Lottery opens for 93 affordable units at Bedford Arms complex in Crown Heights, from $590/month

Applications are now being accepted in the lottery for 93 newly-constructed rental apartments at Bedford Arms at 1336 Bedford Avenue, Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The new building’s 93 units are available to households earning between 40 percent and 165 percent of the area median income, ranging from $590/month one-bedrooms to $3,060/month three-bedrooms.

Rendering of Bedford Arms courtesy of Housing Partnership Development Corporation

A vacant lot near the border of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights–and near the burgeoning retail and restaurant scene on Franklin Avenue–was given new life in the form of Bedford Arms, an affordable housing complex built under the Mixed-Middle Income program of the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) program of HPD.

The nine-story high, light brick building rises above the surrounding brownstone buildings with 93 newly-constructed one-, two- and three-bedroom units within. Amenities include a visual door bell, elevators, parking (additional fees apply), bike storage, an exercise and yoga room, a laundry room and a roof deck.

The lottery officially opens on July 15, but qualifying New Yorkers can apply now for the affordable units. The deadline for the lottery is September 13, 2019. Residents of Brooklyn Community Board 8 will be given preference for 50 percent of the units. 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.

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.

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