151 Hawthorne Street, Prospect Lefferts Gardens: 6 Affordable Apartments on Housing Connect, From $1,836 a Month

Published October 24, 202620 min readBy VoucherMatch Editorial Team

Quick answerAs of October 24, 2026, NYC Housing Connect lists lottery 7747, "151 Hawthorne Street Apartments," in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. It has six apartments at 80% AMI: one studio at $1,836 a month, one one-bedroom at $2,310 and four two-bedrooms at $2,749. Applications are not open yet, and the listing has no deadline. With a voucher, the minimum income does not apply. Every rent is under the 2026 CityFHEPS maximum for its size.

Last checked: October 24, 2026, against the Housing Connect listing for lottery 7747 and its rent table, read at the start and the end, and Housing Connect's open-lottery search, which did not list it either time; the Housing Connect FAQ; HPD's 485-x page and guide Applying for Affordable Housing; CityFHEPS form DSS-8r; Department of Buildings DOB NOW filings (job B01259800 and demolition jobs), older job filings (job 321596448) and certificates of occupancy; HPD's production data; the City's lottery data; PLUTO; ACRIS for Brooklyn block 5043, lot 81; City Planning's GeoSearch; HUD's Small Area Fair Market Rents; the MTA's station data; and New York YIMBY's report of December 21, 2019, read in the Internet Archive's copy. How VoucherMatch reports these guides and corrects errors: how we report.

151 Hawthorne Street in numbers

6apartments on Housing Connect, all at 80% AMI
27apartments in the building, per the listing and the permit
$1,836the rent for the one studio
$2,749the rent for each of four two-bedrooms
5stories in the building permit
Not openno deadline posted as of October 24, 2026

Source: Housing Connect listing for lottery 7747, read October 24, 2026; Department of Buildings job B01259800.

Words used in this report

Area median income (AMI)The middle income for the area, adjusted for household size. A lottery apartment "at 60% AMI" is for households earning up to about 60% of it. The agency's income chart turns each level into dollar limits.
Lottery (NYC Housing Connect)Every complete application gets a random log number. The marketing agent works through applications in log-number order within each preference group, so applying early does not help.
Minimum incomeThe lowest yearly income the listing accepts for an apartment, so the rent is not too large a share of income. Housing Connect does not apply it to households with a voucher or rental subsidy.
Marketing agentThe company the building hires to run its lottery and check applicants' papers.
Certificate of occupancyThe Department of Buildings' sign-off that a building, or part of it, can be lived in.
485-xA property tax exemption for new apartment buildings in New York City, run by HPD. HPD's page says "All Affordable Housing Units will be permanently affordable."
Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8)Rental help run by a housing authority. You find a home, and the agency checks the unit, rent and your household before it approves payment.
CityFHEPS (New York City)The City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement: a City-funded rent supplement that the Department of Social Services (DSS) pays straight to the landlord.
Payment standardAn amount the agency uses to work out housing assistance for a unit size and area. It does not mean that any home at that rent will be approved.
Utility allowanceThe agency's estimate of the cost of utilities you must pay. It is not a promise to pay your actual bills.
FMR and SAFMRHUD rent estimates for an area (Fair Market Rent) or ZIP code (Small Area Fair Market Rent). They include rent and most tenant-paid utilities. Your agency may use a different payment standard.

Photograph of an underground subway platform with a black sign reading Winthrop Street on a dark steel column at right, a yellow tactile strip along the platform edge, a row of fluorescent lights overhead, dark steel columns between the tracks and a silver train standing on the far track at left — The Winthrop Street station on the 2 and 5 lines in April 2025. It is about 0.28 miles from 151 Hawthorne Street in a straight line. This is not the building. Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped). Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped to 16:9 and reduced).

What Is Being Built at 151 Hawthorne Street

151 Hawthorne Street is a new five-story building with 27 apartments. The City issued its building permit on December 31, 2025, and no certificate of occupancy was found.

Names: Housing Connect calls the lottery "151 Hawthorne Street Apartments". No other name was found in the records opened.
Permit: job B01259800 was filed July 25, 2025. It reads "New five (5) story, twenty seven (27) dwelling unit building."
Size: five stories, 55 feet and 23,208 square feet of construction floor area.
Owner: the filing names 151HAWTHORNESTREETLLC. The 2025 deed and PLUTO name 151 Hawthorne Street LLC.
Plans: filed by a professional engineer. The filing names no architect.
Certificate of occupancy: none found in the City's data for the lot on October 24, 2026.

Watch outno photograph or rendering of the new building was found. The listing has no photos, and no developer or architect page was found. The pictures in this report show the street, the area and the nearest station, not the building.

Two plans for the same lot
Record	2019 plan	2025 plan
Job	321596448	B01259800
Stories and height	5 stories, 55 feet	5 stories, 55 feet
Apartments	22	27
Owner named	The Lenore Development Group LLC	151HAWTHORNESTREETLLC
Status	"Plan exam - disapproved"	Permit issued

What it means: the earlier plan's last action was September 17, 2020. YIMBY's 2019 report gave that plan 22 homes and named DXA Studio as its architect.

Source: Department of Buildings job filings, read October 24, 2026.

151 Hawthorne Street, from a house to Housing Connect

December 17, 2019a five-story, 22-apartment plan is filed.
January 8, 2020demolition filings for a "three story house", a garage and a shed.
July 25, 2025the five-story, 27-apartment plan is filed.
September 26, 2025new demolition filings for an "Existing Two story Building", a rear building and a garage.
September 29, 2025151 Hawthorne Street LLC buys the lot and signs two mortgages.
December 31, 2025the first new building permit is issued.
October 24, 2026Housing Connect lists six apartments with rents and no deadline.

What it means: the two demolition filings describe the old house differently. PLUTO still lists it as built in 1899, with 2.5 floors.

Source: Department of Buildings jobs 321596448, 321958495, B01259800 and B01290369; ACRIS.

What 485-x Means for These Six Apartments

The listing says the project is "a 485X program". It "consists of 27 units in total, of which 6 will be rented as Affordable Units through the lottery at 80% AMI."

The 485-x rental options on HPD's page
Option	Building size	What HPD's page requires
A	100 or more apartments	"25% of the units must be Affordable Housing Units at an average of 80% Area Median Income (AMI)"
B	6 to 99 apartments	"20% of the units must be Affordable Housing Units at an average of 80% AMI"
C	6 to 10 apartments	"At least half of the units must be rent stabilized."

What it means: no record opened names the option for this building.

Source: HPD's 485-x page, read October 24, 2026. HPD calls the program "a real property tax exemption for the construction of new Multiple Dwellings."

Shared spaces: HPD's page says the apartments "must share the same common entrances and common areas as the market rate units."
Before a listing: projects under Options A and B send "the Notice of Intent to begin marketing to HPD Marketing."

Where 151 Hawthorne Street Is

The building is in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, in ZIP code 11225. YIMBY placed the lot "between Bedford Avenue and Rogers Avenue."

Record	151 Hawthorne Street
Block and lot	Brooklyn block 5043, lot 81
Lot size	8,400 square feet, 50 feet wide
Lot type	Inside lot, not a corner
Zoning	R6
Community board	Brooklyn 9
City Council district	40

What it means: the permit's area name is "Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate", and YIMBY calls it Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

Source: PLUTO and Department of Buildings data. The ZIP code is 11225 in the listing, the permit, PLUTO and GeoSearch.

Photograph of a street corner with green street signs reading Bedford and Hawthorne on a pole with traffic lights and an orange diamond sign, a gray stone church with a tower behind bare trees and an iron fence, a tall red brick apartment building at left, a bike lane sign, a parked car at the left edge and an empty crosswalk in the foreground, shown at its original size on a plain light background — Bedford Avenue at Hawthorne Street in February 2009, with the Evangel church on the corner. YIMBY places the 151 Hawthorne Street lot on Hawthorne Street between Bedford Avenue and Rogers Avenue. The photo is from 2009 and does not show the lot. Photo: Ram57, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Photo: Ram57, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (set at original size (1024 x 768) on a plain background, not enlarged).

See voucher apartments in ZIP code 11225.

Rents and Income Ranges for 151 Hawthorne Street on Housing Connect

The listing has three rents, from $1,836 to $2,749 a month. The lowest income it accepts without a voucher is $67,886 a year.

Apartments	Rent	People	Yearly income
1 studio, 80% AMI	$1,836	1 to 2	$67,886 to $108,560
1 one-bedroom, 80% AMI	$2,310	1 to 3	$84,823 to $122,160
4 two-bedrooms, 80% AMI	$2,749	2 to 5	$101,795 to $146,560

What it means: four of the six apartments are two-bedrooms.

Source: Housing Connect listing for lottery 7747, read October 24, 2026. The top of each range is for the largest household allowed.

Yearly income allowed at 151 Hawthorne Street, by household size
Household size	Studio	One-bedroom	Two-bedroom
1 person	$67,886 to $95,040	$84,823 to $95,040	Not offered
2 people	$67,886 to $108,560	$84,823 to $108,560	$101,795 to $108,560
3 people	Not offered	$84,823 to $122,160	$101,795 to $122,160
4 people	Not offered	Not offered	$101,795 to $135,680
5 people	Not offered	Not offered	$101,795 to $146,560

What it means: income before taxes must fall inside the range for the household's size. Not offered means that size cannot rent that apartment.

Source: the same listing.

Apartments at 151 Hawthorne Street sized for each household, October 24, 2026

1 person

2 people

3 people

4 people

5 people

View the data table

Household size	Apartments that allow this size
1 person	2
2 people	6
3 people	5
4 people	4
5 people	4

What it means: all six apartments allow two people, and only the two-bedrooms take four or five.

Source: the listing's household-size ranges; counts by VoucherMatch.

Where a household's income leads to no apartment, without a voucher

Under $67,886below every minimum.
One person over $95,040over both limits for one person.
Three people under $84,823below the one-bedroom minimum. The studio allows two people at most.
Four or five people under $101,795below the two-bedroom minimum, the only size that fits.
Above $146,560over every limit in the listing.
Assetsthe rent table sets an asset limit of $135,680 for all three sizes.

The FAQ says minimum incomes exist "To ensure that households are not paying more than one third of their incomes in rent." It sets the asset limit at "the maximum income limit for a four (4)-person household" at the apartment's level.

Photograph of a row of three- and four-story attached houses in yellow, red and tan brick with slate mansard roofs, green and black dormers, bay windows and an iron fence with a hedge, two parked cars at lower left, a one-way sign at right and a clear blue sky — Houses on the north side of Parkside Avenue, seen from Bedford Avenue, in April 2010. The listing names a bus stop at Flatbush Avenue and Parkside Avenue among nearby places. This is not the building. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped). Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped to 16:9 and reduced).

Can You Use CityFHEPS or Section 8 at 151 Hawthorne Street?

Yes. Housing Connect accepts vouchers, and a voucher holder does not have to meet the minimum income. All three rents are under the 2026 CityFHEPS maximum for their size, by $248 to $768 a month.

The Housing Connect FAQ says: "Minimum income requirements do not apply if you have a voucher or a rental subsidy. However, rent should be within maximum limits allowed by your voucher or rental assistance program."

Listed monthly rent at 151 Hawthorne Street against the 2026 CityFHEPS maximum for that size, in dollars

Lowest rentHighest rentCityFHEPS maximum

Studio

$1,836

$2,604

1 bedroom

$2,310

$2,734

2 bedrooms

$2,749

$2,997

View the data table

Apartment size	Lowest rent	Highest rent	CityFHEPS maximum
Studio	$1,836	$1,836	$2,604
1 bedroom	$2,310	$2,310	$2,734
2 bedrooms	$2,749	$2,749	$2,997

What it means: the studio is $768 under, the one-bedroom $424 and the two-bedrooms $248, by VoucherMatch's subtraction.

Source: rents from the Housing Connect listing; maximums from DSS-8r, effective April 1, 2026, "if all utilities are included in the lease."

Watch outthe listing does not say who pays for heat, hot water, electricity or cooking gas. So this report subtracts no utility allowance. If tenants pay some utilities, HRA may count an allowance, and the two-bedroom gap of $248 could shrink. Ask HRA and the marketing agent.

Credit check: the FAQ says "Applicants qualifying with rental subsidy are not subject to a credit check or review of rental history."
Section 8: the FAQ names "Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HPD or NYCHA)" among accepted subsidies. See the New York City Housing Authority page and the 2026 Section 8 payment standards in NYC.
Guides: CityFHEPS vs Section 8 and Section 8 utility allowances in NYC.

How the Rents Compare With HUD's Figures for ZIP Code 11225

All three rents are under HUD's estimate for ZIP code 11225. The gap runs from $201 a month for a two-bedroom to $734 for the studio.

Listed monthly rent at 151 Hawthorne Street against HUD's fiscal year 2027 fair market rent for ZIP code 11225, in dollars

Lowest rentHighest rentHUD fair market rent, ZIP 11225

Studio

$1,836

$2,570

1 bedroom

$2,310

$2,710

2 bedrooms

$2,749

$2,950

View the data table

Apartment size	Lowest rent	Highest rent	HUD fair market rent, ZIP 11225
Studio	$1,836	$1,836	$2,570
1 bedroom	$2,310	$2,310	$2,710
2 bedrooms	$2,749	$2,749	$2,950

What it means: the studio is $734 below HUD's figure, the one-bedroom $400 below and the two-bedrooms $201 below, by VoucherMatch's arithmetic.

Source: rents from the Housing Connect listing; HUD's Small Area Fair Market Rents for fiscal year 2027, in effect since October 1, 2026, which include most utilities.

Utilities: HUD's figure includes them. The listing does not say what the rent covers, so the real gap may be smaller.

Photograph of a red brick Tudor-style row house with a steep tiled roof, a cream and dark brown half-timbered gable and bay window, ivy climbing its side wall, beside a leafy tree and a tan brick apartment building at left, under a pale blue sky — A Tudor-style row house in Prospect Lefferts Gardens in May 2025. The photographer does not name the street. This is not the building. Photo: Gswaggy23, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped). Photo: Gswaggy23, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped to 16:9 and reduced).

How 151 Hawthorne Street Is Financed

Property records show a $3,800,000 purchase on September 29, 2025, and two mortgages the same day. No record found names HPD or the Housing Development Corporation as a lender.

Recorded documents for Brooklyn block 5043, lot 81, signed September 29, 2025
Document	Parties	Amount
Deed	Lenore Development Group, LLC to 151 Hawthorne Street LLC	$3,800,000
Mortgage	151 Hawthorne Street LLC and S3 SB Real Estate Credit A Trust	$7,200,000
Mortgage	151 Hawthorne Street LLC and S3 SB Real Estate Credit A Trust	$2,550,000
Two leases-and-rents papers	The same parties	$7,200,000 and $2,550,000

What it means: the two mortgages add up to $9,750,000, by VoucherMatch's addition. HPD's production data had no project for this lot on October 24, 2026.

Source: ACRIS, Brooklyn block 5043, lot 81, recorded October 6, 2025.

Preferences, Building Features and Transit at 151 Hawthorne Street

The listing posts no preferences, amenities or utility terms yet. It names nearby stations, schools, parks and hospitals.

Who gets preference: what is posted and what HPD says in general

In this listingno preference or set-aside rows as of October 24, 2026.
Disabilitythe FAQ says "Federal disability statutes give preference to five percent (5%) of units" for mobility disabilities. "Another two percent (2%)" go to hearing or vision disabilities.
Community boardthis preference "does not apply to developments that do not receive City financing, e.g., those that only receive a tax exemption."
Where the final list appearsother preferences "are listed in the advertisement for the development."

What the building has, in the listing

Amenitiesnone listed.
Utilitiesnot stated.
Not statedpets, apartment sizes, floors, a move-in date and a building website.
Parkingthe listing says nothing. A Department of Buildings filing from 2026 is for "New 12 foot curb cut".

Station	Lines	Distance	Accessible
Winthrop St	2, 5	0.28 miles	No
Parkside Av	Q	0.37 miles	No
Sterling St	2, 5	0.42 miles	No
Prospect Park	B, Q, S	0.45 miles	Yes
Church Av (Nostrand line)	2, 5	0.56 miles	Yes
Church Av (Brighton line)	B, Q	0.64 miles	Yes

What it means: the 2 and 5 at Winthrop St are the closest trains. The listing names the same lines at the stations it lists. It does not list Church Av on the 2 and 5.

Source: the MTA's subway station data, daytime lines; straight-line distances by VoucherMatch from the listing's map point (40.6577496, -73.9552863), so the walk is longer.

Close by, per the listing: P.S. K141 about 0.22 miles away, Wingate Park 0.57 miles, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County 0.55 miles and Prospect Park 0.74 miles, by VoucherMatch's measure to the listing's map points.
Along the lines: see apartments near the 2 train, the 5 train and the Q train.

How to Be Ready When the 151 Hawthorne Street Lottery Opens

Applications are not open yet. A household can finish its Housing Connect profile, check its income and gather papers now.

On two reads on October 24, 2026, the listing had no deadline. It was not among the 21 rental lotteries in the open-lottery search. Brooklyn's 11 open rental lotteries were other buildings.

Getting ready for the 151 Hawthorne Street lottery

1Make or update a profileat housingconnect.nyc.gov. Housing Connect gives log numbers to applicants "whose applicant profiles (Household Info) are complete."
2Watch the listinga deadline will show on the page for lottery 7747.
3Find your rowcompare household size and income with the tables above.
4Apply once"Submit ONLY one application per household." HPD's guide says chances are the same "no matter when you submit your application, as long as it is before the deadline."
5Paper routethe listing gives no mail address for a paper form yet. The FAQ says to check "the details of any open lottery" for it.

What it means: the listing has no advertisement text yet, so it gives no marketing agent, return address or postmark rule.

Source: Housing Connect FAQ and listing; HPD, "Applying for Affordable Housing" (June 2020).

Check before you payapplying through NYC Housing Connect is free. Its FAQ says "There is no fee to apply for housing using Housing Connect"; a marketing agent may charge a credit or background check fee of no more than $20 per household. No payment app, wire or gift card buys a place in a lottery, and no one should charge you to see or hold an apartment. Apply only at housingconnect.nyc.gov or by mail to the address in the official listing.

What happens after a Housing Connect deadline, in HPD's words

Log numbers"Within a few weeks after the lottery application deadline, Housing Connect randomly assigns log numbers."
Two to twelve monthsthe wait HPD's guide gives for hearing "about the status of your application."
If your number is reached"you will only have a few business days to submit your documents."
Later openingsthe FAQ says that during "a temporary waiver period", units that open later "may be made available for applicants outside of Housing Connect."

What it means: a household may wait months after a deadline.

Source: HPD, "Applying for Affordable Housing"; Housing Connect FAQ.

Documents to gather now

ID for every adult. the FAQ accepts "drivers’ licenses, non-driver state ID cards, and IDNYC cards"
Children under 18. "Birth certificates or other forms of documentation like a school letter"
Income, address and assets. "pay stubs, tax returns, proof of address, and asset documentation"
Voucher. "proof of the subsidy and the amount of rent it covers"

What Is Known and Not Yet Known About the Lottery

The rents, incomes and asset limit are posted. The deadline, preferences and building details are not.

Known and not yet known on October 24, 2026

Knownthree rents with income ranges for six apartments, one asset limit, and 27 apartments in total.
Not posteda deadline, preferences, a marketing agent and a paper-form address.
Not statedutilities, pets, amenities, apartment sizes, a move-in date and the 485-x option.
Whom to askthe Housing Connect hotline, 212-863-7990. The FAQ says "We answer calls from 9am to 5pm on weekdays."

Photograph from a high balcony over snow-covered rooftops of long rows of brick and brownstone row houses, gabled houses among bare trees, a red-painted wall in the middle and taller apartment buildings on the horizon — Northeast Prospect Lefferts Gardens from a 17th-floor balcony in January 2010. This is not the building. Photo: Plognyc, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped). Photo: Plognyc, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped to 16:9 and reduced).

If You Need an Apartment Sooner

Nothing is open at 151 Hawthorne Street yet. A household that must move soon needs another route.

Open in Brooklyn now: the open-lottery search listed Sackett Apartments aka 224 3rd Avenue, due October 26, 2026; 803 Glenmore Avenue Apartments, October 28; Farragut Residences, October 30; and 1529 Brooklyn Avenue Apartments, November 16, among others.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When can I apply for 151 Hawthorne Street on Housing Connect?

Not yet. The building is Housing Connect lottery 7747, "151 Hawthorne Street Apartments." On October 24, 2026, the listing showed rents but no deadline, and it was not in the open-lottery search. No opening date is published. A household can finish its Housing Connect profile now and watch the listing for a deadline.

What is the rent at 151 Hawthorne Street?

The rent is $1,836 a month for the studio, $2,310 for the one-bedroom and $2,749 for each of the four two-bedrooms. All six are at 80% AMI. These are the listing's rents as read on October 24, 2026. The listing does not yet say which utilities the rent covers.

How much do you have to earn for 151 Hawthorne Street?

Without a voucher, from $67,886 a year for the studio, $84,823 for the one-bedroom and $101,795 for a two-bedroom. The most is $146,560, for five people in a two-bedroom. One person can earn up to $95,040. With a voucher or rental subsidy, the Housing Connect FAQ says the minimum income does not apply.

Does 151 Hawthorne Street take Section 8 or CityFHEPS?

Yes. The Housing Connect FAQ accepts Section 8 and CityFHEPS, and minimum income does not apply with a voucher. All three rents are under the 2026 CityFHEPS maximum for their size, by $248 to $768. The listing does not say who pays utilities, which can change the voucher math. Ask HRA before you apply.

Are the rents at 151 Hawthorne Street below market?

Yes, by HUD's figures. The studio is $734 below HUD's fiscal year 2027 fair market rent for ZIP code 11225, and the one-bedroom $400 below. The two-bedrooms are $201 below. HUD's figures include most utilities. The listing does not say what the rent covers, so the real gap may be smaller.

Is 151 Hawthorne Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens or Crown Heights?

Prospect Lefferts Gardens, by the records. The building permit's area name is "Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate," and New York YIMBY placed the lot in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, between Bedford and Rogers avenues. The lot is Brooklyn block 5043, lot 81, in ZIP code 11225 and Brooklyn Community District 9.

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Housing Connect listing for lottery 7747 (housingconnect.nyc.gov)
open-lottery search (housingconnect.nyc.gov)
Housing Connect FAQ (housingconnect.nyc.gov)
485-x page (nyc.gov)
Applying for Affordable Housing (nyc.gov)
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lottery data (data.cityofnewyork.us)
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