Affordable Apartments In New Central Harlem Tower Hit Lottery

HARLEM, NY — More than a hundred below-market-rate apartments are up for grabs in the Victoria Tower Residences, the newly built tower on 125th Street in the heart of Central Harlem.

Applications are open for the 102 apartments, which were listed Monday on the city's Housing Connect website. They include 10 studios, 41 one-bedrooms and 51 two-bedrooms, available to a broad range of incomes.

The most affordable units are the studios, four of which are available to people making up to 50 percent of the area median income (AMI) — or between $28,835 and $41,800. Monthly rent for those studios is $755.

The cheapest one-bedrooms cost $810 per month, open to households making between $31,098 for a single person or as much as $53,700 for three people. The two-bedroom apartments include 23 units listed at 5o percent AMI, nine at 60 percent AMI, and 19 at 130 percent AMI.

People can enter the lottery online until Jan. 10, 2022.

At 27 stories, the Victoria Tower Residences is the tallest building in Harlem, rising above the old Victoria Theater at 233 West 125th St. The development includes both a Marriott hotel and the residential tower, which will have an entrance on 126th Street.

The state-funded project also includes a renovation of the historic theater, which will create multiple performance spaces, as well as retail storefronts. Tenants will include the restaurant Sushi Inoue and the famed Apollo Theatre, which is expanding from its main space a few doors down into the two new theaters on the third and fourth floors of the Victoria Tower.

Leasing is also open for the more than 100 market-rent apartments included in the tower, which is estimated to be completed sometime next year.

Building amenities include a doorman, gym, laundry room, media room and a private outdoor space. It is within walking distance of the 2-3, A-C, and B subway lines.

To learn more about the housing lottery or apply, visit the listing on Housing Connect. People can also request an application by mail, by sending a self-addressed envelope to 11 East 125th Street, New York, NY 10035.

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