$79K Salary Needed For Williamsburg 'Affordable' Apartments

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — New apartments in Williamsburg have hit the affordable housing lottery, but only for those making at least $79,000 a year.

The three new apartments, in a building at 179 North Seventh St., became available on the city's affordable housing lottery Dec. 27 and will be available for applications until Jan. 21, records show. They include two one-bedroom apartments and one two-bedroom spot.

The one-bedroom apartments will go for $2,310 per month and go to those making at least $79,200 per year. The maximum salary to apply is $97,110 for one person, a combined $111,020 for two people or a combined $124,930 for three people.

The two-bedroom spot will go for $2,791 per month. Applicants should make at least a combined salary of $95,692 and groups of two, three, four or five people can apply. The maximum salary is the same as that for the one-bedroom apartments for two or three people and will be $138,710 for four people or $149,890 for five people.

The building includes a rooftop, in-unit washer and dryer and an elevator.

The three Williamsburg apartments are the only ones in the neighborhood on the affordable housing lottery, but they join many others available in North Brooklyn up for grabs.

One of those buildings is a Greenpoint development at 215 Freeman St., where an unspecified number of one or two-bedroom apartments became available for a wait list on Dec. 19 and will stay open until Jan. 23.

Those apartments will go to those that make at least $77,829 per year for the one-bedroom and at least $93,703 per year for the two-bedroom.

The options in North Brooklyn also include apartments in Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, East New York and Brownsville. Many have similar salary requirements as the Williamsburg and Greenpoint buildings but a few have no salary requirement or can go to those making as little as $31,000 a year.

Check out the full list of affordable units up for grabs and learn more about how to apply here.