Red Hook East Houses — NYCHA Public Housing in Brooklyn

65 Lorraine Street, Brooklyn, New York City, NY, 11231

About this apartment

NYCHA public housing development with approximately 1,447 apartments in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Together with Red Hook West Houses, this is one of NYC's largest NYCHA campuses. Rent is income-based (30% of adjusted household income). Applications via the NYCHA Self-Service Portal.

Utilities included

This is NYCHA public housing. Applications are not made directly to a landlord — they go through the NYC Housing Authority waitlist via the NYCHA Self-Service Portal.

About Red Hook East Houses

Red Hook East is part of the larger Red Hook Houses NYCHA campus — together, Red Hook East and Red Hook West contain approximately 2,545 apartments and are among the largest NYCHA campuses in Brooklyn. The development opened in 1939, designed in a garden-apartment style with six-story walk-ups and elevator buildings across multiple blocks south of Lorraine Street.

Apartment sizes range from one-bedroom to four-bedroom units. Heat, hot water, gas, and electric are included in the rent.

How to apply

NYCHA public housing applications go through a single citywide waitlist:

1. Visit the NYCHA Self-Service Portal and create an account
2. Complete the public housing application — you can rank up to five development preferences (Red Hook East can be listed)
3. The waitlist is currently open for select household types; check current status at nycha.info
4. Once you reach the top of the waitlist for a matching unit, NYCHA contacts you for an interview and apartment offer

Rent is calculated as 30% of your adjusted household income — there is no flat asking rent. Households earning at or below 80% of NYC Area Median Income (AMI) qualify; preference points are given to working families, veterans, and those in emergency situations.

Neighborhood

Red Hook is one of Brooklyn''s most physically isolated neighborhoods — the B61 bus is the main transit connection to the Smith-9th Street F and G trains. NYC Ferry serves Red Hook to Manhattan and other Brooklyn waterfronts. The neighborhood has Red Hook Recreation Center, the Red Hook Library, the Brooklyn Justice Center, and the IKEA / Fairway / Tesla riverfront area. The Red Hook Initiative is a long-running community organization serving NYCHA residents.

The development took significant damage during Hurricane Sandy in 2012; major resiliency upgrades have been ongoing since 2017.

For questions about NYCHA applications, call the NYCHA Customer Contact Center at (718) 707-7771 or visit the NYCHA Self-Service Portal.