Last year, the first rendering for another fully-affordable (and fully-necessary) building in East New York/Cypress Hills was revealed and today, we have the reveal for the entire project, which will comprise nearly 4.5 acres and three 14-story buildings, each to be built in separate phases, according to Dattner Architects' website. For now, it's sporting the name "Atlantic Chesnut" since it faces both Atlantic and Chestnut Street. That street is also what divides the development from another Dattner-designed fully-affordable building called Chestnut Commons at 3269 Atlantic Avenue.
While not classified as a passive house like Chestnut Commons, the forthcoming development will have several sustainability features, including solar arrays on the roof and a CoGen system, which generates electricity and useful heat at the same time. Amenities will include landscaped courtyards and a "green ribbon" roof for residents that runs through the entire site, along the ninth floor of each building.
While not classified as a passive house like Chestnut Commons, the forthcoming development will have several sustainability features, including solar arrays on the roof and a CoGen system, which generates electricity and useful heat at the same time. Amenities will include landscaped courtyards and a "green ribbon" roof for residents that runs through the entire site, along the ninth floor of each building.
Developed by Phipps Houses as part of the East New York Neighborhood Plan (PDF), the Atlantic Chestnut development will provide a total of 1,165 affordable housing units and span 1.3 million square feet. Building 1 is expected to be completed in 2020, building 2 in 2021, and building 3 in 2022.
Phipps Houses, the oldest and largest not-for-profit developer of affordable housing in NYC, bought the site for $38 million in 2015.
Phipps Houses, the oldest and largest not-for-profit developer of affordable housing in NYC, bought the site for $38 million in 2015.
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