Construction Begins on 78 Affordable Apartments in Brooklyn’s Broadway Triangle

Construction began July 7 on Bartlett Crossing, a $71.5 million project that will create 78 affordable apartments in two buildings in Brooklyn’s Broadway Triangle.

New York City housing officials and project partners announced the start of construction. Bartlett Crossing is the second phase of a larger, community-led redevelopment planned to produce 390 affordable apartments on formerly vacant, city-owned land.

A second phase for Broadway Triangle

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development identifies Bartlett Crossing as part of the Broadway Triangle neighborhood. The project moves the city-owned property into residential redevelopment after the site had stood vacant.

The 78 apartments in Bartlett Crossing are part of the broader plan for 390 affordable homes. That larger figure describes the planned redevelopment and does not mean all 390 apartments have been completed or are currently under construction.

New York State officials said the redevelopment follows environmental cleanup work. The project announcement did not identify the contaminants involved or provide a separate cost for the cleanup.

Housing investment and what comes next

The Bartlett Crossing announcement also cited more than $2.3 billion in New York State investment to create or preserve affordable homes in Brooklyn. That figure is separate from the stated $71.5 million development cost for Bartlett Crossing.

For Brooklyn, the project adds 78 affordable apartments while advancing a broader effort to reuse formerly vacant public land for housing. The two-building phase is an identifiable construction step within the planned 390-home redevelopment.

The announcement did not provide an expected completion date, a tenant-application timeline or the income bands for the 78 apartments. No application opening was announced with the construction start.

Construction is the next publicly identified step for Bartlett Crossing. The announcement did not set a separate completion or leasing deadline.