Project Description
The project sponsor, Atlantic Bergen Howard Housing LP, is seeking construction financing from HPD to facilitate the development of four affordable housing buildings on four currently vacant, City-owned properties (the project sites) in the Brownsville neighborhood of the Brooklyn, Community District 16. HPD received disposition approval for the project sites from the City Council on July 16, 2008. The project sites would be conveyed to the project sponsor at closing. The project sites are located at 1969-1977 Bergen Street (Block 1447, Lots 67-70), 402-404 Howard Avenue (Block 1451, Lots 42 & 43), 412 Howard Avenue (Block 1451, Lot 48), and 1459-1461 St. Marks Avenue (Block 1452, Lots 1 & 87). The proposed project involves the new construction of one 4-story building and four 5-story buildings on the project sites, ranging in height from 45-55 feet tall. In total, the four proposed buildings would provide approximately 44 dwelling units, six accessory parking spaces, and outdoor recreation space for residents. The proposed buildings would each feature a residential lobby at their main entrances and would be constructed in conformance with the requirements of the existing R6 zoning district.