Residential amenities will include a ground-floor community facility space, a 24/7 staffed residential lobby reception area, and community garden. The residential component will include 87 units of supportive housing for formerly homeless New Yorkers, with the remainder set aside for households earning up to 70 percent area median income (AMI) through the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)’s Extremely Low- and Low-Income Affordability program. The two residential towers will top out at six and seven stories and share a central podium with an 11,000-square-foot rooftop garden. The manufacturing space will be separately owned and operated by Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center and will provide affordable small scale manufacturing facilities for up to 12 local businesses. “Bridge Rockaway is an innovative collaboration between state and nonprofit partners that will bolster our continued efforts to revitalize Central Brooklyn.”īridge Rockaway will comprise 174 affordable apartments and 39,000 square feet of ground-floor manufacturing space, which will be available for lease to light manufacturers. “Quality affordable homes and good-paying jobs are the foundation for successful and thriving communities, and that is what we are delivering to Brownsville with this important investment,” said Governor Kathy Hochul. Total construction costs are estimated at $118 million. The Bridge Rockaway development team includes privately owned entity Mega Development, nonprofit industrial developer Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center, and The Bridge, a non-profit organization that provides mental health and substance abuse treatment, housing, vocational training, healthcare, education, and creative arts therapy across New York City. The development site is located on Newport Street between Thatford and Rockaway Avenues and will debut as Bridge Rockaway. Developers and city officials recently joined to celebrate the start of construction on a dual-building affordable housing complex in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
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