6 Affordable NYC Housing Lotteries, With Rents Starting At $933​​, Expire This Week

NEW YORK CITY — Six affordable housing lotteries on New York City Housing Connect expire in the next week, including three in Brooklyn, two in Queens and one in the Bronx.

But wait — what is Housing Connect?

For the uninitiated, New York City Housing Connect is an online platform that aims to provide New Yorkers with opportunities for affordable prices on apartments in new developments.

The website, which launched in 2013 after years as a mail-based program, lists residential buildings across the five boroughs currently accepting applications for apartments, with both leasing and purchasing opportunities.

However, there is a catch: Your total income and family size need to fit within a certain range to be eligible to apply to the housing lottery, and each lottery has different income restrictions, based on a measurement called Area Median Income, which you can calculate here.

Oftentimes, real estate developers will set aside a certain number of affordable units in their blueprints to secure support and approval from city officials and community boards.

The NYC Department of Housing and Preservation, which runs NYC Housing Connect, considers affordable housing to be apartments that cost one-third or less of what the people living there make in income.

Also, there's usually a certain number of units in each lottery set aside for people with disabilities, workers employed by the city, or people already based in the community board district where the building is located.

Once users apply for an eligible unit, they are issued a log number, and then the numbers are chosen at random by an automated system, lottery-style.

Here are all the housing lotteries expiring in the next week.

948 Bergen Street AKA 637 Franklin Avenue

Address: 948 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

Number of affordable units: 5

Rent starts at: $2,750

Eligible incomes range: $103,680 - $261,170

Amenities: These five apartments include high-end kitchen appliances, and central air. Each apartment has a patio or balcony. The building also features an elevator.

Deadline to apply: Aug. 12

Link to apply: here.

The Botanica

Address: 931 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11225

Number of affordable units: 55

Rent starts at: $933

Eligible incomes range: $37,612 - $175,000

Amenities: This pet-friendly building includes a rooftop terrace, a gym, a garage, a playground, an electric car charging station, a shared laundry room, an elevator, a media room and more.

Deadline to apply: Aug. 13

Link to apply: here.

779 Burke Avenue Apartments

Address: 779 Burke Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467

Number of affordable units: 6

Rent starts at: $3,385

Eligible incomes range: $121,509 - $227,500

Amenities: This building includes a shared laundry room, high-end kitchen appliances, counters and finishes, as well as central air.

Deadline to apply: Aug. 13.

Link to apply: here.

30-85 31 Street Apartments

Address: 30-85 31 Street, Astoria, NY, 11102

Number of affordable units: 6

Rent starts at: $2,400

Eligible incomes range: $88,595 - $189,540

Amenities: These apartments all have laundry in unit.

Deadline to apply: Aug. 14

Link to apply: here.

45-07 45th Street Apartments

Address: 4502 Queens Blvd, Queens, NY 11104

Number of affordable units: 19

Rent starts at: $1,993

Eligible incomes range: $73,955 - $227,500

Amenities: All apartments in this pet-friendly building are equipped with dishwashers, laundry machines, central air, and high-end appliances and finishes. The building also has a doorman, a gym, a rooftop terrace, an elevator, a garage, bike parking, and more.

Deadline to apply: Aug. 14

Link to apply: here.

153 East 51st Street Apartments

Address: 153 East 51st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203

Number of affordable units: 3

Rent starts at: $2,800

Eligible incomes range: $110,503 - $227,500

Amenities: Each apartment includes a split heating/cooling unit, high end counter tops and finishes, and an intercom. The building has high-speed internet and security cameras.

Deadline to apply: Aug. 15

Link to apply: here.

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