Nearly 100 new affordable and supportive homes for homeless and low-income New Yorkers opened at Woodhull Hospital in Bed-Stuy. City officials on Thursday celebrated the opening of the second phase of Woodhull Residences, a $41.5 million, 93-unit building providing affordable and supportive housing for NYC Health + Hospitals patients experiencing homelessness, as well as low-income seniors and other New Yorkers. Located at 171 Throop Avenue, the project is part of the agency’s “Housing for Health” initiative, which aims to create 650 affordable homes over the next five years.
“Today, we are opening the doors to a healthier, safer, and more affordable New York City, and handing New Yorkers a key to their future at Woodhull Hospital,” Adams said. “This investment of over $41 million will provide supportive and affordable housing to NYC Health + Hospitals patients experiencing homelessness, as well as to low-income seniors and low-income New Yorkers.”
Adams continued: “This new housing facility is how we make sure we have places for New Yorkers to heal and be cared for, and provide a path to stability, lasting community, and common purpose. Every unit at Woodhull will be a place where someone can reclaim their life, renew hope, and allow their New York story to continue.”
Developed by Comunilife, the six-story building is the second phase of the housing development at NYC Health + Hospital’s Woodhull campus. The first phase at 179 Throop Avenue opened in 2019 with 89 affordable and supportive housing units.
Woodhull II has 56 units of supportive housing; residents will have access to on-site services from Comunilife and health care from Woodhull Hospital. The building includes 21 affordable units for extremely low-income seniors and 15 for low-income New Yorkers, and one super’s unit.
Amenities feature 24-hour security, laundry facilities, a community room, a computer room, and a bike room. The building is connected to the first phase on the first floor, sharing a commercial kitchen, community space, and a back garden.
Residents of both buildings will have access to services from Comunilife and health care from Woodhull Hospital. In 2024, NYC Health + Hospitals cared for more than 80,000 patients struggling with homelessness or housing insecurity, including over 17,000 children.
Adults experiencing homelessness visit hospitals and emergency departments at three times the rate of the general population. By providing stable housing, the Housing for Health initiative aims to reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits while improving overall health outcomes.
“My apartment is great. I love it,” Elvis Jordan, a patient at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull and a new resident of the Woodhull Phase II building, said. “It feels great to sleep in a bed. Before I came to the Safety Net Clinic, I was at rock bottom. I was at my wit’s end thinking nothing would ever come through for me.”
The development meets the design and sustainability standards of Enterprise Green Communities, the affordable housing green standard, featuring a smoke-free environment, energy-efficient appliances, solar panels, and landscaping with native or adapted species using sustainable irrigation.
NYC Health + Hospitals provided the land for the project through a 99-year ground lease. Funding came from HPD’s Supportive Loan Program, with $14.6 million in city subsidies, $15.5 million in city Low Income Housing Tax Credits, and $500,000 in Reso A funds from the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office.
Other projects under the “Housing for Health” initiative include Just Home at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in the Bronx, 1727 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, and River Commons at NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Morrisania in the Bronx.
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