Apply For Affordable Housing Units In Luxury Bed-Stuy Building

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — With a little luck and a lot of filled-out forms, you could snag one of 14 new affordable apartments at The Atrium on DeKalb Avenue.

The newly constructed units — one studio, six one-bedrooms and seven two-bedrooms — hit the NYC Housing Connect lottery Monday and will be up for grabs until June.

Rent in the studio apartment will cost $833 per month, rent in the one-bedrooms will cost $926 per month and rent in the two-bedrooms will cost $1,043 per month.

Applicants must make a certain amount of money per year to qualify for an apartment.

• One applicant must make between $28,560 and $40,080 a year.

• A single applicant must make between $31,749 and $40,080 a year.
• Two applicants must make between $31,759 and $45,840 a year in total.

• Two applicants must make between $35,760 and $45,840 a year in total.
• Three applicants must make between $35,760 and $51,540 a year in total.
• Four applicants must make between $35,760 and $57,240 a year in total.

The Atrium is a six-story building has an atrium in the lobby (of course) as well as a gym, laundry room, library lounge with a wet bar, game room and roof deck.

The 70-unit apartment complex on DeKalb and Tompkins avenues is a half-mile walk from the Myrtle-Willoughby avenues G station and a one-mile walk from the Myrtle Avenue J, M, Z station.

The Atrium stands on the grounds of the former Kismet movie theater which was torn down in 2008. The space was developed by SSJ Realty LLC, Durukan Design designed the interior and Meltzer/Mandl Architects designed the building.

The brick, metal and wood exterior was built with wood salvaged after Superstorm Sandy struck New York City in 2012, according to the designers.

More information about the units and application process is available on the NYC Housing Connect Website.

Image via Google Maps/Oct. 2015