Brownsville Crossing

  • Neighborhood

    Brownsville, Brooklyn

  • Use

    Affordable Housing

  • Clients

    • Alembic Community Development
    • JMR Development Group

  • Status

    In Progress

  • Budget

    $25M

  • Size

    3 Buildings, 42 Units

Overview

The Brownsville Crossing cluster is a collection of three buildings on city-owned sites in Brownsville, Brooklyn. These sites have been vacant for many years, partially because of their small size and irregular configurations. The project was awarded through a competitive RFP process as part of the Neighborhood Construction Program (NCP), which is part of New York City's attempt to solve the housing crisis by building affordable housing wherever feasible. Overall, the project will bring 42 affordable rental units to Brownsville and offers a rare opportunity to build affordable housing at a small scale.

The three sites are all within the Brownsville neighborhood in Brooklyn. While each of the sites is relatively small, they collectively define a larger area. 47 New Lots and 609 Osborn form a threshold in the urban fabric between industrial uses to the south and predominantly residential uses to the north, near the edge of the city’s Transit Zone. 120 Liberty lies at the opposite end of Brownsville, also on the edge of an industrial zone, but near major transportation hubs and adjacent to several schools.


47 New Lots

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609 Osborn

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120 Liberty

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All three building facades share a similar patterning of fenestration and façade rhythm though each building has a different massing unique to its site conditions.

Entry at 609 Osborn

New Lots Construction Updates          Osborn Construction Updates         

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