Gov. Kathy Hochul last week unveiled plans to raze and replace an abandoned building in Clinton Hill with a new mixed-use tower with 125 affordable apartments. Following a request for proposals issued last year, the state has tapped a partnership of nonprofit groups, Fifth Avenue Committee, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, and One Brooklyn Health, to redevelop 1024 Fulton Street. Officials have tried several times to revamp the site between Grand and Classon Avenues since the 1990s.
The site was used as a Brooklyn Union Gas appliance showroom in 1912 and served other manufacturing and commerical uses. The state’s Office of Children and Family Services acquired the site in 1997 with plans to develop it as a community space, but the project never moved forward.
As 6sqft previously reported, other plans to develop the property failed in 2011, 2014, and 2019. Due to structural issues, the building has remained unused for nearly three decades. Starting in 2024, Empire State Development (ESD) began hosting community visioning workshops to gather feedback from the community, leading to a report outlining key priorities for the neighborhood.
The $111 million project involves demolishing the existing three-story structure and replacing it with a 149,000-square-foot development, likely be up to 16 or 17 stories tall. There will be 125 permanently affordable homes and a 28,000-square-foot on-site community center and health clinic…