MAYOR DE BLASIO ANNOUNCES OPENING OF NEARLY 300 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS AT PACIFIC PARK IN BROOKLYN

First 100 percent affordable building serves New Yorkers earning as little as $20,100, and up to moderate and middle income earners

  Mayor Bill de Blasio, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, local officials, Greenland Forest City Partners and community groups announced the opening of 535 Carlton. The building’s 298 homes are all affordable, and reserved for New Yorkers with household incomes of between $20,100 for an individual and $149,000 for a family of three. Preference goes to municipal employees and those with vision, hearing or mobility disabilities.

“Our administration is delivering on the affordable housing this community was promised. For hundreds of families right here in Brooklyn, these homes represent economic security, the chance to save a little every month and get ahead, and the assurance that they’ll be able to afford to stay in the borough they love,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio.

“Having an affordable place to call home and sleep at night is a prerequisite for experiencing the American Dream. The addition of hundreds of critically-needed affordable housing units at 535 Carlton is welcome news for Brooklyn,” Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said.

“Thank you to everyone who helped me make the dream of having a place of our own a reality and for prioritizing affordable housing at Pacific Park Brooklyn,” said Crystal Patterson, a resident of 535 Carlton.

The new building is part of a commitment Greenland Forest City Partners made with Governor Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio and local community groups in June 2014 to build 2,250 affordable apartments by 2025. There are currently 479 units of below market-rate housing at Pacific Park and another 303 will become available this summer. The project contributes to Mayor de Blasio’s affordable housing plan, which has financed more than 63,000 affordable homes in three years.

When complete, Pacific Park Brooklyn will include six million square feet of residential space across 6,430 units of housing, of which 2,250 will be affordable rental units. It will also contain 247,000 square feet of retail space, up to 1.6 million square feet of office space, and eight acres of publicly-accessible open space.

For high-resolution images of 535 Carlton, click here.  

“With nearly 300 units that are affordable to low, moderate, and middle income households, 535 Carlton will provide an anchor of affordability in the heart of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn,” said Housing Development Corporation President Eric Enderlin. “The Pacific Park development also brings significant open park space, retail, and additional transit-infrastructure that will benefit the larger community. Thanks to all our partners, including the Mayor’s Office, the NYS Empire State Development Corporation, Greenland Forest City Partners, COOKFOX, and so many others, including various Brooklyn community stakeholders, for contributing to the success of 535 Carlton and the ongoing development at the Pacific Park project.”

“Through Housing New York, the City set out to secure as much affordability as possible in all our neighborhoods.  When complete, the Pacific Park development will provide more than 2,200 affordable housing opportunities near this vital hub of transportation in thriving downtown Brooklyn,” said Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer. “The opening of 535 Carlton Avenue, the first hundred-percent affordable housing development underway at Pacific Park, represents housing security for 298 families, and the promise of more to come. Congratulations to HDC, the NYS Empire State Development Corporation, Greenland Forest City Partners, COOKFOX, and all our partners for working with us to ensure our neighborhoods are inclusive places of opportunity for New Yorkers at a wide range of incomes.”

The New York City Housing Development Corporation is providing a $73 million tax-exempt first mortgage for the building, funded by Citi Community Capital. HDC is also contributing $11.75 million in subsidy financing. Pacific Park Brooklyn is a state-regulated development established by a General Project Plan adopted by the Empire State Development (ESD) Board of Directors in 2006 and governed by ESD. Pacific Park Brooklyn will include 6,430 units of housing, more than one-third of which will be affordable.