A city-owned building in Bedford-Stuyvesant will be redeveloped into a mixed-use complex with 100% affordable housing and expanded social services.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Dina Levy and Department of Social Services Commissioner Erin Dalton on Thursday announced the launch of a public engagement process to transform the Bedford-Stuyvesant Multi-Service Center, at 1958 Fulton St., and adjacent vacant land.
This spring and summer, HPD and the Human Resources Administration will lead a community engagement process that will inform a future Request for Proposals to develop the site, officials said.
“New York City is facing a dire housing crisis, and we are using every tool available to build the affordable homes New Yorkers need," Mamdani said in a statement. "This project will help longtime Bed-Stuy residents stay in their neighborhood while creating new space for the organizations and services that communities rely on every day. And as this process moves forward, neighbors will help shape what gets built here, from the housing to the public space to the services that will serve this community for decades to come."
Organizations currently operating at the MSC provide homelessness prevention services, education, arts and social justice programming and mentorship programs. Those services will remain in operation until construction begins and will relocate into newly constructed space within the completed development.
The project, called Fulton-Howard West, is the first public site engagement initiative launched under the Mamdani administration and builds on broader efforts to accelerate affordable housing production on public land.
“This building will not only be in Bed-Stuy, it will be for Bed-Stuy,” said Levy. “Starting today, we’ll be in the neighborhood at workshops and on the streets, engaging the community on what they want to see here. 100% percent affordable housing on public land with a dedicated community space designed for the residents that live here—that is the investment Bed-Stuy needs, and we are going to get it right.”
