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Astoria affordable housing lottery open for six apartments, city announces

Hispanic Day Parade 2016 participants will walk down Fifth Avenue on Oct. 9.
Hispanic Day Parade 2016 participants will walk down Fifth Avenue on Oct. 9. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Daniel Zuchnik

Six affordable apartments in Astoria are up for grabs for low-income New Yorkers.

The city’s Housing Preservation Department launched Monday the lottery for the three studios and three one-bedrooms at the newly constructed building at 28-22 Astoria Boulevard.

The studios will rent for $1,158 a month for single applicants who make between $39,703 and $50,800 annually.

For the one bedrooms, rent will be $1,330 a month and single-person applicants must make between $45,600 and $50,800 a year while two-person applicants must make between 45,600 and $58,000 annually.

There will be a preference for appliants who live within Queens Community Board 1, which represents Astoria, and parts of Long Island City and Woodside. The application process will end on Oct. 3.