The state is expanding Brooklyn's affordable housing supply with Bartlett Crossing, a $71.5 million development that will bring 78 affordable apartments to two newly constructed buildings in the Broadway Triangle.
The project, on the border of Williamsburg, Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant, is the second phase of a larger redevelopment that will ultimately create 390 affordable homes on formerly vacant, city-owned land.
Once complete, Bartlett Crossing, at 31 Bartlett St., will offer a mix of studio, one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartments affordable to households earning up to 80% of the Area Median Income. Approximately eight units will be filled by referrals from the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Homeless services unit, officials said.
“Bartlett Crossing transforms vacant land into affordable housing in one of Brooklyn's most vibrant communities,” Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement. “This is the type of development that demonstrates what can be accomplished when government and community partners work together to put unused public land to work to create housing that reflects the needs and diversity of all New Yorkers.”
The development is being led by Unified Neighborhood Partners, a joint venture of four Brooklyn-based nonprofit organizations: St. Nicks Alliance, Southside United HDFC–Los Sures, RiseBoro Community Partnership, and United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg.
