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COURIER L 22 IFE, JAN. 31-FEB. 6, 2020
Going up
‘Supportive housing’ development
coming to Brownsville
Cuomo announced plans to build 68 affordable housing
units in Brownsville. Photo courtesy of the Governor’s Offi ce.
BY JESSICA PARKS
The Empire State’s
chief executive announced
a plan to construct
dozens of affordable
units with access
to social services in
Brownsville as part his
scheme to revitalize
Kings County.
“Affordable, safe
housing with access
to social services is
critical to building a
healthy, successful future
for individuals and
their families,” Governor
Andew Cuomo said.
“The redevelopment of
this East New York Avenue
site will be an integral
part of the Vital
Brooklyn Initiative to
deliver affordable housing
opportunities to
Central Brooklyn.”
The new development,
called The Rise,
will bring 68 affordable
apartment units to
the intersection of East
New York Avenue and
Strauss Street, where
various non-profi t organizations
will offer
services, including jobreadiness
training and
legal help, to residents
and the surrounding
community.
Residents will have
access to two lounges, a
community room, three
laundry rooms, outdoor
terraces, bicycle storage
and free WiFi.
The development
will also feature 10,000
square feet of green
space which will include
a rooftop farm and
greenhouse managed by
Project EATS that will
provide homegrown
produce and job training.
Multiple outdoor
terraces outfi tted with
raised gardening beds
are reserved for the exclusive
use of residents.
The state has partnered
with the Xenolith
Partners LLC, Community
Preservation
Corporation and Community
Solutions International
Inc to develop
the mixed-use complex.
The development is
being funded through
Cuomo’s Vital Brooklyn
Initiative, a $1.4 billion
program to improve the
health and wellbeing of
central Brooklynites,
who suffer health issues
at higher rates and have
limited access to nutritional
foods. Through
the state-sponsored
program, the government
has built community
playgrounds, parks
and affordable housing
developments throughout
the center of the
borough with plans to
spend $578 million to
construct 4,000 affordable
housing units.
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