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189 affordable apartments now open to lottery in Bushwick

The units are spread out over three buildings in two developments and are renting for the affordable $947/month to the not so cheap $2,394/month.

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Greenpoint studios for $613/month up for grabs in city lottery

Wowzers, an apartment that cheap in a neighborhood that nice is difficult to fathom.

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Lotteries open for South Slope and Sunset Park units under $1,050/month

A new year, two new opportunities to grab at affordability.

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A hard hat tour of Park Slope’s former Pavilion Theater as it becomes a...

When Park Slope’s notorious Pavilion Theater shuttered a year ago this month, the neighborhood met the news not with the usual chagrin […]

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Enter this affordable housing lottery to score a $867/month W’burg studio

This newest affordable housing lottery can offer you, for extra cash, your very own garden plot.

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Relive ’80s New York, when W’burg was a literal pile of debris, with this...

As Brooklyn continues to be built up beyond recognition, blasts from the past become increasingly surprising for the amount of sky the borough formerly boasted. The days of low-lying industrial...

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$931/month Crown Heights one-bedrooms now up for lottery

Prepare your paperwork and cross your fingers: Another affordable housing lottery is open to application in Brooklyn. They're coming in at ludicrous speed recently. This time it's in Crown Heights at...

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Lottery for $1k/month Bushwick one-bedrooms isn’t even that great a deal

Like, yeah, $1,039/month for a one-bedroom in a freshly constructed Bushwick building with a roof deck and fitness center is a good deal, but it's not a great deal. A great deal is when you live in a...

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Apply now for these 194 affordable units in Brooklyn, starting at $613/month

Step right up to the game of life and submit your soul for consideration to New York City's idea of an affordable housing solution: privately subsidized units lottery-ed off to individuals selected by...

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This Statue of Liberty luxury condo promotional site is far too convincing

That this Statue of Liberty luxury condo marketing site requires a double take tells you everything you need to know about the grim realities of America's current definition of freedom as well as the...

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Brokerlyn: Crazy lobbies, units starting at $950/month

One of our favorite ways to determine if an apartment is right for us is if it prompts any moving-in fantasies. Does just looking at that custom bookshelf make you want to compulsively organize your...

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This upstate property with private waterfalls is cheaper than most Brooklyn...

Renting in Brooklyn, it's better not to think too hard about the premium you're paying to live here. Have a friend who recently moved to Cleveland? Good for them; it's probably best for your mental...

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Today in good news: Report says Brooklyn rents are going down

If you stare at a wall long enough, you'll start seeing things that aren't there. If you look too closely at real estate numbers, your hope may become unrealistically inflated. Still, though, data is...

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Families making $132,840/year qualify for these “affordable” W’burg apartments

As conversations rage over numerous affordable housing commitments citywide, one source of subsidized apartments remains consistent: lotteries. Thanks to a variety of loan programs, tax abatements and...

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Apartment glut could mean lower Brooklyn rents

You and Kurt Russell are running down an abandoned Downtown Brooklyn side street – you have a hook for a hand and ominous vaporwave music is playing in the background. "All of them, empty," Kurt says,...

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Park Slope’s triangle building could be turned into a transparent wedge

In the world of New York real estate, a historic brownstone can cost the same as a brand spankin' new condo apartment. It all comes down to the neighborhood. While Park Slope is considered a pioneer of...

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Brokerlyn: Apartments at $650, $740, $750 and $795/month

In sleep we dream of affordable living, of all the extra niceties we could buy if only we weren't spending two thirds of our income on housing. As our body rests, our mind scrolls through Craigslist...

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12 W’burg, Bed-Stuy apartments up for lottery starting at $722/month

The city has really been cranking out these affordable housing lotteries lately, amirite? Actually, since affordable housing lotteries are the final step in the development of subsidized buildings,...

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Affordable housing lotteries open in W’burg, Bed-Stuy with apartments...

Have you ever met someone who won an affordable housing lottery? Do you have a single happy, personal story about applying for one of the city's many non-NYCHA subsidized, randomized apartment...

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Brokerlyn: Private bedrooms starting at $950/month in Bushwick

What would you do for affordable rent? Would you submit your name to a lottery where your prospects are itty bitty; would you move to Montana, say goodbye to all this; would you troll Craigslist for...

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