City Moves Forward With Affordable Crown Heights Apt Complex

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — The city hopes to build a new affordable housing development on an empty lot near the Weeksville Heritage Center, records show.

An eight-story apartment complex could rise on Prospect Place and Buffalo Avenue after the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development filed its request last month to build on an empty city-owned lot.

The 32,325-square-foot apartment building would bring 45 affordably priced units, 20 of which would be reserved for New York seniors, to the land owned by the city since 1978, city records show.

Plans to develop 1559-1563 Prospect Place must first go through the zoning application process, which includes a Brooklyn Community Board 8 public hearing and reviews from the Brooklyn Borough President and the City Planning Commission.

Developer and social services provider Settlement Housing Fund and contracting firm Beechwood Homes first presented plans to CB8 in June for units with rents as low as $375 per month, according to a Brooklyn Daily Eagle report.