{"id":200753,"date":"2026-04-17T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200753\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:48:09","slug":"affordable-housing-lottery-opens-for-seniors-in-brownsville-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200753\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable housing lottery opens for seniors in Brownsville \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five percent of apartments in the lottery are set aside for households with a mobility disability, and two percent are reserved for households with a visual or hearing disability.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maparchitects.com\/in-construction-on-the-boards-projects\/livonia-c3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Magnusson Architecture and Planning<\/a>\u00a0and developed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccbq.org\/service\/senior-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corporation<\/a>, the new building includes a senior center, green space, shared laundry room, 24-hour building super, computer lab, elevator, air conditioning, and bike storage lockers, according to the listing. The building will be smoke free. There is no mention whether pets are allowed.<\/p>\n<p>The senior center will have on-site supportive services by Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nychdc.com\/newsroom\/city-and-partners-celebrate-groundbreaking-new-affordable-senior-housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">will offer<\/a>\u00a0daily hot meals, events, fitness classes, and senior case management services. It will also be used as a \u201cresiliency resource during energy disruptions, flood-related events, or extreme heat,\u201d according to the architect\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The building is part of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/hpd\/about\/projects-detail.page?project=Livonia%204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">multi-site development<\/a>\u00a0bringing more than 420 apartments to Livonia Avenue through a partnership between Radson Development, Community Solutions, and Catholic Charities. The team was chosen through a city RFP through the Brownsville Planning process. A neighboring 11-story, 82-unit building, also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maparchitects.com\/in-construction-on-the-boards-projects\/livonia-c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">designed by MAP<\/a>, is rising across Christopher Avenue at 372 Livonia Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-241509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/brownsville-350-livonia-avenue-nyc-housing-connect-interior-rendering-1.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"349\"  \/>Rendering via NYC Housing Connect<\/p>\n<p>Gail P. Duke Senior Residence at 350 Livonia Avenue is all-electric and built to Passive House standards. The architects say it has heat pump water heaters for hot water, energy recovery ventilators, a solar power system, and battery back-up for resilience. The plantings are native and drought-resistant species that offer shade, and there are cooling stormwater planters.<\/p>\n<p>The building is part of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/hpd\/about\/projects-detail.page?project=Livonia%204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">multi-site development<\/a>\u00a0bringing more than 420 apartments to Livonia Avenue through a partnership between Radson Development, Community Solutions, and Catholic Charities. The team was chosen through a city RFP through the Brownsville Planning process. A neighboring 11-story, 82-unit building, also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maparchitects.com\/in-construction-on-the-boards-projects\/livonia-c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">designed by MAP<\/a>, is rising across Christopher Avenue at 372 Livonia Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-241508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/brownsville-350-livonia-avenue-nyc-housing-connect-interior-rendering-2.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"417\"  \/>Rendering via NYC Housing Connect <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-241506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/brownsville-350-livonia-avenue-nyc-housing-connect-interior-rendering-5.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"396\"  \/>Rendering via NYC Housing Connect<\/p>\n<p>Gail P. Duke Senior Residence at 350 Livonia Avenue is all-electric and built to Passive House standards. The architects say it has heat pump water heaters for hot water, energy recovery ventilators, a solar power system, and battery back-up for resilience. The plantings are native and drought-resistant species that offer shade, and there are cooling stormwater planters.<\/p>\n<p>The building, which cost a total $143.4 million, was constructed using New York City Housing Development Corporation\u2019s Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and Tax-Exempt Bonds, as well as HDC\u2019s Extremely Low and Low-Income Affordability program. It also used New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development\u2019s Senior Affordable Rental Apartments program.<\/p>\n<p>The lottery for the Gail P. Duke Senior Residence closes April 24. To apply,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/housingconnect.nyc.gov\/PublicWeb\/details\/7410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">visit the listing on Housing Connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This story first appeared on Brooklyn Paper\u2019s sister site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/real-estate-market\/affordable-housing-lottery-350-livonia-avenue-brownsville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brownstoner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five percent of apartments in the lottery are set aside for households with a mobility disability, and two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[433,98,100,99,6616,2184,79674,79675,9,24,12,370,63,1491],"class_list":{"0":"post-200753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-affordable-housing","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-brownsville","13":"tag-development","14":"tag-gail-p-duke","15":"tag-gail-p-duke-senior-residence","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-newsletter","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-real-estate"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}