Redeveloping the Area w/ The Highest Concentration of Public Housing in the Nation

New York City officials have kickstarted a $1 billion plan to develop infrastructure and new affordable housing to revitalize the Brownsville area in Brooklyn, NY. Join Ericka Keller and La'Shawn Allen-Muhammad as they discuss their multi-phased mixed-use development project to redefine Brownsville. In November of 2021 Ebenezer Plaza, a three-phased, 316 units of family housing was delivered in addition to 47,500 s/f of community facility and commercial retail core and shell.

Next up is a 233-unit development called Glenmore Manor Apartments which will serve a range of at-risk populations in Brooklyn, from formerly homeless individuals to low-income seniors to extremely low-income families.

The larger Brownsville Development Plan, led by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), aims to build over 2,500 new affordable homes and implement critical neighborhood investments. Each of the three initial sites will address a specific need in the neighborhood, such as arts and culture, economic opportunity, and health.

Other development teams are underway on sites A and C of the plan, and the three communities together will total nearly 900 homes for New York City’s underprivileged.