City will convert NYPD parking lot into affordable housing units

City will convert NYPD parking lot into affordable housing units

EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) – Over 300 apartments are coming to East Harlem for people making under $130,000 per year, city officials announced Wednesday.  The property, known as the Timbale Terrace, will be built on the site of an old NYPD parking lot on Park Avenue. Comptroller Mark Levine called the project “one of the [...]

Mamdani attends groundbreaking for new affordable housing on old NYPD parking lot in East Harlem

It will be 100% affordable, with more than 61 one-bedroom apartments that rent for around $900, and 44 two-bedroom apartments that rent for about $2,550.

Work begins on East Harlem tower with 340 affordable apartments and new arts center

An affordable housing project first conceived as part of the East Harlem rezoning 10 years ago has finally kicked off construction. The city on Wednesday broke ground on Timbale Terrace, a 100 percent affordable tower with 341 apartments and a new theater and performing arts center for Belongó, formerly known as the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance. Located at East 118th Street and Park Avenue, the site sat vacant for decades before most recently servin…