A new affordable senior community is taking shape on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Union contractors and carpenters with the New York City District Council of Carpenters are building Ridge Street Apartments at 145 Broome Street, a 16-story development that will bring 190 affordable homes to New Yorkers age 62 and older, including apartments reserved for formerly homeless seniors.
Construction is moving steadily upward, with the reinforced concrete superstructure now past the halfway point. On a tight site behind St. Mary’s Church, union crews are performing the concrete, formwork and carpentry bringing the building closer to completion.
Designed to achieve Passive House certification, Ridge Street Apartments will provide energy-efficient, affordable homes while adding much-needed senior housing to the Lower East Side. Projects like this require skilled craftsmanship and careful coordination, especially on a challenging site in the heart of a busy New York City neighborhood.
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Photo by Michael Young.
