Groundbreaking on latest phase of deeply affordable Kingsland Commons in Greenpoint

September 18, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

Groundbreaking for Kingsland Commons, Phase 2. Photo: Julienne Schaer

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GREENPOINT — SHOVELS HIT THE GROUND Wednesday in celebration of the groundbreaking of the second phase of development for Kingsland Commons at the former Greenpoint Hospital campus. Hudson Companies and St. Nicks Alliance closed on $235 million in financing in July 2024 for the project’s construction.

Once complete, the second phase will deliver an 18-story building with 311 permanently affordable homes for extremely low-income and very low-income residents, including formerly homeless individuals and families. Broadway Builders is constructing this phase, which is expected to be completed in 2027. The project’s first phase, which already broke ground, is an adaptive reuse of the former hospital’s nurses residence that will serve as a 200-bed men’s shelter named after Barbara Kleiman.

Other phases will rehabilitate two existing buildings and construct two new buildings containing approximately 557 affordable homes for seniors and families, a 200-bed men’s shelter, a health clinic, a senior center, a workforce development center, a cafe and public open space.

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