderings show the interior of the building is finished in pale neutrals with touches of brown. The curves of the windows are repeated throughout the common areas in tables, built-in seating, and a barrel-vaulted ceiling. The apartments have large windows, pale finishes, and sleek kitchens and baths with open shelves and tile.
StreetEasy shows that all the unregulated apartments have been leased. Studios started at $3,800 a month, one-bedrooms at $4,349, two-bedroom at $5,975, and three-bedroom at $6,746.
The site previously housed a Speedway gas station. In the 1940s, an Amoco gas station operated out of a two-story brick building, a tax photo from the time shows.
City records show Speedway LLC sold the site to 210 Greenpoint Realty LLC in 2021 for $5.6 million.
The development uses the inclusionary housing program, which covers agreements predating Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, and because of that it is required to include affordable units. It is also expected to receive the 421-a tax break, according to the listing.
The Dome lottery closes today, Monday, July 7. To apply, visit the listing on New York City’s Housing Connect website.
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