Willets Point Development Is Back On

Willetts Point rendering/ (NYCEDC image).

NEW YORK CITY—The city project to build up a relatively undeveloped area in Willets Point, where individual automobile repair shops had set up shop, will soon begin construction of its first phase. The $3 billion plan, initiated during Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, has been significantly modified, eliminating its original 200-store mega-mall and garage ambitions.

Instead the Willets Point development will prioritize constructing three buildings that will house 1,100 affordable apartments. Of these homes, 220 will be for low-income seniors, 99 will be for formerly homeless families, and 781 will be for families of three with specified numbers of units set aside for various income brackets ranging from $25,770 to no more than $111,670.