$71K Salary Needed For These 'Affordable' Williamsburg Apartments

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN – New apartments at 46 Cook Street that just hit the affordable housing lottery require at least a $71,000 to rent, city records show.

The 14 new units include four one-bedroom spots for $2,081 per month, eight two-bedroom options for $2,506 per month and two three-bedroom apartments going for $2,888 per month. Tenants can enjoy amenities at the newly-constructed building including a gym, a bike room, a roof deck, a laundry room and parking.

For the one-bedroom spot, affordable housing applicants must make between $71,349 and $95,030 for one person, $71,349 and $108,550 for two people and $71,349 and $122,070 for three people, city records show.

Two-bedroom requirements range from $85,920 to $146,510 and three bedroom between $99,018 up to $168,220, depending on the number of tenants that plan to live there.

Those making the income limits can apply for one of the units by the Jan. 14 deadline.

The units are part of the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program, which provides zoning allowances to developments with a percentage of affordably priced units.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer's office, though, recently found that the program has provided substantially more housing, like the Cook Street apartments, to those that earn around $75,120 a year, rather than to low-income New Yorkers. 166,000 units went to those with the $75,120 salary, while only 31,500 homes were made available for low-income applicants, the report said.

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