Residents on Sterling Place in Crown Heights say the newly built Mason Gray building is pricing out anyone from the community where it sits.

The building offered affordable units for $3,600 a month, according to NYC Housing Connect. That's 130% of the area median income. The building receives tax breaks from the city as part of the 421-a tax program for those units.

"I don't know what the proper median income should be, but I know that for this community $3,600 for a one-bedroom is too much for any family," says Sterling Place BK-NY Block Association Inc. vice president Michelle Tégé.

The building, which takes cues in its design from the historic church that now sits out of view behind it, sits on a lot that residents say was a green space they hoped would be expanded prior to approval of plans for the building.

"The development was approved by the LPC with total disregard to the community and without asking for input or consent. The developers made clear that this building was not being developed for Crown Heights," says resident LinYee Yuan, who adds that residents fought hard to get the building to look more like the neighborhood in which it sits.

"It was a green space, and now it's a heat sink," Yuan says.

"It's monstrous, but all these new builds are, and I don't think they are considerate of the neighborhood they are in. It's clear they are packing in as many units as they can," says resident Mary Marxen.

Residents say they wish a building of this height and density was being built to be affordable for the community, but they hope the building can still do more to be a part of the area.

Tégé says developers told her that there would be a communal space that could be used to host gatherings as part of the space, but that she and the local community board have not seen it.

"We have not seen nor been invited to use that space," she says, adding that she hopes that can change to help bridge the gap between neighbors old and new to learn about the community and take part in events.

News 12 reached out to the Mason Gray for comment and did not hear back.