Gov. Kathy Hochul last week unveiled plans to raze and replace an abandoned building in Clinton Hill with a new mixed-use tower with 125 affordable apartments. Following a request for proposals issued last year, the state has tapped a partnership of nonprofit groups, Fifth Avenue Committee, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, and One Brooklyn Health, to redevelop 1024 Fulton Street. Officials have tried several times to revamp the site between Grand and Classon Avenues since the 1990s.
The site was used as a Brooklyn Union Gas appliance showroom in 1912 and served other manufacturing and commerical uses. The state’s Office of Children and Family Services acquired the site in 1997 with plans to develop it as a community space, but the project never moved forward.
As 6sqft previously reported, other plans to develop the property failed in 2011, 2014, and 2019. Due to structural issues, the building has remained unused for nearly three decades. Starting in 2024, Empire State Development (ESD) began hosting community visioning workshops to gather feedback from the community, leading to a report outlining key priorities for the neighborhood.
The $111 million project involves demolishing the existing three-story structure and replacing it with a 149,000-square-foot development, likely be up to 16 or 17 stories tall. There will be 125 permanently affordable homes and a 28,000-square-foot on-site community center and health clinic.
“New York is proving that when we leverage state-owned land and listen to communities, we can build the affordable housing that our neighborhoods and our state need,” Hochul said in a statement.
“This development will deliver 125 affordable homes and a purpose-built community center that responds directly to what Clinton Hill residents asked for — housing for a wide range of households and families, services for older adults and children, and a healthcare presence in the neighborhood.”
The apartments will be designated for New Yorkers earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income (AMI) and range in size from studios to three bedrooms. Fort Greene Council will run the community center, and One Brooklyn Health will operate a 1,000-square-foot health clinic.
The state-owned project still requires public review before final approval in accordance with the ESD General Project Plan.
“This investment in affordability, community, and public health in Central Brooklyn is a declaration that our city can and must deliver an affordability agenda that puts people before profit, and ensures every New Yorker has a place to call home,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement.
More housing will be built in the area just south of 1024 Fulton, following the City Council’s approval of the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan last year. The rezoning targets 21 blocks of Atlantic Avenue in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights to allow for the construction of 4,600 apartments.
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