City-owned Boerum Hill parking lot to become 70 affordable homes and a job center

All renderings courtesy of New York City Housing Preservation and Development

The city unveiled plans to transform a Boerum Hill parking lot into a new development with affordable homes and a job center. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development last week announced it had selected the nonprofit Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) to convert the city-owned lot at 153 Nevins Street into a 70-unit mixed-use rental, with amenities and space for Brooklyn Workforce Innovations , a job training center for low-income New Yorkers.

The city announced plans to turn two Boerum Hill parking lots into housing in 2023 and issued a request for proposals last spring . The second site, 108-114 3rd Avenue, will be developed by Cornerstone Construction Group, St. Nicks Alliance, and Stanton St