919 Freeman Street in Crotona Park East: 3 Affordable Apartments on Housing Connect, at $2,713 a Month

Published October 21, 202620 min readBy VoucherMatch Editorial Team

Quick answerAs of October 19, 2026, NYC Housing Connect lists lottery 7729, "919 Freeman Street Apartments," in Crotona Park East, the Bronx. It has 3 two-bedroom apartments at 80% AMI, each $2,713 a month. Applications are not open yet. The listing has no deadline. The building permit is for a new 6-story building with 15 apartments. With a voucher, the minimum income does not apply, and the rent is under the 2026 CityFHEPS two-bedroom maximum.

Last checked: October 19, 2026, against the Housing Connect listing for lottery 7729, read twice that day, and Housing Connect's open-lottery search, run twice, which did not list it; the Housing Connect FAQ; HPD's 485-x page and guide Applying for Affordable Housing; HPD's Affordable Housing Production by Building data; CityFHEPS form DSS-8r (dated October 14, 2026); Department of Buildings DOB NOW filings (job X01185640) and permits, BIS jobs and two certificate of occupancy datasets (DOB NOW, BIS); PLUTO; ACRIS records for Bronx block 2976, lot 41; City Planning's GeoSearch; HUD's Small Area Fair Market Rents; the MTA's station data; New York YIMBY's report of March 10, 2025; and the Bronx Times of March 14, 2025. The listing sets the rules; confirm there before you apply. How VoucherMatch reports these guides and corrects errors: how we report.

919 Freeman Street in numbers

3two-bedroom apartments on Housing Connect, all at 80% AMI
15apartments in the building permit
$2,713the rent for each of the 3 apartments
$102,652the lowest yearly income accepted without a voucher
6stories in the building permit
Not openno deadline posted as of October 19, 2026

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.
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 elevated subway station over a street, with a cream-colored station house with red roof trim on green steel girders, a red-roofed stair rising from the sidewalk on the left, a long platform with white lamp posts behind it, and cars stopped in traffic under the tracks on a sunny day — The Freeman Street station on the 2 and 5 lines in 2008, about 0.06 miles from 919 Freeman Street in a straight line. It shows the station, not the building. Photo: Jim.henderson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped). Photo: Jim.henderson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped to 16:9 and reduced).

What Is Being Built at 919 Freeman Street

919 Freeman Street is a new 6-story building with 15 apartments in the Department of Buildings' records. Three of them are on Housing Connect.

Permit: job X01185640 was filed March 6, 2025. It reads "New 6-Story, 15-family mixed use building."
Size: 6 stories, 59 feet, 15 dwelling units and 14,716.7 square feet of construction floor area, in the filing.
Owner: the filing names Infinity Managment NY LLC, spelled that way. The 2025 deed, the mortgages and PLUTO name 1283 LN LLC.
Architect: Boaz M. Golani Architect filed the plans. YIMBY and the Bronx Times name the same firm. A 2026 amendment was filed by BMG Design Build LLC.
Who is behind it: YIMBY says "Westorchard Management is listed as the owner behind the applications." DOB data does not name it.
Status: the general construction permit was first issued December 5, 2025. No certificate of occupancy was in either City dataset on October 19, 2026.

Where the records disagree
Question	One record	Another record
Address	Listing and DOB: 919 Freeman Street	PLUTO and ACRIS: 1283 Louis Nine Boulevard
Owner	DOB filing: Infinity Managment NY LLC	Deed, mortgages and PLUTO: 1283 LN LLC
Height	DOB job X01185640: 59 feet	YIMBY and Bronx Times, March 2025: 79 feet
Floor area	DOB: 14,716.7 square feet	YIMBY: 12,389 square feet

What it means: the news reports describe the first filing. All three sources agree on 6 stories and 15 apartments.

Source: Department of Buildings job X01185640; PLUTO; ACRIS; New York YIMBY, March 10, 2025; Bronx Times, March 14, 2025.

919 Freeman Street, from a vacant lot to Housing Connect

March 6, 2025the new building is filed with the Department of Buildings.
March 11, 20251283 LN LLC buys the lot for $860,000 from BH Development LLC.
September 29, 2025the plans are approved.
December 5, 2025the general construction permit is issued.
February 27, 2026a sidewalk shed and scaffold permit is issued.
March 5, 2026new mortgages are signed with Broadview Capital LLC.
August 25, 2026the shed and scaffold permits are renewed to November 23, 2026.
October 19, 2026Housing Connect lists 3 apartments with rents and no deadline.

What it means: the permit data lists the foundation, structural, mechanical and sprinkler permits as signed off. The building is not cleared for living in until a certificate of occupancy is issued.

Source: Department of Buildings jobs X01185640 and X01354055; DOB NOW permit data; ACRIS.

What 485-x Means for These 3 Apartments

The listing describes the lottery as "(3) 485X ANNY units at 80% AMI." HPD's page says the program, Affordable Neighborhoods for New Yorkers, gives "a real property tax exemption for the construction of new Multiple Dwellings."

485-x, in the words of HPD's page

How long"All Affordable Housing Units will be permanently affordable."
Same doorsthe apartments "must share the same common entrances and common areas as the market rate units."
No separate floorthey "shall not be isolated to a specific floor or area."

The rental options on HPD's 485-x 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: the listing says only "485X ANNY." No record opened names the option the owner chose.

Source: HPD's 485-x page, read October 19, 2026. It also lists a version of Option A for parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, and Option D for homeownership.

Where 919 Freeman Street Is

The building is on Freeman Street in the Bronx, ZIP code 10459. City building records call the area Crotona Park East. YIMBY places the lot "between Southern Boulevard and Intervale Avenue."

What the records call the area

Department of Buildings"Crotona Park East," its neighborhood tag on every filing for the lot.
City Planning's GeoSearch"East Morrisania."
New York YIMBY and the Bronx TimesCrotona Park East.
VoucherMatch's ZIP listHunts Point and Longwood for ZIP code 10459.

Record	919 Freeman Street
Block and lot	Bronx block 2976, lot 41
Lot size	2,614 square feet, 25 by 104.69 feet
Zoning	R7-1
Community board	Bronx 3
City Council district	17
ZIP code	10459

What it means: PLUTO still lists the lot as vacant land with no building. See voucher apartments in ZIP code 10459 and Section 8 apartments in nearby Hunts Point.

Source: PLUTO; Department of Buildings data. The ZIP code is the same in the listing, the permits, PLUTO and GeoSearch.

Watch outas of October 19, 2026, this report leaves out the listing's two photographs. They show a finished six-story building with "919" over a door, beside an above-ground subway station. City records still show work under permit, no certificate of occupancy, and a sidewalk shed permit to November 23, 2026. VoucherMatch could not confirm the photos show the building as it stands. The pictures here show nearby stations and a park.

Photograph from an elevated subway platform looking along several tracks, with a sign reading Simpson St on a black column at right, a red-roofed platform canopy at left, and tall pale apartment and school buildings with a large banner behind it — The Simpson Street station on the 2 and 5 lines in 2025, about 0.43 miles from the building in a straight line. 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).

Rents and Income Ranges for 919 Freeman Street on Housing Connect

The listing has one rent: $2,713 a month for each two-bedroom. The lowest income it accepts without a voucher is $102,652 a year.

Apartments	Rent	People	Yearly income
3 two-bedrooms, 80% AMI	$2,713	2 to 5	$102,652 to $146,560

What it means: there are no studios, one-bedrooms or three-bedrooms in this lottery.

Source: Housing Connect listing for lottery 7729, read October 19, 2026. The top of the range is for five people.

Household size	Lowest income	Highest income
2 people	$102,652	$108,560
3 people	$102,652	$122,160
4 people	$102,652	$135,680
5 people	$102,652	$146,560

What it means: income before taxes must fall in the range for the household's size.

Source: the same listing.

Where a household's income leads to no apartment

Under $102,652below the minimum, unless the household has a voucher or rental subsidy.
One personthe listing allows 2 to 5 people, so one person cannot apply.
Two peopleonly $102,652 to $108,560 fits, a band of $5,908 by VoucherMatch's arithmetic.
Over the maximum for your sizenothing fits. The cut-off is $146,560 for five people.
Six or more peopleno apartment allows six.

The FAQ says minimum incomes exist "To ensure that households are not paying more than one third of their incomes in rent." The listing does not say how its figures were set.

Can You Use CityFHEPS or Section 8 at 919 Freeman Street?

Yes. Housing Connect accepts vouchers, and a voucher holder does not have to meet the minimum income. The $2,713 rent is $284 under the 2026 CityFHEPS two-bedroom maximum. The listing does not say which utilities the rent includes.

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." It adds: "Applicants qualifying with rental subsidy are not subject to a credit check or review of rental history."

Lowest and highest listed monthly rent at 919 Freeman Street against the 2026 CityFHEPS two-bedroom maximum, in dollars

Lowest rentHighest rentCityFHEPS maximum

2 bedrooms

$2,713

$2,997

View the data table

Apartment size	Lowest rent	Highest rent	CityFHEPS maximum
2 bedrooms	$2,713	$2,713	$2,997

What it means: each two-bedroom is $284 under the maximum, by VoucherMatch's arithmetic.

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

Watch outthe maximums assume the rent covers all utilities. The listing does not say which utilities are included. A voucher program subtracts a utility allowance when tenants pay. This report subtracts none, because the listing names no utility.

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 payment standards.
Guides: CityFHEPS vs Section 8 and Section 8 utility allowances in NYC.

How the Rent Compares With HUD's Figure for ZIP Code 10459

The rent is above HUD's figure. At $2,713, each two-bedroom is $93 more than HUD's $2,620 two-bedroom estimate for ZIP code 10459.

Lowest and highest listed monthly rent at 919 Freeman Street against HUD's fiscal year 2027 two-bedroom fair market rent for ZIP code 10459, in dollars

Lowest rentHighest rentHUD fair market rent, ZIP 10459

2 bedrooms

$2,713

$2,620

View the data table

Apartment size	Lowest rent	Highest rent	HUD fair market rent, ZIP 10459
2 bedrooms	$2,713	$2,713	$2,620

What it means: all 3 lottery apartments rent for more than HUD's two-bedroom figure for this ZIP code.

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

Nearby: see two-bedroom voucher apartments in Hunts Point and CityFHEPS apartments in Hunts Point.

How 919 Freeman Street Is Financed

Property records show an $860,000 land purchase in 2025 and private loans. No record opened names HPD or the Housing Development Corporation as a lender.

Recorded documents for Bronx block 2976, lot 41
Date	Document	Parties	Amount
March 11, 2025	Deed	BH Development LLC to 1283 LN LLC	$860,000
March 11, 2025	Mortgage	1283 LN LLC and RHD Funding LLC, with other lenders	$984,000
February 17, 2026	Assignment of that mortgage	to Broadview Capital LLC	none stated
March 5, 2026	Two mortgages	1283 LN LLC and Broadview Capital LLC	$3,075,000 and $191,000
March 5, 2026	Agreement	1283 LN LLC and Broadview Capital LLC	$1,175,000
March 12 and 16, 2026	Assignments	Broadview Capital LLC to Toorak Capital Partners, LLC	none stated

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What it means: the $984,000 and $191,000 mortgages add up to the $1,175,000 in the agreement, by VoucherMatch's addition.

Source: ACRIS, Bronx block 2976, lot 41.

HPD's production data had no record for the lot on October 19, 2026. No financing announcement was found.

Preferences, Building Features and Transit at 919 Freeman Street

The listing posts no preferences or set-asides yet, and it names two amenities. HPD's FAQ describes the usual preference groups, which each building's advertisement confirms.

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

In this listingno preference or set-aside rows as of October 19, 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 appearsproject preferences "are listed in the advertisement for the development."

What the building has, in the listing

Listed"Elevator" and "Smoke-free."
In the permita "mixed use building." YIMBY reported 1,730 square feet of commercial space.
Not statedlaundry, whether any feature costs extra, the pet policy and who pays for heat, hot water and electricity.

Station	Lines	Straight-line distance	Accessible in the MTA's data
Freeman St	2, 5	0.06 miles	No
Simpson St	2, 5	0.43 miles	Yes
Whitlock Av	6	0.43 miles	No
174 St	2, 5	0.55 miles	No
Intervale Av	2, 5	0.60 miles	No
Hunts Point Av	6	0.66 miles	Yes

What it means: the walk is longer. The listing names all six stations.

Source: the MTA's subway station data; distances by VoucherMatch in a straight line from the listing's map point (40.8303229, -73.8929081).

Photograph from an elevated subway platform with a yellow edge strip, a tall ribbed metal windscreen and round lamps at right, a silver subway train stopped on the far track at left and a white apartment building in the distance under a clear blue sky — The Intervale Avenue station on the 2 and 5 lines in 2025, about 0.60 miles from the building in a straight line. 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).

Buses: the listing names stops at Southern Blvd/Westchester Av, E 163 St/Kelly St and Bronx River Av/Bruckner Blvd.
Parks, per the listing: Crotona Park, about 0.58 miles away, and Starlight Park, about 0.59 miles, by VoucherMatch's measure.
Along the line: see apartments near the 2 train and the 5 train.

Photograph of a small red brick station house with stone trim in a brick-paved plaza, ringed by brick columns that hold up a wooden pergola, with an elevated highway and parked cars behind it under a blue sky with white clouds — A station house of the Hunts Point Avenue station on the 6 line in 2010, about 0.66 miles from the building in a straight line. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped). Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped to 16:9 and reduced).

How to Be Ready When the 919 Freeman 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 19, 2026, the listing had no deadline and no advertisement. It was not among the 19 rental lotteries in the open-lottery search. The Bronx's 5 open rental lotteries were other buildings.

Getting ready for the 919 Freeman Street lottery

1Make or update a profileat housingconnect.nyc.gov. Housing Connect gives a log number only to profiles that are complete.
2Watch the listinga deadline will show on the page for lottery 7729.
3Find your rowcompare household size and income with the tables above, and again with the advertisement.
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 routeHousing Connect's "Apply by Mail" section says "To request an application by mail, send a self-addressed envelope to:" 919 Freeman St, C/O Taxace NY LLC, 139 Tompkins Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205, for this listing.

What it means: that address is where to ask for a paper form. The listing gives no return address or postmark rule yet.

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

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 to hear about "the status of your application."
If your number is reached"you will only have a few business days to submit your documents."
Later openingsHPD's guide says apartments that open at turnover "are called re-rental units."

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"

Key pointthe asset limit is $135,680 in the listing's rent table. The FAQ sets the rental limit at "the maximum income limit for a four (4)-person household" at the apartment's level.

What Is Known and Not Yet Known About 919 Freeman Street

The rent, the income ranges and the asset limit are posted. The deadline, the advertisement and the utilities are not.

Known and not yet known on October 19, 2026

Knownone rent with income ranges for 3 apartments, an asset limit, two amenities and a mail address for paper forms.
Not posteda deadline, the advertisement, preferences and set-asides, and a marketing agent's name.
Not statedwho pays for utilities, pets, apartment sizes, a building website and a move-in date.
Whom to askthe Housing Connect hotline, 212-863-7990, "from 9am to 5pm on weekdays," or nychousingconnect@hpd.nyc.gov.

Photograph of a park in winter with tall bare trees, brown fallen leaves over the grass, a paved path, black lamp posts and brick buildings faintly visible beyond the trees — Crotona Park in February 2008. The listing names it among nearby places, about 0.58 miles away by VoucherMatch's measure. Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped). Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped to 16:9 and reduced).

If You Need an Apartment Sooner

Nothing is open at 919 Freeman Street yet. A household that must move soon needs another route.

Open in the Bronx now: the open-lottery search listed 293 East 207th Street, due October 20, 2026; 354 East 194th Street, October 23; 1677 Eastburn Avenue, October 29; 3180 Villa Avenue, October 30; and One River Park, 355 Exterior Street, November 6.

3 bedrooms apartment in Hunts Point, Bronx — Bronx apartments on VoucherMatch that take vouchers, nearest to 919 Freeman Street first

3 bedrooms apartment in Morrisania, Bronx — Bronx apartments on VoucherMatch that take vouchers, nearest to 919 Freeman Street first

Voucher in hand: browse Section 8 apartments in the Bronx and CityFHEPS apartments in the Bronx.
No voucher yet: read how to get a housing voucher in NYC, or see low-income apartments in New York City.

Frequently Asked Questions

When can I apply for 919 Freeman Street on Housing Connect?

Not yet. The building is Housing Connect lottery 7729, "919 Freeman Street Apartments." On October 19, 2026, the listing showed a rent but no deadline. 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.

What is the rent at 919 Freeman Street?

The rent is $2,713 a month for each of the 3 two-bedroom apartments. All three are at 80% AMI. That is the listing's rent as read on October 19, 2026. The listing does not say which utilities it includes, so the cost may be higher.

How much do you have to earn for 919 Freeman Street?

Without a voucher, at least $102,652 a year. The most is $108,560 for two people, $122,160 for three, $135,680 for four and $146,560 for five. One person cannot apply. With a voucher or rental subsidy, the Housing Connect FAQ says the minimum income does not apply.

Does 919 Freeman Street take Section 8 or CityFHEPS?

Yes. The Housing Connect FAQ accepts Section 8 and CityFHEPS, and the minimum income does not apply with a voucher. The $2,713 rent is $284 under the 2026 CityFHEPS two-bedroom maximum of $2,997. The FAQ says the rent should be within your program's limits, so check yours.

Is 919 Freeman Street the same as 1283 Louis Nine Boulevard?

They are one lot. Housing Connect and the building permits use 919 Freeman Street. PLUTO and property records use 1283 Louis Nine Boulevard for the same lot, Bronx block 2976, lot 41. Building records place it in Crotona Park East. GeoSearch calls the area East Morrisania.

Are the rents at 919 Freeman Street below market?

No, compared with HUD. Each $2,713 two-bedroom is $93 above HUD's fiscal year 2027 fair market rent of $2,620 for ZIP code 10459. HUD's figure includes utilities. The listing does not say which utilities the rent covers, so the gap may be larger.

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Housing Connect listing for lottery 7729 (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)
Affordable Housing Production by Building (data.cityofnewyork.us)
DSS-8r (nyc.gov)
DOB NOW filings (data.cityofnewyork.us)
permits (data.cityofnewyork.us)
BIS jobs (data.cityofnewyork.us)
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BIS (data.cityofnewyork.us)
PLUTO (data.cityofnewyork.us)
ACRIS (data.cityofnewyork.us)
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station data (data.ny.gov)
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