City officials on Thursday announced the opening of Woodhull II Residence, a new $41.5 million, 93-unit apartment building that contains both supportive and affordable housing for NYC Health + Hospitals patients experiencing homelessness, as well as housing for low-income seniors and low-income New Yorkers.
Eligible patients of NYC Health + Hospitals experiencing homelessness who move into the building’s 56 units of supportive housing will have access to on-site services from Comunilife, a housing services provider, and health care from Woodhull Hospital, according to a press release.
The building, at 171 Throop Ave., also includes 21 affordable units for extremely low-income seniors, 15 affordable units for low-income New Yorkers and one super’s unit. New Yorkers can apply for the affordable housing units on NYC Housing Connect.
"This new housing facility is how we make sure we have places for New Yorkers to heal and be cared for, and provide a path to stability, lasting community, and common purpose," New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. "Every unit at Woodhull will be a place where someone can reclaim their life, renew hope, and allow their New York story to continue."
This is the second phase of affordable and supportive housing development on the Woodhull Hospital campus. The first phase opened in 2019 and has 89 units of affordable and supportive housing.
Amenities at the Woodhull II Residence include 24-hour security, laundry, a community room, a computer room and a bike room. The new building connects to the previous building on the first floor, and they share a commercial kitchen, community space and back garden.
“Our patients experiencing homelessness often struggle with an array of health conditions, and the prescription is clear: they need stable housing,” said NYC Health + Hospitals President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Mitchell Katz. “Permanent housing makes it easier to manage your blood pressure and diabetes, and living down the block from the hospital makes it easier to see your health care providers."
NYC Health + Hospitals contributed land to the project through a 99-year ground lease. Financed through HPD’s Supportive Housing Loan Program, the project includes a city investment of $14.6 million in city subsidy and $15.5 million in city Low Income Housing Tax Credits, as well as $500,000 in Reso A funds from the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President. The project also receives operating funding for rental assistance and supportive services through the New York City 15/15 Supportive Housing Initiative.
The new housing in Bedford Stuyvesant is one of several projects that will be built on NYC Health + Hospitals campuses. Within the next year, additional developments will break ground in Manhattan and in the Bronx.
