Construction Underway for Bridge Rockaway

In late May, City and State officials joined The Bridge, Mega Development, and Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center (GMDC) to officially break ground on Bridge Rockaway. The development will offer 174 affordable apartments, including 87 with supportive services, and 39,000 square feet of ground floor manufacturing space which will be available for lease to light manufacturers. The manufacturing space will be separately owned and operated by Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center, a nonprofit industrial developer, and it is expected to create up to 35 jobs.

The development will consist of two residential towers, one with six floors, and another with seven floors, separated by an 11,000-square-foot garden. Of the 174 apartments, half will be affordable to households earning up to 70 percent of the Area Median Income or less through the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)'s Extremely Low- and Low-Income Affordability program. The other half will be supportive homes for formerly homeless New Yorkers. On-site supportive services will be provided by The Bridge. Services for these individuals will be funded through the NYC 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Services Program administered by the New York City Human Resources Administration and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development as well as through the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative administered by the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.

"Quality affordable homes and good paying jobs are the foundation for successful and thriving communities, and that is what we are delivering to Brownsville with this important investment," Governor Hochul said. "Bridge Rockaway is an innovative collaboration between state and nonprofit partners that will bolster our continued efforts to revitalize Central Brooklyn."

“My administration is deeply committed to building homes for our most vulnerable neighbors, and I am proud to have supported this project as borough president and now be starting construction as mayor,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “We are investing millions of dollars to bring much-needed affordable and supportive apartments to this community with critical space for a local nonprofit manufacturer, and we are committed to investing the billions we need across the city to provide the high-quality, affordable housing New Yorkers need and deserve."

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