Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for $1,089 One-Bedrooms in Williamsburg's Broadway Triangle

An affordable housing lottery has opened up for 16 units in a newly constructed six-story building at 89 Bartlett Street in Williamsburg, part of the contested Broadway Triangle area.

All of the 16 units are one-bedrooms, with a monthly rent of $1,080. The lottery is set an area median income range of 60 percent. Eligible incomes range between $37,029 and $50,100 for households of one to two people.

Charles Mallea is the architect of record. There will be 64 units total in the mixed-use building, which will have 18,000 square feet of commercial space and a community center, described in public records as an “ambulatory diagnostic or treatment health care” facility.

The ground floor will have six commercial spaces. One side of the building runs along Broadway and sits next to the elevated J, M, Z train line.

The mostly brick facade has multiple two-story windowed arches, and some of the units have balconies.

Chaim Fuchs is the owner. He paid $1.5 million for the 6,200-square-foot lot in 2010, according to public records.

Development in the Broadway Triangle has been mired in controversy for years. In 2009, a coalition of community groups sued the city over planned affordable housing development there, charging racial and religious discrimination as well as failure to comply with due process.

A settlement was made in December 2017 that will result in 375 units of affordable housing, and “give preference to residents from a broader and more diverse area than originally proposed,” according to the New York Times.

Meanwhile, a handful of developers have been going ahead with their own private construction. Rabsky is developing at 249 and 334 Wallabout Street, at one time owned by the pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer. In December 2017, City Council approved a spot rezoning to allow residential development.

Applications must be submitted by May 30. Apply through NYC Housing Connect. To learn more about how to apply for affordable housing, read Brownstoner’s guide.

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