Located on Myrtle Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, the building provides supportive housing for people with mental health issues, including young adults transferring out of the foster care system. Forty studio and two-bedroom apartments serve ICL clients whose ability to live independently assists their mental health goals; for many of the residents, this will be their first home on their own. In keeping with ICL’s mission, the building provides residents with a safe and nurturing place to learn an independent living.

Client: Institute for Community Living.
Agency: NYS Office of Mental Health.
Program: residential (supportive housing).
Size: 32,000 SF, 40 units (35 0br, 5 2br), 6 stories.
Team: Structural: Silman. Mechanical: Abraham Joselow. Civil: Michael Wein. Landscape: Billie Cohen. General Contractor: Michael Borruto.
Photography: David Sundberg / ESTO. Tom Ligamari.
Awards: SARA National Design Award, Multi-Family Residential: Affordable Housing, 2019.