Real Estate
'Affordable' Brownsville Apartments Up For Grabs, With $61K Salary
One bedroom spots on Howard Avenue have hit the city's affordable housing lottery, but only for those that can afford to pay $1,800 a month.
BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — New apartments have hit the affordable housing lottery in Brownsville, but only for those that make at least $61,000 each year, records show.
The three one-bedroom spots are up for grabs in a new building at 802 Howard Ave. near Dumont Avenue that will stay open for applications until June 23, according to Department of Housing Preservation and Development listing.
They will each go to those who make at least 130 percent of the area median income, or at least $61,715 each year. The apartments cost $1,800 in rent a month.
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The Howard Avenue building includes a shared laundry room, air-conditioning and is smoke free, the listing shows.
It is one of several in Brooklyn currently on the affordable housing lottery.
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Other buildings include an East New York development where applicants should make $58,000, a Vanderbilt Avenue building, a Lenox Road complex, a massive development in DUMBO, a Park Place building and a senior housing complex in Williamsburg.
Find all listings and more information about how to apply here.
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