Grace’s Place Senior Apartments officially opened in Far Rockaway on Thursday, May 7, bringing 82 new units of affordable housing for seniors at 13-04 Nameoke Avenue.

The grand opening was marked with a special, ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the new building, which will be home to low-income and formerly homeless seniors at least 62 years of age.

Financed through the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s Senior Affordable Rental Apartments (SARA) program, the development serves residents earning at or below 50% of the Area Median Income. Notably, 30% of the units are dedicated to formerly homeless seniors, providing stable housing and on-site supportive services for the city’s most vulnerable populations.

Queens, NY Grace’s Place is a senior housing development financed by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) under the Senior Affordable Rental Apartments (SARA) program to be in the Edgemere section of Queens and slated as 82 units of affordable housing for seniors ages 62 and above with incomes at /or below 50% AMI with a 30% set aside for formerly homeless seniors. The project will receive 100% project-based vouchers and therefore will follow the Davis Bacon Prevailing Wages mandates as well as the federally funded fair market housing regulations. The project counsel was Nixon Peabody, and title insurance was provided by National Standard Abstract. The project was designed by Paul Castrucci Architects and Mega Contracting Group is the general contractor.

On May 8, NYCHA closed on the financing for a $349 million Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) project that will bring comprehensive renovations to over 1,200 residents living in four residential buildings at Moore Houses and East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue in the Melrose section of the Bronx. The buildings have now converted to Project-Based Section 8 through the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, unlocking funding that will allow the PACT partner team – Mega Group Development, Brisa Builders Development – to address the capital needs of the development and begin fully rehabilitating apartments, shared spaces, grounds, and building infrastructure to improve residents’ quality of life.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Thursday, May 7, to mark the opening of Grace’s Place Senior Apartments, a new 82-unit affordable housing building for seniors at 13-04 Nameoke Ave. in the Edgemere section of Far Rockaway.

Intended for low-income and formerly homeless seniors at least 62 years of age, Grace’s Place grants them the opportunity to age in place. The development features on-site solar installation that will power essential building systems.

The affordable housing lottery has launched for Grace’s Place Senior Apartments, a nine-story residential building at 13–04 Nameoke Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens. Designed by NTD Engineering Consultant LLC and developed by Brisa Builders, the structure yields 57 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 56 units for residents at 50 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $0 to $64,800.

A long-vacant site along the Chicopee River is set to become a vibrant residential community, as MassHousing announced the closing of $37.3 million in affordable housing financing for the development of 105 mixed-income rental homes in Chicopee.

The new project, known as Singing Bridge Residences, is being spearheaded by a joint venture between Sydney Capital Group LLC (Syd Cap) and Brisa Builders Development LLC (Brisa).

A Joint Venture between Sydney Capital Group LLC (Syd Cap) and Brisa Builders Development LLC (Brisa) is developing the Singing Bridge Residences in a new eight-story, all-electric building designed to Passive House standards.

Brisa Builders Development LLC and PMG Affordable have secured $51.7 million in financing to begin construction of 19-19 Cornaga Avenue, a nine-story, 92-unit affordable and supportive housing project in Far Rockaway, Queens, N.Y. The project is underway and slated for completion in late 2026.

The property at 19-19 Cornaga Avenue is a development site located in Far Rockaway, Queens. The site is earmarked for a residential project comprising 92 units with a total area of 53,496 square feet.

Plans are underway for a new residential building in Far Rockaway that will provide a total of 92 affordable housing units to some of the city’s most vulnerable populations and other local residents upon completion.

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Brisa Builders Corp. Chairperson/CEO Ericka Keller appeared before Community Board 14 to present the plan for the planned 65,000-gross-square-foot building, which will be located at 19-19 Cornaga Ave. For this development, Brisa Builders Corp. is working with the city and receiving funding from the state with a 9% tax credit allocation.

Brooklyn, NY Jamie Smarr, president and CEO of the NYC Housing Partnership and Adolfo Carrion, commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development presented Ebenezer Urban Ministry Center (EUMC), Brisa Builders Development LLC, Procida Development Group LLC and Evergreen City LLC with the Innovation Award for their development, Ebenezer Plaza at the non-profit’s Housing Partnership’s 41st anniversary luncheon gala on Wednesday, October 23rd.

Bronx, NY Basketball Hall of Famer Earl Monroe and school founder Dan Klores led the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School (EMNRBS) in Mott Haven. They were joined by NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier, Julius Randle, the co-chairman of the school’s board of trustees Jack Irushalmi, Pillar Property Management principal Kiumarz Geula, IMC architecture principal Jonathan Imani, AIA, and ESKW/Architects partner Kimberly Murphy, AIA.

The development, with $300 million in underwriting, also offers expanded community services, including a soup kitchen, food pantry, educational programs for adults and children, computer training and family counseling.

Basketball Hall of Famer Earl “The Pearl” Monroe led the groundbreaking celebration of the high school named in his honor, The Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. Designed by ESKW/Architects and IMC Architecture, the new five-story building is scheduled to open its doors in early 2026.

New York Knicks legend and Basketball Hall of Famer Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe led the groundbreaking celebration of the high school named in his honor, The Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School (EMNRBS), as the crowds of ecstatic students, faculty, community leaders, teachers, parents, political figures and board members of the three-year-old not-for-profit public charter school cheered.

The Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School, a new five-story building located at 647 Elton Avenue in Mott Haven, Bronx, recently celebrated its groundbreaking with a ceremony led by New York Knicks legend Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe.

At today’s groundbreaking for the Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School in the South Bronx, all eyes will be on the school’s namesake, a legendary player known as Earl the Pearl, as well as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and other hoops dignitaries.

An affordable housing lottery has started for 165 truly affordable apartments in an under-construction Brownsville building, with one-bedroom units starting at $484 per month.

The lottery is for the third and final building in the 100 percent affordable Ebenezer Plaza complex, developed in a partnership between Ebenezer Urban Ministries Center (formerly the Church of God of East Flatbush) and a group of other affordable housing developers.

Brisa Builders broke ground on 82 units of affordable senior housing at 13-38 Central Ave. in Far Rockaway. The project, titled Grace’s Place, is a senior housing development for affordable housing in Edgemere. The project has the support of community partners and government agencies.

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