What was a former gas station and truck repair shop on Logan Avenue in Cypress Hills is now over 340 units of free and affordable housing, with wraparound services for residents to help them get their footing.

The Logan Fountain development will offer transitional, supportive and affordable housing, with the transitional level being completely free of charge for families flagged by the NYC Path shelter system covering 169 units.

A total of 105 units will be supportive housing apartments with contract rents through lease agreement between the landlord and tenant.

A total of 68 units are priced as affordable level at 40 to 70% of area median income, with an approximate cost of $1,100 a month for two-bedroom apartment for a family of three.

Tenant Elvia Perez and her two daughters have already moved in. The unit is their first with an elevator and play area for her children, which they say is a big upgrade from their previous apartment that was seven stories tall, more expensive and with no elevator.

Gov. Kathy Hochul praised the development, calling it a necessary step to put a dent in the city's affordable housing and homelessness crisis.

"It’s simple: the only way to address the housing crisis is to build more housing,” Gov. Hochul said. “New Yorkers deserve a safe, stable and affordable home. By working together with Mayor Adams and our partners in New York City, we can address the needs of New Yorkers and create the types of modern and sustainable homes that uplift communities and allow families to grow.”

The buildings will also feature wraparound services, including therapy, job counseling and case management all under the same roof.

"It is incredibly important for us to combine these types of housing to really serve the broader community from the transitional housing side to the permanent housing side," said CEO of NYS Homes and Community Renewal RuthAnne Visnauskas.

Council Member Sandy Nurse praised the project, adding its proximity to banking resources, a technical school and transit can help to bridge the divide from what was a disinvested area.

"This is a rising area, and these residents are rising with it, and we are excited that these resources are coming her and for us to cheer this development," she said.

The site will also have mixed used development on the ground floor of the facility, where developers say one business is already under contract.

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