FAC’s Sunset Park Apartments and Library is a 50-unit, eight-story affordable housing project with a modern and expanded public library space in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Completed in August 2022, this new development responds to the critical need for affordable housing in the community. (For more detail about the need, see FAC’s 2020 Sunset Park housing report here). Forty-nine of the units are for low- and moderate-income residents who earn between 30% and 80% of Area Median Income. Eight units receive Section 8 subsidies.
The historic project, the first of its kind in New York City, establishes a new development model under which the creation of 100% affordable housing is paired with new and expanded public library facilities. The project is part of an innovative partnership between FAC and BPL, along with New York State Homes and Community Renewal and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and provides the first new affordable housing for families in Sunset Park in 20 years. The Sunset Park project along with Brooklyn Heights Library, which opened in 2022, serve as examples of successful models for co-located housing. The preexisting Sunset Park library branch was one of the most heavily used in New York City, but the previous library building had outlived its useful life. This project is not only introducing modern library facilities but will nearly double the size of the previous branch to 20,000 square feet.
Funders include New York State Homes & Community Renewal, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development, The Bank of New York Mellon, and the National Equity Fund.
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