Location: Frederick Douglass Boulevard between West 136th and West 138th Streets

Date: Completed 1993

Developer: Seavey Organization and John L. Edmonds

Sponsor: Church of St. Charles Barromeo in Harlem

Architect: The Stephen B. Jacobs Group

Cost: $10.8 million

Program: New York City Housing Partnership

Credits: Courtesy of HPD

St. Charles Condominiums is a newly constructed development consisting of four complexes of 116 two-and three-bedroom duplex apartments. The subsidized prices range from $108,000 to $125,000. Some 700 families with incomes from $35,000 to $60,000 applied. All were sold before the project was finished. Amenities include individual heating systems, washer and dryer hook-ups, 1 baths and some units with gardens. The New York City Housing Partnership combined city and state subsidies of $38,034 per unit to help bring down the cost for buyers. Qualified home buyers were required to provide a five percent down payment.

Location:

Morningside Parc: 371 West 117th Street and 370 West 118th Street

Morningside Court: 364 West 117th Street & 368 West 117th Street

Date: Completed 2000

Developer: Galaxy General Contracting Corporation

Sponsor: Harlem Community Development Corp. (HCDC)

Architect: Roger C. Lewis & Associates

Cost: $10 million

Program: Partnership New Homes Program

Credits: Courtesy of HCDC

Morningside Parc is comprised of six adjoining buildings that have been renovated and combined into one complex of 49 one-to three-bedroom condominium apartments. Morningside Court consits of one renovated building with 49 one-to three-bedroom condominiums. The apartments range in size from 732 to 1,568 s.f. Subsidized sale prices average $68,000 for a one-bedroom apartment, $145,000 for a two-bedroom duplex and $137,000 for a three-bedroom. Eligible families have annual incomes between $32,000 and $70,950.

The condominiums were developed through the Partnership New Homes Program, a public/private initiative of HPD and the New York City Housing Partnership. The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company provided construction financing of $2 million each. The New York State Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC) provided $890,000 in subsidies for Morningside Parc. New York City, through HPD, contributed the buildings and an additional $490,000 in subsidies. Morningside Parc and Morningside Court are emblematic of the new relationships forming between public, private and local community organizations to enact positive change.

Location: 2235 Frederick Douglass Boulevard between W 120th & W 121st Streets

Date: Completed 2003

Developer: The Bluestone Organization

Architect: John Ellis & Associates Architects

Cost: $18 million+

Program: Cornerstone

Credits: Courtesy of HPD

Once the baseball field for Harlem Little League, Harriet Tubman Gardens is a 74-unit cooperative of two-and three-bedroom apartments targeting middle-income families earning no more than 250% of the area median. The subsidized cooperatives sold by lottery for prices ranging from $129,439 for the two-bedroom units to $167,300 for the three-bedroom units. In addition, nine three-family townhouses were constructed on the site. Amenities include a parking garage, community room, and a backyard patio area. There is also 8,400 s.f. of commercial and retail space. Construction financing, totaling over $18 million, was provided through the New York City Housing Development Corporation and the JP Morgan Chase Community Development Group. Harriet Tubman Gardens represents one of the first efforts to provide financing for a traditional cooperative. Purchasers were required to obtain loans from banks, a departure from the earlier limited-eqity cooperative structure where HDC provided the end loan in the form of an underlying mortgage. The project was developed through HPD’s Cornerstone Program, a multi-family new construction initiative to produce affordable housing on city-owned land, financed principally through private sources.

Location: 279 West 117th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard

Date: Completed 2004

Developer: Strategic Development and Construction Group

Architect: Scarano & Associates Architects

Cost: $18 million+

Program: Cornerstone

Credits: Courtesy of HPD and Harlem Community Development Corp.

St. Charles Condominiums is a newly constructed development consisting of four complexes of 116 two-and three-bedroom duplex apartments. The subsidized prices range from $108,000 to $125,000. Some 700 families with incomes from $35,000 to $60,000 applied. All were sold before the project was finished. Amenities include individual heating systems, washer and dryer hook-ups, 1 baths and some units with gardens. The New York City Housing Partnership combined city and state subsidies of $38,034 per unit to help bring down the cost for buyers. Qualified home buyers were required to provide a five percent down payment.

Location: 305-321 West 118th Street & 304-320 West 119th Street, between Frederick Douglass Boulevard & Manhattan Avenue

Date: Opened 2005

Developer: Manhattan Townhouse Equities, L.L.C.

Architect: GF55 Architects

Credits: Courtesy of HPD and Judy Connorton

St. Charles Condominiums is a newly constructed development consisting of four complexes of 116 two-and three-bedroom duplex apartments. The subsidized prices range from $108,000 to $125,000. Some 700 families with incomes from $35,000 to $60,000 applied. All were sold before the project was finished. Amenities include individual heating systems, washer and dryer hook-ups, 1 baths and some units with gardens. The New York City Housing Partnership combined city and state subsidies of $38,034 per unit to help bring down the cost for buyers. Qualified home buyers were required to provide a five percent down payment.

Location: West 134th to West 135th Streets and Frederick Douglass Boulevard

Date: Opened 2005

Developer: Robert and Bernard Freedman Strivers Garden Realty, L.L.C.

Sponsor: Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce

Architect: Davis Brody Bond

Cost: $67 million

Credits: Courtesy of HPD, Kinetic Media, and Davis Brody Bond

Strivers Gardens is a new 170-unit condominium development of one-to three-bedroom apartments (75% of which are subsidized to remain affordable for middle-income residents). The lot (pictured top left in 1993) had remained mostly clear of buildings for more than 10 years. The new apartments are for sale by lottery, ranging in price from $143,000 for a 673 s.f.one-bedroom apartment, to $529,000 for a 1,182 s.f. three-bedroom penthouse with rooftop terrace. The development includes 37,000 s.f. of retail space, underground parking for 180 cars, 24-hour concierge, two laundry facilities, a tree-lined courtyard, and state-of-the art fitness center. Strivers Gardens is being developed through HPD’s ANCHOR program, a neighborhood revitalization program that creates commercial and residential construction on vacant city-owned land.