A Place for All New Yorkers
A thriving city needs affordable housing. We're proud to have partnered with civic-minded, socially-conscious designers who approach New York City's seemingly intractable affordability problem with optimism, determination, ingenuity, and just a bit of lightness and whimsy. These are some of our favorite affordable and supportive housing projects.
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WSFSSH 108th Street Residences
This project combines affordable, supportive, and transitional housing with robust on-site social services. The building's many functions meet at the âmain streetâ ground floor, which offers a sequence of defined but connected spaces for a variety of needs and programming.
Photographed Fall 2021.
Architect: Dattner Architects
Owner: West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing
Builder: Procida Companies
The Carolina
The Carolinaâs massing runs a full, long city block, affording the designers a unique opportunity to create a topology of roofs and setbacks to imbue this 100% affordable housing development with an unmistakable visual identity. Curtis + Ginsberg Architect's facade design draws inspiration from the rocky cliff face of the Hudson River Palisades, resulting in a building that is both restrained and richly detailed, communicating a natural complexity within its urban context.
Photographed Fall 2020 and Spring of 2021.
Architect: Curtis + Ginsberg Architects
Developer: L+M Development Partners
Caton Flats
Anchored by a vibrant shopping destination, Caton Flats is a 100% affordable model of responsible development. The new building also fostered the growth of Flatbush Central Caribbean Market into a fully-fledged community facility.
Photographed Spring 2022.
Architect: Magnusson Architecture and Planning
Builder: Lettire Construction
1074 Washington Avenue
Located in the Bronx, this project provides 100% affordable housing for seniors, with units reserved for the formerly homeless and/or incarcerated. The Fortune Society operates a social services center, catering the needs of the residents and community.
Photographed Summer 2022.
Architect: Curtis + Ginsberg Architects
Owner/Builder: BronxPro Group
Garnet House
Garnet House features 103 affordable units set in a mixed-income building, and is defined by the architectsâ signature use of bold color.
Photographed Summer/Fall 2021.
Architect: Shakespeare, Gordon, Vlado: Architects
Developers: SMJ Development and BFC Partners
Tres Puentes Residences
Defined by bold color and form, Tres Puentes is a fully-affordable, two-building addition to an existing senior housing project in the South Bronx.
Complete project gallery available here.
âPhotographed Fall 2019.
Architect: Shakespeare, Gordon, Vlado: Architects
Client: West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing
Builder: Procida Companies
Landscape Architect: Joanna Pertz Landscape Architecture
4697 Third Avenue
Set in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx, this development includes 53 affordable units created in a mixed-income building. Unique window fins and building massing highlight this buildingâs prominent location, breaking through the development malaise that plagued this formerly vacant lot. The project is
âPassive House certified and serves as a model of affordable,
environmentally conscious design.
Photographed Summer 2022.
Architect: Curtis + Ginsberg Architects
Owner/Builder: BronxPro Group
HANAC Corona Senior Residence
HANAC Corona Senior Residence is a fully-affordable senior residence, with units set aside for the formerly homeless. This project has the further distinction of being the first Passive House certified project of its typology in the country. In addition to social services, the base of the building contains a kindergarten to foster
âmulti-generational connections through shared amenity spaces.
Photographed Fall 2018, Spring 2019.
Architect: Think! Architecture and Design
Client: HANAC
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