With New York City consistently topping the charts as one of the world’s most expensive places to live, the words “affordable housing” are absolute music to our ears. Lately, it feels like the city is finally turning up the volume.
From the recent Rego Park lottery starting at $545/month to the Willets Point project at $486/month, and even $385K to ownyour own Chelsea apartment, the push for accessible living is hitting high gear.
But the latest milestone is a true “first” for the city–the doors are officially open at the latest affordable housing lottery in Queens: Baisley Pond Park Residences, NY’s first-ever hotel-to-affordable housing conversion near JFK Airport.
Located in South Jamaica, the former JFK Hilton–a once-vacant hotel dating back to 1987–has been completely reborn…