Bed-Stuy's NYCHA Complexes Get $80M For New Boilers

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — Five Bed-Stuy public housing complexes will get more than a dozen new boilers under NYCHA's $450 million plan to improve living conditions in the developments that need them most.

New York State has budgeted more than $80 million on 17 boiler replacements at the Ocean Hill Apartments, Brevoort Houses, Marcy Houses and two Roosevelt Houses, according to NYCHA documents released Thursday.

“This capital project is a testament to the commitment of all parties to achieving long-term improvement in the living conditions at NYCHA for all of its residents,” Bart M. Schwartz said. “We have worked to ensure that this plan represents the most effective and efficient use of this money for the residents.”

Marcy Houses at 101 Nostrand Ave. will have seven boilers replaced with a $55,055,000 budget, according to the agency's Action Plan, drafted by NYCHA and the Dormitory Authority of New York.

Brevoort Houses at 1839 Fulton St. — where thousands went without water for weeks in the summer of 2018 — will have four boilers replaced with a $9,158,400 budget, according to the report.

Ocean Hill Apartments at 15 Mother Gaston Boulevard will have its two boilers replaced with a $7,380,063 budget, and Roosevelt I and II at 109 Lewis Ave.and 383 Pulaski St. — where about 6,000 tenants unexpectedly lost hot water in September — will have four boilers replaced with a $9,158,400 budget, records show.

The announcement came one day before heating failed for 5,500 NYCHA residents in Brooklyn and Bronx developments, none of which are slated to get new boilers.

The plan also budgets funds to replace 158 elevators in 10 developments in The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, plans show.

“This is a remarkable first step towards dramatically improving the lives of NYCHA residents,” said NYCHA Chair and CEO Greg Russ. "But our work has only just begun."