'Affordable' Bushwick Apartments Require $100K Income

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — You need to earn more than $100,000-a-year to apply for these new “affordable” Bushwick apartments.

Three newly constructed apartments at 1157 Myrtle Ave. hit the housing market Thursday and two are only available to households with a six-figure annual income, city records show.

One two-bedroom apartment that costs $2,714-per-month is available to applicants with an annual income between $93,052 and $135,590

And two three-bedrooms that cost $3,131-per-month are only available to applicants with an annual income between $107,349 and $157,300.

The 10-unit building is owned by Yoel Goldman of All Year Management, the development company behind the Rheingold Brewery project, city records show.

All Year Management made headlines in 2017 when owners reneged on a promise to provide 24 percent affordable housing in the enormous apartment complex going up on Montieth Street.

The three apartments hit the NYC Housing Connect lottery one week after Bushwick community leaders protested an uptick in luxury development they argued displaces lifelong residents who typically earn between $25,000- and $30,000-a-year.

"So-called affordable housing, it's all bull," said Marty Needleman, a Brooklyn Legal Services attorney. "It promotes such displacement … And Mayor de Blasio is responsible."

The average annual salary in New York City is about $69,000, according to PayScale.com.

Amenities in the four-story building include a lounge and laundry room which residents must pay an extra fee to use, records show.

Photo courtesy of GoogleMaps/Sept. 2017