BOERUM HILL - AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING lottery opened for 23 newly built apartments at 556 Baltic Street, a 12-minute walk from the Atlantic Ave-Barclays Center subway station, with rents starting at $1,020 a month, reports. The building includes studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units available to households of one to five people earning between $40,595 and $175,000 annually. Amenities include in-unit washers and dryers, central air, gym,
The yellow brick building was designed by Eric O. Holmgren for the Sun Heights Building Corporation and completed in 1927, according to a certificate of occupancy. Holmgren practiced in Brooklyn and did a fair amount of work within the Finnish community constructing early co-operative housing. Interestingly, the name carved above the entrance of this building is "Park Slope Homes," despite the location across the street from Sunset Park.