Rents Start at $788​ In These 9 Affordable NYC Housing Lotteries

NEW YORK CITY — Nine affordable housing lotteries on New York City Housing Connect expire in the next week, including one in Manhattan, three in Brooklyn, four 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.

250 West 49th Street Apartments

• Address: 250 W 49th St, New York, NY 10019
• Eligible incomes range: $68,023 - $227,500
• Rent starts at: $1,800
• Number of units: 42
• Deadline to apply: Nov. 3
• Link to apply: here.

Astoria Point

• Address: 21-07 Astoria Blvd, Queens, NY 11102
• Eligible incomes range: $104,298 - $227,500
• Rent starts at: $2,900
• Number of units: 21
• Deadline to apply: Nov. 3
• Link to apply: here.

25-14 21st Street Apartments

• Address: 25-14 21st St, Queens, NY 11102
• Eligible incomes range: $79,646 - $116,640
• Rent starts at: $2,075
• Number of units: 2
• Deadline to apply: Nov. 5
• Link to apply: here.

1601 DeKalb

• Address: 1601 DEKALB AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11237
• Eligible incomes range: $30,823 - $241,080
• Rent starts at: $788
• Number of units: 81
• Deadline to apply: Nov. 5
• Link to apply: here.

214-33 41st Avenue Apartments

• Address: 214-33 41 AVENUE, BAYSIDE, NY 11361
• Eligible incomes range: $104,503 - $189,540
• Rent starts at: $2,800
• Number of units: 2
• Deadline to apply: Nov. 7
• Link to apply: here.

86-15 60th Road Apartments

• Address: 86-15 60 ROAD, ELMHURST, NY 11373
• Eligible incomes range: $95,555 - $189,540
• Rent starts at: $2,600
• Number of units: 3
• Deadline to apply: Nov. 7
• Link to apply: here.

The Gregory

• Address: 991 ST JOHNS PLACE, BROOKLYN, NY 11213
• Eligible incomes range: $142,286 - $261,170
• Rent starts at: $3,930
• Number of units: 2
• Deadline to apply: Nov 7
• Link to apply: here.

836 East 34th Street Apartments

• Address: 836 E 34th St, Brooklyn, NY 11210
• Eligible incomes range: $95,006 - $140,000
• Rent starts at: $2,551
• Number of units: 2
• Deadline to apply: Nov. 7
• Link to apply: here.

2135 Reeds Mill Lane Apartments

• Address: 2135 REEDS MILL LANE, BRONX, NY 10475
• Eligible incomes range: $79,646 - $140,000
• Rent starts at: $2,075
• Number of units: 3
• Deadline to apply: Nov. 7
• Link to apply: here.