Bushwick Affordable Housing Lottery Debuts With $1,620 One-Bedrooms

An affordable housing lottery has launched for an under-construction eight-story development in Bushwick dubbed Cantilever House, with units starting at $1,620 a month for a one-bedroom.

Rising at 21 Garden Street, a one-block street between Flushing and Bushwick avenues, the development gets its name from its cantilever, which extends 22 feet over the neighboring apartment complex at the top two penthouse levels.

The lottery includes 15 units, all rent stabilized and income restricted, 11 of which could be deemed affordable. Those are targeted at households of one to five people earning between $64,046 and $134,160 a year, or 80 percent of Area Median Income, according to the listing.

There are eight one-bedroom apartments set at $1,620 a month and three two-bedroom apartments priced at $1,881 a month. The remaining four apartments are targeted at families earning 130 percent of Area Median Income, or $123,258 to $181,740 a year for one to three people. They are all one-bedroom units priced at $3,595 a month.

Apartments in the DXA Studio-designed, Rivington Company-developed complex include in-unit washer and dryers, dishwashers, air conditioning, and energy efficient appliances. The building incorporates a co-working lounge, fitness center, landscaped roof terrace, bike storage, parking, and a pet-cleaning station.

The building is pet friendly (breed and size dependent) and smoke free. Tenants pay for electricity, which includes an electric stove, hot water, and heat.

Renderings show a boxy limestone-colored facade covered with evenly spaced large windows. A section of the building is set back at the sixth floor, behind which is the cantilever. The building takes advantage of air rights from the neighboring property, according to the architect.

Renderings of the interior show white walls, wooden floors, and green cabinets in the kitchens and bathrooms.

Prior to the recent development, the site at 21 Garden Street held a two-story brick industrial building, which had been standing since at least 1941 when it was used as a hardware store, a tax photo from the time shows. Old maps show the lot was largely empty in 1904. In 2019, the Rivington Company purchased the building from the Goldstein family, which had owned it since 1972, for $5.45 million, city records show.

The developer filed for a demolition permit in 2021 that was signed off by August the next year. The new-building permit, which lists Travis Stabler as the owner, was issued in 2022, city records show. The new building will have a total of 50 one- and two-bedroom apartments.

Listings for the market-rate units are already live on Corcoran’s website but not more broadly. Among the listings are a two-bedroom unit for $5,443 a month and one-bedrooms starting at $3,923 ($328 more than the lottery rent for those earning 130 percent of AMI).

The development makes use of the city’s Inclusionary Housing program, which allows developers in certain areas to increase the size of their buildings if they provide some apartments for households earning 80 percent of Area Median Income. The development is also expected to qualify for the now expired 421-a tax exemption, according to the lottery listing.

The Cantilever House lottery closes on April 3, 2025. To apply, visit the listing on New York City’s Housing Connect website.

[Renderings via NYC Housing Connect]

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