Current Projects

Brooklyn

St. John's Residences
Ocean Hill-Brownsville

Bed-Stuy Residences
Bedford-Stuyvesant

Bronx

The Melody
Prospect Avenue/Macy Place
Longwood

This is Habitat-NYC's second partnership construction model in the South Bronx, built in collaboration with a for-profit affordable housing developer.

This project is a multifamily building, with a total of 63 co-operative units. Fourteen of these units are allocated for Habitat-NYC families, and includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom co-ops. Habitat-NYC family partners and volunteers will work on the interior of these homes.

The Melody is also the first residential building in New York City to meet the city's Active Design Guidelines, which encourage physical fitness and health. It includes a fitness room, outdoor exercise path with fitness stations and a children’s climbing and play area. The Melody was named in honor of the neighborhood's musical legacy, which nurtured jazz in the 1940s, Latin music and doo-wop in the 1950s and hip-hop in the '80s. The building’s public spaces are decorated with artwork by Beatrice Colon, celebrating the area’s music history.

This green building is enrolled in NYSERDA Multifamily Performance Program (Energy Star) and registered in the LEED-H multifamily midrise program. Construction materials will be non-toxic and sustainable.

It will feature ENERGY STAR appliances, windows and lighting fixtures; high-efficiency condensing boilers and combined heat and power cogeneration to generate electricity and make hot water.

Homeowners in this building will be able to save an estimated 30 percent on their energy bills.

Read an overview of this project
See The Melody brochure