$2,050 Crown Heights Apartments Listed As 'Affordable'

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN -- New "affordable" apartments on the border of Crown Heights and Brownsville will cost residents up to $2,300-per-month, city records show.

New Yorkers must earn more than $70,000 every year to apply for one of six available units at 1543 and 1547 East New York Ave. that became available Friday on the NYC Housing Connect website.

A single $2,050-per-month one-bedroom and two $2,300-per-month two-bedrooms are up for grabs at 1543 East New York Ave. for households earning between $70,286 and $146,510 annually, city records show.

Next door, three three-bedroom apartments that also go for $2,030-a-month are available to households earning between $78,858 and $168,220 every year, records show.

Yidel Kohn of 1543 East New York LLC is the owner of the four-story, 7,049-square-foot complex and Michael Avramdies is the architect on record, according to the Department of Buildings.

Building amenities include a laundry room with machines residents must pay to use, records show. The apartments will remain on the affordable housing market until March, 11.

Photos courtesy of NYC Housing Connect and Google Maps