Get in line!
Affordable housing lottery
opens at Bedford Union Armory
BY BEN VERDE
The fi rst phase of the affordable
housing lottery at the
Bedford Union Armory complex
was launched this week as
the long-debated project nears
completion.
The apartment building
adjoining the Major Owens
Health and Wellness Community
Center will contain 415
units — 250 of which will be
earmarked as below-marketrate.
The fi rst phase of the lottery
will offer space in 60 affordable
units.
“We are excited to launch
phase 1 of the affordable housing
lottery in building 2 of the
Bedford Union Armory,” said
Joseph Ferrara of BFC Partners,
the developer behind the
project. “At a time when central
Brooklyn is struggling
to recover from the pandemic
these 60 deeply affordable units
will provide substantial opportunity
to our neighbors.”
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made available to New Yorkers
with an income starting
at $14,778, and 50 percent will
be set aside for residents of
Community Board 9 in Crown
Heights and Prospect Lefferts
Gardens, while 5 percent will
be set aside for city employees.
According to the developer,
tenants of affordable units will
have access to amenities including
bike storage areas and
a multi-purpose room.
The development on Union
Street near Bedford Avenue
was the source of a lengthy and
contentious land use process
led by community activists
who charged that the project
should have been completely
affordable because it is on cityowned
land. City Councilmember
Laurie Cumbo opposed the
project initially but ended up
approving it with a number of
market-rate units, which are
intended to support the adjoining
community center through
the revenues they generate. The Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights. Photo by Stefano Giovannini
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