Marcus Garvey Village Affordable Housing

Brooklyn NY

461 Chester Street is one of three residential buildings developed and constructed by L&M Development Partners as part of the first phase of the Marcus Garvey Extension Project. It is an eight-story building with 130 affordable residences for households earning between 30% and 80% of AMI and another 44 residences of supportive housing for people re-entering the community after incarceration.

In addition to supportive housing services and programming provided by the Osborne Association, at ground floor there are 1,750 square feet of community facility space, a 4,000 sf recreational garden, and common amenities spaces such as a fitness gym and on site laundry.

Construction was completed in late 2020.

Photography by Albert Vecerka/ESTO

Location
Brownsville, Brooklyn

Size
173,000sf

Status
Completed 2021

Client
L+M Development Partners

Project Team
Thom Medek, Mariam Alshamali, Jimmie Drummond, Ann Le, Paul Rasmussen

Consultant Team
DeSimone (Structural Engineering), Skyline (MEP/FP), FLUX Studio (Lighting), Starr Whitehouse (Landscape), Steven Winter Associates (Sustainability), CANY (Facade)

North Facade

Residential Lobby

Common Hallway

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