The Briarwood Organization

This project consists of 40 three-family (one owner's unit and two rentals), four-story, solid-brick townhomes built through the collaborative efforts of local government, financial and community agencies to revitalize a blighted area of east Harlem. The goals included building a substantial, low-maintenance house for first-time buyers, creating a new sense of place within a dense historic district, and providing the same amenities and standards that a market-rate purchaser would enjoy to someone buying a home with a city subsidy. The project uses brick and block enclosure walls with concrete plank floor and roof construction. The two-story owner's unit features a large living room, central kitchen and adjoining dining area on one floor, and a master suite and two additional bedrooms upstairs. Rental units include two bedrooms, a combined living/dining room and an efficiency kitchen.

View the first, second, third and fourth floor plans.