There are now more than 40 housing lotteries open in New York: list

There are now more than 40 housing lotteries open in New York, but applications will close in a couple of days. Most of the houses where you can rent an apartment inexpensively are located in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, with a few in Manhattan and Staten Island.

NYC Housing Connect – an online portal that describes how to take part in the housing lottery. Here you can review the requirements for each drawing and apply for affordable housing in New York.

List of housing lotteries open in New York as of April 10:

Bronx

• 2754 Creston Avenue Apartments (applications close April 15th, more here);
• 1095 Summit Avenue Apartments AKA 180 West 166th Street (applications close April 16th, more here);
• 2976 Third Avenue Apartments (applications close April 17, more here);
• 1014 Ogden Avenue Apartments (applications close April 22, more here);
• 714 East 217th Street Apartments (applications close April 22, more here);
• 1140 Grant Ave Apartments (applications close April 24, more here);
• 1821 Prospect Avenue Apartments (applications close May 20, more here);
• 3745 Riverdale Ave Apartments (applications close May 27, more here);
• 299 East 161st Street Apartments (applications close May 28, more here);
• 414 East 152nd Street Apartments (applications close June 7, more here).

Brooklyn

• 194 Buffalo Avenue Apartments (applications close April 15, more here);
• Rheingold Senior Residences (applications close April 15, more here);
• Euclid Glenmore Apartments (applications close April 16th, more here);
• 456 Blake Avenue Apartments (applications close April 17, more here);
• 139 15th Street Apartments (applications close April 19, more here);
• 50 Varet Street (applications close April 22, more here);
• The Vitagraph – Waiting List (applications close on April 23, more here);
• 1010 Bedford Avenue & 263 Skillman Street (applications close April 24, more here);
• One Blue Slip Waitlist (applications close May 1st, more here);
• 33 Franklin Street Apartments (applications close May 20, more here);
• 69 Adams Street Apartments (applications close May 24, more here);
• Nehemiah Spring Creek Phase 4C (applications close May 28, more here);
• 1 Park Point (applications close on June 4, more here).

Manhattan

• 645 East 9th Street Apartments (applications close April 19, more here);
• 312 West 43rd Street Apartments (applications close April 22, more here);
• 451 Tenth Avenue Apartments (applications close June 10th, more here).

Queens

• 42-61 Saull Street Apartments (applications close April 11, more here);
• 53-10 102nd Street (applications close April 15, more here);
• One Archer-Waiting List (applications close April 17, more here);
• 35-10 Union Street Apartments (applications close April 18, more here);
• 34-21 109th Street (applications close April 22, more here);
• The Haru Apartments at 138-25 Barclay Avenue (applications close April 24, more here);
• 28-57 45th Street (applications close April 29, more here);
• Rockaway Village Apartments (applications close May 14th, more here);
• 26-25 4th Street Apartments (applications close May 20, more here);
• 2-24 26th Ave Apartments (applications close May 27, more here);
• 88-36 139th Street Apartments (applications close June 3, more here);
• Fabric Astoria 45th Street Apartments (applications close June 10th, more here).

Staten island

• The Pearl aka 475 Bay Street Apartments (applications close April 22, more here).

Read more about how New York's housing lottery system works. here.