6-Figure Income Required For 'Affordable' Bushwick Housing

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — A batch of “affordably priced” apartments that hit the Brooklyn housing market require six-figure incomes to apply.

The four NYC Housing Connect apartments at 359 Linden St. cost about $2,000 a month and are available only to households earning up to $135,000 a year.

These are not the first apartments to hit the affordable housing lottery this year at prices that a small percentage of Brooklynites can afford.

Affordable units in new Crown Heights, Clinton Hill and two Bushwick buildings required six-figure incomes to apply, but city records show that about 55 percent of Brooklynites earn less than $60,000 a year.

The limited number of residents who do earn 130 percent of the area median income are welcome to apply for a one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartment on Linden Street near Wyckoff Avenue.

The two one-bedroom apartments cost $1,950 a month and are available to a single person earning between $66,858 and $95,030 a year or two people earning between $66,858 and $108,550 a year.

A pair of two-bedroom apartments that cost $2,390 a month are available to households of up to four people that earn between $81,943 and $135,590 a year.

Building amenities include a card-operated laundry room, bike storage, rooftop lounge, 24-hour security cameras, gym and storage units (extra fees may apply) and the deadline to apply is June 5.

More information is available at the NYC Housing Connect website.

Photo courtesy of GoogleMaps/Sept. 2017