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Rabsky Group\u2019s newly completed building at 11 Gerry Street.<\/p>\n
Photo by Susan De Vries.<\/p>\n
An affordable housing lottery has launched at 11 Gerry Street, a fully affordable ten-story building in Rabsky\u2019s giant Broadway Triangle development. Units start at $812 a month. The mega-development, which includes nine buildings and spans two Williamsburg blocks, was the subject of a\u00a0highly controversial<\/a>\u00a02017 rezoning.<\/p>\n All 120 apartments are included in the lottery. They range from one to four bedrooms and are all rent stabilized and income restricted, targeted at households of one to nine people earning 40, 60, and 100 percent of\u00a0Area Median Income<\/a>, or $32,160 and $226,800 a year, according to the\u00a0listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n There are forty one-bedroom apartments at $812, $1,260 and $2,155 a month. Forty are two bedrooms renting for $965, $1,502, and $2,576 a month. Sixteen are three bedrooms at $1,105, $1,725, and $2,966 a month, and there are 24 four-bedroom apartments for $1,222, $1,914, and $3,298 a month.<\/p>\n Developed by Rabsky Group and designed by\u00a0Fischer + Makooi Architects<\/a>, apartments include energy efficient appliances and patios or balconies, according to the listing. As for amenities, a shared laundry room and bike storage are available for an additional fee. The building is smoke free and tenants have to pay for electricity, which covers the stove. Rent includes heat and hot water.<\/p>\n Permits show there will be ground floor retail and an ambulatory diagnostic center on the second floor. A beige and brick facade includes floor-to-ceiling glass panels along the retail levels, a grid of evenly spaced windows, and some balconies.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Rabsky site<\/a>, and\u00a0Broadway Triangle as a whole<\/a>, has a controversial history. Various groups have clashed over developing the formerly-industrial area bordering Williamsburg and Bed Stuy. The city\u00a0kicked off development<\/a>\u00a0of affordable housing on Broadway Triangle\u2019s city-owned sites in 2022.<\/p>\n Rabsky\u2019s site was formerly owned by\u00a0drug manufacturing giant Pfizer<\/a>\u00a0and zoned for low-density manufacturing. Prior to Rabsky\u2019s 2012 $12.75 million purchase, various community groups\u00a0attempted to buy<\/a>\u00a0it to build low-income housing.\u00a0In 2015<\/a>, Rabsky filed to rezone the land and the\u00a0highly contentious process<\/a>\u00a0split community and city council members.<\/p>\n When Rabsky\u2019s rezoning passed in 2017, the plan was for an eight-building, 1,146-apartment complex with 287 units of subsidized housing. Permits now show the site will include nine buildings and 558 apartments. 11 Gerry Street is one of five on the block bordered by Gerry and Wallabout streets and Union and Harrison avenues. The other four are bordered by Wallabout and Walton streets and Union and Harrison avenues.<\/p>\n 11 Gerry Street is not the first affordable building to open on Rabsky\u2019s site. In 2022, an\u00a0affordable housing lottery<\/a>\u00a0was held for 77 units at 269 Wallabout Street.<\/p>\n Because the 11 Gerry Street Apartments are taking advantage of the rezoning, the building is required to include affordable units under the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program. It is also expected to receive the 421-a tax break, according to the listing.<\/p>\n The 11 Gerry Street Apartments lottery closes on March 4. To apply,\u00a0visit the listing on New York City\u2019s Housing Connect website<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/williamsburg-11-gerry-street-housing-02162026-sdevries-2.webp.jpeg\")
The building photographed this week.Photo by Susan De Vries ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/williamsburg-11-gerry-street-housing-02162026-sdevries-4.webp.jpeg\")
The fully affordable 11 Gerry Street building in the Broadway Triangle.Photo by Susan De Vries<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-20-at-3.46.29-PM.webp.jpeg\")
Rabsky\u2019s 2016 plans for the site.Rendering via Rabsky Group<\/p>\n