Supportive Apartments for Homeless Discharged From ER Open at Woodhull

A deeply affordable, fully subsidized apartment building has opened on a former Woodhull Hospital parking lot in Bed Stuy offering housing for low-income seniors and others as well as patients of the NYC Health + Hospitals system who are experiencing homelessness. It is the second of a two-building complex to open on the site, which was developed by the city and nonprofit developers to offer both deeply affordable units and supportive housing.

The eight-story, 93-unit Woodhull II Residence at 171 Throop Avenue includes 21 apartments for extremely low-income seniors, 15 homes for low-income New Yorkers, and one super’s unit, as well as 56 units of supportive housing.

Those supportive units are for patients of the NYC Health + Hospitals system who are experiencing homelessness, a press release sent out by the city Thursday says. Those residents, including those recently discharged from Woodhull’s emergency room, will receive support services from nonprofit supportive housing developer Comunilife and healthcare from Woodhull Hospital.

A lottery was held earlier this year for the affordable apartments in the building intended for seniors and others earning anywhere from zero to 60 percent of the Area Median Income. The building includes a community room, computer room, bike storage, solar panels, and 24-hour security, according to the release.

The other building on the site, whose address is 179 Throop Avenue, opened in 2019. Also developed in a partnership between Comunilife and the city, it has 89 affordable and supportive apartments.

The two buildings are connected at the first floor and share a commercial kitchen, garden, and community space.

Renderings show the exterior of the two connected buildings has a facade of dark red, dark grey, and tan brick. Renderings of the interior of 171 Throop Avenue depict spacious bathrooms with green and white tiling and light, open units with large windows, white walls, and pale wood flooring and doors. Monica Lopez is the architect of record behind the design, according to permits. Lopez designed another supportive housing project at 316 East 162nd Street in the Bronx.

NYC Health + Hospitals leased the land to Comunilife Throop Housing Development Fund Corporation for 99 years, city records show. The housing development fund used the city’s Housing Preservation and Development Supportive Housing Loan program, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, and $500,000 from the Office of the Borough President to finance the project, the press release says.

The Woodhull Residence development is one of several being built through the city’s Housing for Health plan that aims to build supportive housing on land owned by city hospitals. In the release, Mayor Eric Adams said the city invested more than $41 million into the project.

“This new housing facility is how we make sure we have places for New Yorkers to heal and be cared for, and provide a path to stability, lasting community, and common purpose,” Adams said in the release. “Every unit at Woodhull will be a place where someone can reclaim their life, renew hope, and allow their New York story to continue.”

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