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776 MYRTLE, BROOKLYN

This new nine story residential building, located on a vacant city lot designated as an Urban Development Action Area, offers 59 affordable residential units with rents set at 30, 40, and 50 percent of the area median income. IMPACCT Brooklyn serves as the social service provider for the building’s supportive housing tenants.

Rising to a height of 97 feet, the building contains approximately 42,200 square feet of floor area and includes one superintendent’s unit, social services, administrative offices, and programmatic space to support the needs of its residents. IMPACCT Brooklyn, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and developing affordable housing with a focus on economic mobility and racial equity, plays a key role in
ensuring the success of this project.

Providing much needed affordable and supportive housing in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood, the building features amenities such as a green roof, indoor bicycle parking, a community room, a laundry room, and recreational outdoor spaces, including a rear yard and a rooftop area.

ARCHITECT

Urban Architecture Initiatives

PROJECT LOCATION

776 Myrtle, Brooklyn

PROJECT SIZE

42,000 SF, 9 stories, 59 residential units

PROJECT COST

$18 million

SCOPE

Design, approvals and construction administration of Mechanical, plumbing, sprinkler, electrical and fire alarm systems. A highly efficient building envelope.

Heating and cooling with a 3 pipe heat recovery variable refrigerant volume heat pump and a passive house style ventilation via a rooftop ERV Gas fired high efficiency boilers used for domestic water heating system.

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