3 chances to live in prime East Williamsburg, from $958/month
Renderings via RJ Capital Holdings
Three units in East Williamsburg reserved for those earning 60 percent of the area median income have come online through the city’s affordable housing lottery. Two $958/month studios and one $1,096/month one-bedroom are available at 387 Manhattan Avenue, a new six-story mixed-use development half a block east of the BQE, three blocks from McCarren Park, and right near all the local hot spots like the Llama Inn, Museum of Food and Drink, Pete’s Candy Store, and Union Pool.
The building is near the J and L trains and features a rooftop recreation area, bike rack, and laundry room. The first floor has roughly 5,000 square feet of retail space, while the second and third floors have offices for a community facility. Floors four through six hold 12 apartments, 10 one-bedrooms and two studios (the other 9 units will be market rate).
Qualifying New Yorkers can apply for the affordable apartments at 387 Manhattan Avenue until June 15, 2017. Fifty percent of units are reserved for residents of the Brooklyn Community Board 1. Complete details on how to apply are available here (pdf). Questions regarding this offer must be referred to NYC’s Housing Connect department by dialing 311.
Use 6sqft’s map below to find even more ongoing housing lotteries.
If you don’t qualify for the housing lotteries mentioned, visit CityRealty.com’s no-fee rentals page for other apartment deals in the city.