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A rendering of the exterior of TF Cornerstone’s 5203 Center Blvd. development.
New aff ordable housing options come to LIC waterfront development
BY JULIA MORO
editorial@qns.com
@QNS
City and elected offi cials joined
TF Cornerstone to celebrate
the ribbon-cutting for the most
recent phase of a new development
with aff ordable housing
options at Hunter’s Point in Long
Island City.
Th e new waterfront buildings
at 5241 and 5203 Center Blvd.
off er 719 permanently aff ordable
apartments, 473 market-rate
homes and a new public park on
the Long Island City waterfront.
TF Cornerstone, a family-owned
development company, worked
alongside several elected and city
offi cials to complete this project.
Deputy Mayor for Housing and
Economic Development Vicki
Been thanked TF Cornerstone
for the tireless dedication to this
project.
“Your team’s passion for revitalizing
the Long Island City
waterfront has been critical to the
transformation that has brought
so much good to the area’s residents,”
Been said. “Access to safe,
high-quality, aff ordable housing
is critical to New York City’s
recovery.”
Th e city planned to build
300,000 aff ordable housing units
by 2026, which Been said is well
ahead of schedule. Been said that
not only did the TF Cornerstone
project build homes, but diff erent
agencies joined together to
create critical amenities to help
the community thrive.
“Housing, alone, is not enough.
Housing investments have to
contribute to better neighborhoods
with parks, open space
and high-quality schools,” Been
said. “Th ey have to provide jobs,
career development programs
and ways for local residents to
build wealth and to thrive.”
Th e New York City Housing
Preservation and Development
(HPD) is working with the
School Construction Authority
to build a 572-seat K-8 school
with a large playground, to be
built just east of TF Cornerstone’s
development.
Th e project also includes an
offi ce for Selfh elp Community
Services, a health and human
services organization. Selfh elp
will give on-site services for
older adults living in the 100
units set aside for seniors at the
5203 Center Blvd. location. In
addition, a Selfh elp social worker
will be available to provide
entitlements and benefi ts assistance,
home care referrals and
wellness activities.
5241 Center Blvd. will host
a 7,700-square-foot community
center, where the nonprofi t
Sunnyside Community Services
will be available to provide social
services and programming for
older adults.
Queens Borough President
Donovan Richards joined the
ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate
the buildings that bring
“much-needed aff ordable housing”
to Queens. Richards pointed
out the inequities in the city,
from housing to education, that
have impacted many people in
the borough.
“Th ese inequities have been
long rooted in systems across our
city,” Richards said. “But today is
a great day for our borough. Any
day that we can address this crisis,
especially this housing crisis,
is a great day for Queens
County. We all have heard the
slogan that ‘Housing is a human
right.’ We need to make sure
we’re putting that into practice.
Today, I’m proud to be here to
say that in Queens County, we’re
not just saying slogans, but we’re
actually building.”
TF Cornerstone’s developments
include 1,194 residential
units across the two buildings
with a mix of studios and one-
to two-bedroom units. Sixty
percent of units will be aff ordable
for low, moderate to middle
income residents. One hundred
units are set aside for lowincome
seniors and half of the
719 units are reserved for local
community members.
Councilman Jimmy Van
Bramer worked to move this
development forward and said
he is thankful for the 1,200
new apartments, 60% of which
will be aff ordable homes in his
district.
“I’m thrilled to have worked
to secure additional aff ordable
housing to the development
and am particularly excited
about the 100 units of housing
for low-income seniors that
will ensure our aging population
can continue to call this neighborhood
home,” Van Bramer
said. “Hunter’s Point South
should serve as a model for
development in the future.”
Photos courtesy of TF Cornerstone
Elected offi cials and TF Cornerstone representatives celebrated the ribbon cutting
of a new development with aff ordable housing options in Long Island City.
A rendering of the interior of TF Cornerstone’s 5203 Center Blvd. development.
A rendering of the interior of TF Cornerstone’s 5203 Center Blvd. development.
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