NYC Approves Urban Village in East New York
Mixed-use project includes 11 buildings that will create 2K affordable units.
NYC’s City Council has approved a 10.5-acre mixed-use campus near the East New York waterfront in Brooklyn.
A partnership including the Gotham Organization, Monadnock Development and the Christian Cultural Center is planning to put up 11 buildings on the site, including 1,975 affordable housing units.
About 200 of the affordable units will be designated as supportive senior housing. The project also will offer 100 affordable home ownership opportunities.
According to a report in NY Yimby, a total of 1,125 units—more than 60% of the units at the development, which will be known as Innovative Urban Village—will be reserved for households with incomes at 30% to 50% of the area median income (AMI), and the rest will be priced between 50% and 80% of AMI. The median household income in the area is $39,163.
“Urban Village is based on a quality-of-life philosophy that focuses on environment, people, programs and sustainability,” said Rev. A.R. Bernard, leader of the Christian Cultural Center, NYC’s largest mega-church with more than 37K active members.
The Urban Village campus will be built on a site bordered by Louisiana, Flatlands and Pennsylvania Avenues in East New York.
Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) designed the master plan for Urban Village. Construction on the project is expected to break ground in Q4 2023. The first residences on the campus are scheduled to open in 2026.
The master plan for Urban Village will be completed in multiple phases over a ten-year period.
Apartments reserved for seniors include a mix of studio and one-bedroom units. Residences will become available through a lottery process as the project is built.
The Urban Village campus will feature a trade school, a childcare facility, a performing arts center and a grocery, among other retail outlets.
On-site services will include a vocational training facility and shuttle bus to the L and 3 trains to connect residents to mainline train service in an area that’s relatively isolated from public transportation, NY Yimby reported.
“Throughout this five-year process we have listened and responded to residents, local leaders, and elected officials,” said Bryan Kelly, president of development at Gotham Organization, in a statement.