Mamdani Selects Underutilized NYPD Parking Lot for Affordable Housing

Mayor Zohran Mamdani designated an underutilized New York Police Department parking lot at 324 East Fifth Street in Manhattan's East Village for redevelopment as a mixed-use housing project called the Aurea, which will include approximately 131 affordable housing units with 30 percent reserved for formerly homeless residents, along with a senior center, community space, and replacement parking. The development team includes Spatial Equity, Housing Works, the Cooper Square Committee, and the This Land Is Ours Community Land Trust, and the project will feature green roofs, landscaped terraces, all-electric systems, and on-site support services provided by Housing Works.